Giraffe Flower Mona Lavender, (giraffe look alike : )

: Giraffe Flower Mona Lavender, (giraffe look alike : ); macro of some very small flowers in planters I made. Real name is Plectranthus, Mona Lavender. Attractive dark stems and very pretty tubular flowers with nice markings. Had never seen them before this summer.; Created by: Alandrapal.; Tools Used: digital; Created on: 18 July 2005; Image Views: 344; Average Views per Day: 0.3; Image Number: 15207

Comments:

Alandra from westcoast Canada on Nov 23, 2005 at 12:59 PM said:

thankyou Kerry, glad you like it. Hope you find one of these, we really enjoyed them last summer. Am hoping they will survive the winter. must bring them in the house soon.(then hope to remember to water them : )

Kerry Sanders from Australia on Nov 19, 2005 at 11:20 PM said:

What an amazing and unusual plant! I have a plectranthus in my garden but have never seen this type of variety b4! Mine is an old plant that has large deep purple flower spikes. I had no luck with the white one i tried to gow. I am now on the look to see if the one u photographed is available here in Oz. Ty again for sharing!

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on Jul 20, 2005 at 11:51 AM said:

thanks Carol, Alex and Janice. The larger version shows the frostiness on the petals, quite lovely.

sparkle1103 from Illinois on Jul 19, 2005 at 5:52 PM said:

I love the pretty purple color and how delicate they are.

Shutterbug from Maine on Jul 19, 2005 at 3:05 PM said:

Your right it does look like giraffe, more so in thumbnail than when you bring it up.LOL

pretty neat!!!

Carol

Whittler from Maine on Jul 19, 2005 at 2:57 PM said:

What a nice shot,thats an unusual flower.

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on Jul 19, 2005 at 2:25 PM said:

thanks Carol, new to us also. Am just smiling to myself here, as suddenly thought, the flower on the left looks like a giraffe LOL, a mauve giraffe.