17th century semper Augustus

In the 17 century when buyers in the Netherlands were going crazy for tulip bulbs, creating the first speculative market and subsequent crash as mentioned. All of the coveted bulbs, the Semper Augustus was a garnet flame vividly streaked on white petals. It is very extraordinary for its beauty. It is very rare and expensive if you ever find one. 

Caladium

A Caladium is a genus of plants of the family Arceae. They are known by the common name elephant ear, which they often share with the closely related genera Alocasia, Colocasia, and Xanthoma. The genius Caladium includes 7 species, which are indigenous to Brazil and to the neighboring areas of South America and Central America. The wild plant will grow up to 40-90 cm tall, with leaves mostly 15-45 cm long and broad.  Some facts about this flower is that all parts of this tropical plant are poisonous and can irritate your skin. Its can come in any color, and todays hybrids are the result of widespread breeding between tropical species. This spring planted tuber is grown for their long lasting and colorful foliage. 

Kadupul flower

This flower is a so rare the features of this flower that makes it so special is that it’s found in the forest of Sri Lanka. Only a little bit of people get a chance to see this flower. It blooms only at midnight. And perish before dawn. It will only take place under very specific circumstances. It smells very pleasant and its one of the most expensive flowers since it has a shorter life span than other flowers. There is no explanation of why this flower rate has decreased. 

bouquet

A flower bouquet is a collection of many different flowers where you can arrange them in any way you’ll like. It can be in any home, office, etc. Flower bouquets are often given to special people or just to make the place fancy. The arrangement of flowers for or home or building décor has a long history throughout the world. The oldest evidence of formal arranging of bouquets in vases comes from Egypt. The lotus was often used also herbs, palms, irises, anemones, and narcissus. Flower arranging is an art form it was brought to japan by Buddhist monks.  

Creative Photography Portfolio, 2014. Kevin Hawkins Photography from Kevin Hawkins

Mike Hollman Photography - Landscape photography from Mike Hollman Photography

Flowers and more flowers from Marcos Kohler