Amaryllis

Two amaryllis bulbs were blooming in the Brookside Gardens Conservatory recently. I enjoyed creating a series of macro photos of both plants. The buds and flowers are quite large so the detail of the coloring is visible.

In the red flowers - I particularly like 

• The veins that carry the color (middle picture and upper right)
• The curves of the petals and buds (lower left and upper right)
• The green at the center that extends up the underside of each petal (upper right)
• The ruffling of the petals near the center (upper left and center)

The white flowers are more nuanced. In this series notice

• The pleats and puckering of the petals (lower right)
• The dots of red against the white (two lower photos)
• The extension of the green center to the tip of the petal’s underside (upper right)
• The sunlight through the petals (upper left)