“Skeleton Flowers” – Nature’s perfect and unique beauty…:-)
les pétales de ces fleurs deviennent transparents, comme du cristal, chaque fois qu’il pleut et dès qu’ils entrent en contact avec l’eau… incroyable, mais vrai: un autre chef-d’œuvre, signé “Dame Nature”! 🙂
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these flowers become transparent whenever it rains and their petals turn crystal clear in contact with water… amazing, but true: another masterpiece, signed “Lady Nature”! 🙂
N.B.”Diphelleia grayi” est le nom scientifique de la “Fleur-squelette” qui pousse sur les flancs des montagnes humides et boisées, dans les régions froides du Japon, de la Chine et des Appalaches(USA); elle est instantanément reconnaissable à ses grandes feuilles, en forme de parapluie. Ah, lorsque ses feuilles sèchent, elle redevient blanche… 🙂
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N.B.”Diphelleia grayi” is the scientific name of the “Skeleton Flower” that grows on moist, wooded mountainsides, in colder regions of Japan, China and the Appalachian Mountains in the US; it’s instantly recognizable by its large, umbrella-like leaves. Oh, and when the leaves dry out, they turn back to being white… 🙂 more @ http://www.boredpanda.com/skeleton-flower-clear-see-through-rain-wet-diphylleia-grayi/
Posted on 18 July 2015, in melanie. Bookmark the permalink. 35 Comments.
these are exquisite!
Amazing! I have never seen these before.
Je ne connaissais pas, étonnantes, ces fleurs!
What an interesting flower Melanie, wonder if they grow in South America Chile region, or maybe one of the beautiful flowers of the Atacama desert, just googled and nothing showed up so will do a bit more checking out. They actually look like glass or crystal.
Mr or Mrs Google couldn’t satisfy your search, ’cause as mentioned above: it grows in colder regions of Japan, China and the Appalachian Mountains in the US… 🙂
Thought it might have appeared in the Cordillera del los Andes due to it being cold snow all year round in the higher reaches.
la première fois que je vois ça, il le faut le voir pour le croire, effectivement. Good Morning, Mel@ de Toulouse!
eh oui, on dit qu’on en apprend tous les jours… voilà donc la preuve concrète! 🙂
That is a bizarre thing to be learning right before bedtime! I wonder what my dreams (or nightmares) will be like tonight?! 😮
so: sweet dream(s) or nightmare(s)?… 😉
Gorgeous.
Într-adevăr natura mereu uimitoare. Floarea este, superbă și ca înfățișare și comportare ce îi dă unicitate. Sincer, acum văd această floare prima oară, aici la tine, mulțumesc. O duminică excelentă!
cu bucurie si multumesc, la fel, Geta! 🙂
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These are so cool. Mother Nature never fails to surprise me!
merci & welcome to my aire de jeux! 🙂 Mother Nature has been very generous with your country, too… 😉
thank you, Melanie! 🙂
Oh, those are beautiful! Very nice… thank you for sharing. 🙂
yesss! btw, I’m a sharing person in real life, too… 🙂
breathtaking elegance! thanks Mélanie! 🙂
avec joie, Béa! 🙂
Thank you for this wonderful introduction, Melanie. So exquisite.
right, Tish: simply exquisite… 🙂
Wow… I have never seen this flower before. How beautiful Melanie. Enjoy a perfect weekend! xxx Sue
well, it doesn’t grow in our “old Europe”… 😉 thanx, Sue and same friendly wishes! 🙂
I’ve never seen these but aren’t they gorgeous. Do they need to grow at higher elevations?
not necessarily very high, but chilly, as it’s been mentioned above: wooded mountainsides, in colder regions of Japan, China and the Appalachian Mountains in the US… 🙂
I’ve only ever seen these in one other place, or I should say… Something similar, my mother had a flowering plant like this when she lived way out in the country. About 3-4 hours from me. I could never get them to grow! 😉 but they were the most unique thing I had ever seen.
lucky Kathy! 🙂
Those are beautiful. I have never seen them before – thanks.
you’re welcome, Sir! 🙂
They are unique and beautiful! Great captures. 🙂
oh I love these, never seen them before, they’re so pretty.
yeah, sooo lovely… I did see them in Hokkaido, Japan… 🙂