Partially inspired this week by the Lens-Artists Challenge: Looking Back to Shapes and Designs, I’m sharing a variety of flowers from my archives that resemble distinct geometric shapes.
For example, these beautiful pink cabbage roses are round, or radially symmetrical.
According to this SOURCE, “The natural world, from the smallest organisms to the largest cosmic structures, displays an astonishing array of organized shapes and patterns. These visible designs, often intricate and beautiful, are not simply random occurrences. Instead, they hint at a deeper, underlying order that influences how everything forms and functions. This pervasive presence of organized forms invites a closer look at the geometry hidden in plain sight.”
Here are a few more that mimic geometric shapes.
The Perennial Sweet Pea, shown below and in the featured image, is an example of a bilateral, symmetrical shape and is Papilionaceous, or butterfly-like. No wonder butterflies are drawn to them.
This pink flower is a red yucca, with a tubular shape, a characteristic known as tubulate.
This beautiful plumeria, one I grew in Sacramento years ago, sports a radially symmetrical star shape.
This Dogwood blossom, which blooms in May, has a cross-like form, known as “cruciform.”
The tulips are cup or bowl-shaped, or “cyanthiform.”
Lastly, these Maple leaves exhibit a fractal pattern found in nature in their autumn colors.
I hope you enjoyed discovering the amazing shapes that exist in flowers and leaves.
For the Flower Hour, share your images of flowers, gardens, fields of flowers, seasonal leaves and plants, cacti, blossoms, berries, and wildflowers. Bouquets and silk/faux flowers are welcome.
Remember, there are no specific themes for the Flower Hour, but please use your own photography. And you have all week to link to this post.
New to The Flower Hour photo challenge? Please check out my page for more information! I encourage “double-dipping” with other blog challenges if you do not want to create a separate post.
“If we could see the miracle of a single flower clearly, our whole life would change.” – Buddha
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