Native to South Africa, Amaryllis belladonna is widely cultivated as an ornamental, and has become naturalised in many parts of the world, including Southern California.
Amaryllis belladonna
Tag: flowers
sweet annie’s
Seen on my walk. If I hadn’t had the dog, and been so far from home, I would have bought a bunch.
Soehrensia spachiana
The torch cactus is native to western Argentina, and is commonly sold in nurseries in North America. It reaches 2 metres in height, and like many cacti, has big showy flowers that open at night. There was a pollen-drunk bee buried so deep in this one, I only noticed it because of the movement of the stamens.
ranunculus
tulips
budding camellias
Continuous line drawing
Hippeastrum
My lovely neighbour gives me one of these every December. When checking how to spell ‘amaryllis’ I learned that it’s actually in the genus Hippeastrum. Learn something new every day!
cyclamen
flower finches
From the kitchen window, I can see the huge creeping rosemary bush on the hill above the house. While I sip my morning tea, I watch flocks of finches swoop in to eat the flowers for breakfast.
dahlias
Ink + watercolour + oil pastels
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