Sunday, September 12, 2010

Variegated Physotegia/ Today's Flowers

Variegated obedient plant or false dragonhead (Physotegia virginiana variegata)

This is another plant I love because it blooms in September. This particular variety has  variegated leaves that looks beautiful as soon as the first leaves appear in June.

Closeup of Physogegia

The reason Physotegia is commonly known as OBEDIENT plant is because you can bend the individual flowers left or right.

Hummingbirds love this plant too!



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25 comments:

  1. Jenn JilksSeptember 12, 2010 at 9:47 AM

    These are beautiful, and I have them. OK, had them and didn't know their names. Excellent shots!

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  2. CarverSeptember 12, 2010 at 9:59 AM

    What a beautiful flower and I love the way you caught a hummingbird feeding on it.

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  3. Small City ScenesSeptember 12, 2010 at 10:04 AM

    All excellent shots, EG. I heard of another name for the plant---Florist Favorite--of course because it is Obedient. LOL
    Perfect Hummingbird shot. MB

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  4. CarlettaSeptember 12, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    Love the second shot with the beautiful green bokeh!
    Great catch on the hummingbird feeding.

    Carletta's Captures

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  5. KaoriSeptember 12, 2010 at 10:47 AM

    I love todays flower! And a wonderful capture of the little visitor :D

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  6. MariaSeptember 12, 2010 at 10:58 AM

    Lovely pictures! And how well you captured the little hummingbird!
    Have a nice week ahead!

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  7. LuiSeptember 12, 2010 at 11:06 AM

    An obedient plant? Haha! That was a funny name! And it looks as beautiful as the bird that feeds on it!

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  8. Digital Flower PicturesSeptember 12, 2010 at 12:22 PM

    Nice photos. However it wasn't so 'obedient' when it started running all over the garden.

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  9. PaulieSeptember 12, 2010 at 12:27 PM

    Gorgeous. Always a flower lesson to be learned from you! The hummingbird was a nice surprise at the end. . . just when I thought your post couldn't be more perfect, you added "frosting to the cake."

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  10. Coffeeveggie addict.September 12, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    my favorite color as always...lovely flower...

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  11. NatureFootstepSeptember 12, 2010 at 2:52 PM

    is this colors forereal? It looks like you done something in a PS program :)

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  12. MeriSeptember 12, 2010 at 3:00 PM

    I love that hummingbirds love it.

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  13. EG CameraGirlSeptember 12, 2010 at 4:11 PM

    Nature Footstep,
    The first two photos are the real colour of the blossoms in sunlight. These are the variegated variety. The bottom photo was taken in low light.

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  14. Melissa B.September 12, 2010 at 5:21 PM

    Love these! We still have hummers here. I'm hoping they don't migrate south too soon...

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  15. edenSeptember 12, 2010 at 7:02 PM

    Love all your photos especially with the hummingbird. Great shots.

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  16. SandyCarlsonSeptember 12, 2010 at 7:13 PM

    I have never heard of obedient flowers before. You're educating me! This one is a beauty.

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  17. JamaSeptember 12, 2010 at 7:26 PM

    They are so beautiful, love them all.

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  18. GeorgeSeptember 12, 2010 at 8:38 PM

    This is a beautiful plant. The fact that it blooms in September is a very nice bonus.

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  19. AnonymousSeptember 12, 2010 at 10:43 PM

    The blooms are lovely. It is nice to have blooms in September. I like how the little buds show the yellow varigation.

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2010 at 12:38 AM

    I love the color. The hummingbird looks perfect next to it, too!

    Paz

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  21. LindySeptember 13, 2010 at 1:02 AM

    These are absolutely lovely images! Wonderful capture of the hummingbird, too. =)

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  22. Maria BergSeptember 13, 2010 at 4:26 AM

    Hummingbirds I wisch we had them in Sweden too! MB

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  23. Gemma WisemanSeptember 13, 2010 at 6:17 AM

    Delightful shots! Especially love the lighting effect in the second photo! And adore the whirr of the hummingbird's wings in the last photo!

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  24. DarlaSeptember 13, 2010 at 6:57 AM

    An obedient flower? That's amazing. Great hummingbird shot.

    Darla

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  25. http://graceolsson.com/blogSeptember 13, 2010 at 8:51 AM

    the last one is simply marvelous
    congrats
    http://graceolsson.com/blog/2010/09/a-little-boy/

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