Night Blooming Beauty
by Heidi Fickinger
Title
Night Blooming Beauty
Artist
Heidi Fickinger
Medium
Photograph - Photographic Print
Description
This is the breathtaking Dragon Fruit Flower. The Dragon Fruit is a cactus which flowers only at night, producing blooms of exquisite explosions of beauty. These incredible flowers bloom when it is full dark and are normally fading by morning light.
The plant is native to Mexico and Central America, where it is known as pitahaya. The edible fruits are brilliant pink to red or yellow in color with protruding green leaflets. They are cultivated here in Hawai'i, as well as Central America and Asia, in tropical environments. In China they are known as Huǒlóng Guǒ, which translates as 'fire dragon fruit'. The fruit is somewhat tart and can sometimes have a taste similar to watermelon.
Here in Hawai'i, many of us grow these magnificent plants in our backyards and eagerly await the spectacular blooms.
Featured in the following FAA Group Gallleries:
* Hawaiiana
* Bedroom Art Gallery
* Long Exposures & Night Photography
* Visions of Spring - Glances of Summer
* Global Flowers Photography
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* Flowers on Black
* HDR Photography
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* Macro Marvels
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* Art Submissions for Pka
* Strictly Neon
* Music CD Cover Designs
* What's New
* Just Perfect
* Macro Photography
* The Niche
* HDR Photography
* Nikon Full Frame Cameras
* Macro Marvels
* World Art Spotlight
* 10 Plus
* Digital Art & Photography for a Simple Imagination
* Your Very Best Photography
* What the Interrobang
* Dancing the Walls
* Just Flowers
* Drips, Drops or Dots
* Out of the Ordinary
* Contemporary
* Imagination-Artistry-Creativity
* Mind-Blowing Photography
* 500 Views
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August 17th, 2018
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Comments (25)
Kay Brewer
Congratulations on your feature in the Digital Art and a Photography For the Simple Mind Group! L
Anita Pollak
Amazing lighting and detail on this wonderful capture, Heidi! Congratulations on your well-deserved features! l/f
Allan Van Gasbeck
Congratulations! Your outstanding artwork has been chosen as a FEATURE in the “Long Exposure and Night Photography ” group on Fine Art America — You are invited to post your featured image to the featured image discussion thread as a permanent place to continue to get exposure even after the image is no longer on the Home Page.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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