well i went to the local rancho santa ana botanical gardens, it was quite hot and its late summer but there was still some beautiful blooms everywhere. when its spring the place is loaded with almost every color. theres also a very wide variety of insects there you could spend days snapping pics but thats another thread. i noticed only 3 pics per thread and people doing series, I will probably try one of those later on. so for now heres some color for you.
first off is the state flower so i was thinking it needed a border and a name tag. i like the contrast with the black as well.
the next is a close up of a Morning Cloud Chitalpa, theres a good amount of these flowering right now and the whole tree is full of blooms.
and this last one i dont know what it is but i like the flowers colors and shape. it was really small as well less than an inch.
