Red Velvet

Close-up of a red Dipladenia's pistil with the silhouette of a spider in the backlight | Hamburg - Germany | July 2022 |

Fluorescent Layers

Macro photography definitely gives the chance to see things with a diferent perspective. When I took this shot of a common succulent plant (Crassula Arborescens Blue Bird Variegata) I did not expect to find myself floating in a sort of timeless ethereal space marked by sharp edges, multiple layers and fluorescent colors | Mallorca - Spain | December 2020 |

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Aloe Maculata blossom

🌵Aloe Maculata blossom. Aloe is a genus containing over 550 species of flowering plants and very common to be found in the Serra de Tramuntana region | Mallorca - Spain | April 2021 |

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Typha latifolias

Typha latifolia (broadleaf cattail, bulrush, common bulrush, common cattail, great reedmace, cooper's reed, cumbungi) is a perennial herbaceous plant in the genus Typha. It is found as a native plant species in North and South America, Eurasia, and Africa | Halloher Gehege, Schleswig-Holstein | July 2022 |

Water spheres

Rain drops holding on a blossom of Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, also known as paddle plant, flapjacks, desert cabbage, white lady, geelplakkie, meelplakkie, or plakkie. This is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. This is a succulent plant producing a stalk about 1m tall, which dies back after flowering. It forms a basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves, which are grayish-green with red margins, covered with a white powdery bloom. The inflorescence is terminal and erect with densely clustered thyrse-like panicles of greenish waxy flowers with yellow recurved lobes, narrowly urn-shaped. The plant flowers from autumn to spring, and in nature is common in grassveld amongst rocks | Mallorca - Spain | April 2022 |

Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare)

🌿 Close-up of a Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) which is a flowering plant species in the carrot family. It is a hardy, perennial herb with yellow flowers and feathery leaves. It is indigenous to the shores of the Mediterranean but has become widely naturalized in many parts of the world, especially on dry soils near the sea-coast and on riverbanks | Mallorca - Spain | April 2021|

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Curly edge

The curly edge of a Crassula's leaf | Mallorca - Spain | April 2024 |

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Rain drops II

In the aftermath of a spring storm, few rain drops are hanging on a big reddish leaf of a Kalanchoe thyrsiflora exemplar. This is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. This is a succulent plant producing a stalk about 1m tall, which dies back after flowering. It forms a basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves, which are grayish-green with red margins, covered with a white powdery bloom. The inflorescence is terminal and erect with densely clustered thyrse-like panicles of greenish waxy flowers with yellow recurved lobes, narrowly urn-shaped. The plant flowers from autumn to spring, and in nature is common in grassveld amongst rocks | Mallorca - Spain | April 2022 |

Aloe Vera blossom

🌍 Happy #earthday! 🌵Close-up of a Aloe Vera blossom with its suspended tapering structures. Aloe is a genus containing over 550 species of flowering plants and very common to be found in the Serra de Tramuntana region | Mallorca - Spain | April 2021 |

Tiny Spider

A recently opened Dipladenia's flower, also known as Mandevilla, is housing a tiny spider | Hamburg - Germany | July 2022 |

Bunnytail (Lagurus ovatus)

Lagurus ovatus, commonly called hare's-tail, hare's-tail grass or bunnytail, is very common in the Mediterranean Basin. This shot was taken in the mountain area of Serra de Tramuntana during the blossom season | Mallorca - Spain | April 2021|

Desert Cabbage (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora) blossom I

Close up of a Kalanchoe thyrsiflora plant, which is also known as paddle plant, flapjacks, desert cabbage, white lady, geelplakkie, meelplakkie, or plakkie. This is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. This is a succulent plant producing a stalk about 1m tall, which dies back after flowering. It forms a basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves, which are grayish-green with red margins, covered with a white powdery bloom. The inflorescence is terminal and erect with densely clustered thyrse-like panicles of greenish waxy flowers with yellow recurved lobes, narrowly urn-shaped. The plant flowers from autumn to spring, and in nature is common in grassveld amongst rocks | Mallorca - Spain | April 2022 |

Jade plant blossoms

Crassula ovata, commonly known as jade plant, lucky plant, money plant or money tree, is a succulent plant with small pink or white flowers that is native to the KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa, and Mozambique; it is common as a houseplant worldwide | Mallorca - Spain | April 2022 |

Rain drops on a Kalanchoe thyrsiflora's blossom

In the aftermath of a spring storm, few rain drops are hanging on a big leaf of a Kalanchoe thyrsiflora exemplar. This is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. This is a succulent plant producing a stalk about 1m tall, which dies back after flowering. It forms a basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves, which are grayish-green with red margins, covered with a white powdery bloom. The inflorescence is terminal and erect with densely clustered thyrse-like panicles of greenish waxy flowers with yellow recurved lobes, narrowly urn-shaped. The plant flowers from autumn to spring, and in nature is common in grassveld amongst rocks | Mallorca - Spain | April 2022 |

Crassula variegata leaf

Rain drops hanging on the surface of Crassula's leaf | Mallorca - Spain | April 2024 |

Desert cabbage (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora)

Sun rays passing through the multiple layers of a Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, also known as paddle plant, flapjacks, desert cabbage, white lady, geelplakkie, meelplakkie, or plakkie. This is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. This is a succulent plant producing a stalk about 1m tall, which dies back after flowering. It forms a basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves, which are grayish-green with red margins, covered with a white powdery bloom. The inflorescence is terminal and erect with densely clustered thyrse-like panicles of greenish waxy flowers with yellow recurved lobes, narrowly urn-shaped. The plant flowers from autumn to spring, and in nature is common in grassveld amongst rocks | Mallorca - Spain | April 2022 |

Desert Cabbage (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora) blossom II

The Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, also known as paddle plant, flapjacks, desert cabbage, white lady, geelplakkie, meelplakkie, or plakkie. This is a species of flowering plant native to Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland. This is a succulent plant producing a stalk about 1m tall, which dies back after flowering. It forms a basal rosette of large, rounded, fleshy, stalkless leaves, which are grayish-green with red margins, covered with a white powdery bloom. The inflorescence is terminal and erect with densely clustered thyrse-like panicles of greenish waxy flowers with yellow recurved lobes, narrowly urn-shaped. The plant flowers from autumn to spring, and in nature is common in grassveld amongst rocks | Mallorca - Spain | April 2022 |