I thought it was too late in the season for lotuses, so I was thrilled to see them at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens earlier this week in bloom, as seed pods. and most surprisingly as buds.
I am fascinated by lotuses in all of their stages. I love the three-dimensional quality of the flowers and the way that you can look into the center of them. Lotus seed pods are a little creepy—from certain angles they look like a cluster of eyeballs that follow you around. By contrast, I always feel a sense of calm when I am enjoying the simple beauty of the lotus buds.
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The colors of that seed pod are especially nice. I usually don’t see them until they’ve turned brown. Maybe I need to make a trip to our local “lotus sanctuary” this weekend.
I too was struck by the colors of the seed pod–it’s as pretty as a flower. 🙂
Beautiful shots.
Love these flowers. Nice pics!
The lotus would have to be my favourite flower – at all its stages. Beautiful and sculptural.
“Beautiful and sculptural”–what a wonderful description of the lotuses. Thanks, Chris.
Lovely! It does seem late but the weather has been so weird. Maybe lotuses are enjoying it. I. AM. NOT. Enjoying this merciless heat and humidity. Guess I need to check neighbors Koi pond to see if their lotuses are still in bloom!
Indeed the weather has been strange. Just when I think we are finally into fall, we have a few days of hot and humid weather that feels like it is still midsummer.
Beautiful images Mike!
Lovely captures, Mike, and always fun to see the unexpected! I never thought that about the pods watching me before, but will certainly remember that!