alameth OP , 3 months ago

Our squirrel-assaulted Aeonium Arboreum is blooming for the first time ever, and it's AMAZING. 🙂

(This started out as a cutting my wife picked up off the concrete at her uncle's condo three years ago.)

#FlowerFriday #BloomScrolling #Flowers #FlowerPhotography #Succulent #Aeonium

A close-up view of the tiny yellow daisy-like flowers growing on the flowerhead of a big succulent.
A close-up view of the tiny yellow and green flower buds on the flowerhead of a big succulent. The buds look like spiral-shelled acorns.

alameth OP , 3 months ago

“The best camera is the one you have with you.” I was prowling in the yard for an elusive Stellar's Jay, when I noticed a big ol' bumblely bug harvesting pollen on the Aeonium. So I pointed my 10-kilo birding lens at the plant from 5 meters away and took a few quick shots. Of course by the time I was back with my light, nimble, and far sharper macro lens, the bumbley bug was nowhere to be seen.

(No, my birding lens doesn't really weigh 10kg. Just felt like it today.)

#BloomScrolling #Pollinators #Flowers #FlowerPhotography

A flying insect with wings like a fly and body like a fuzzy bumble bee crawls a top a large flowerhead that is covered with small bright yello daisy-like blooms.
A flying insect with wings like a fly and body like a fuzzy bumble bee crawls a top a large flowerhead that is covered with small bright yello daisy-like blooms.