Spiky Beauty

At times, flowers can be so beautiful and intriguing at the same time. Looking into the sky, the spiky pattern of this flower gives an appearance of the rays of a rising sun!

I am bad at names of flowers, may be someone can help me with this one!

Tags: flower, red, delhi, safdarjungenclave, spikes, morning
Uploaded: November 11, 2009
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11 comments

Van Swearingen wrote...
Calliandra haematocephala or Red Powderpuff.

Gaurav Srivastava wrote...
lovely

amitava mukherji wrote...
so beautiful! excellent capture of the flower.

Ravindra Gogte wrote...
nice red powderpuff :)

Anuj Nair wrote...
Beautiful !

jannie bijl wrote...
Beautiful!!

Sumit Kumar wrote...
Thank you everyone! Special thanks to van swearingen for the name!

Arupendu Bayen wrote...
nice one

rahim nazari wrote...
Excelente... and what he has created in the earth of varied hues most surely there is a sign in this for a people who are mindful (13) Holy Quran ,Chapter 16: AN-NAHL (THE BEE) Vers : 13

Guru Nathan wrote...
Interesting and lovely

padmanabha rao pulakhandam wrote...
Good close up !


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