The elderberries are blooming. And I found one with both flowers and the closed flower buds.
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| Sambucus racemosa buds. The ones with purple tips are just getting ready to open. |
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| And here are the flowers. |
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| Against the blue sky, with leaf shadows. |
I wanted to see the individual flowers close up, but I couldn't reach these. Each little flower is about 1/2 cm. across; it has 5 white or creamy petals, which are curled tightly back, making the flower look like a little ball with the 5 stamens standing out around it, sort of like those 1950s "atomic starburst" wall decorations. I had a clock with one of those designs.
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| Well, not quite. Wrong colours, too many stamens, no petals. (Found on Pinterest) |
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Están en flor los saúcos rojos, Sambucus racemosa. Encontré un arbusto con algunas flores y además los botones todavía verdes.
Fotos:
- Los botones. Los que tienen un poco de color morado están casi listos para abrirse.
- Una rama de las flores.
- Otra. Las florecitas individuales tienen 5 pétalos, doblados para atrás, haciéndose una pelotita blanca, con los 5 estambres extendidos, haciendo que la flor entera se parezca a esos diseños de los años 50 del siglo pasado, los dichos "estrellas atómicas".
- Un diseño de esos. Yo tenía un reloj con un diseño parecido.
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