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Xerochrysum bracteatum
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Orange Strawflower

Orange Strawflower
Although I wasn't sure what type of flower the other blossoms were, I was positive this was a Strawflower. When I looked it up, I was amazed to find that all the other flowers I took pictures of were ALSO Strawflowers! I had no idea they came in a rainbow of colors!! :D

More about this flower from From Wiki:
Strawflowrs had been introduced to cultivation in England by 1791. German horticulturist Herren Ebritsch obtained material and developed it at his nursery in Arnstadt near Erfurt in Germany. He bred and sold cultivars of many colours from bronze to white to purple, which spread across Europe in the 1850s. The bracts of these early forms tended to remain cupped around the flower head rather than flatten out like the native Australian forms. These were also annual rather than perennial forms. Many were given cultivar names such as 'atrococcineum' (dark scarlet flower heads), 'atrosanguineum' (dark blood-red flower heads), 'aureum' (golden yellow flower heads), 'bicolor' (red-tipped yellow flower heads), 'compositum' (large multicoloured flower heads), 'macranthum' (large rose-edged white flower heads), and 'monstrosum' (flower heads with many bracts), although today they are generally sold in mixed seed for growing as annuals. Some coloured forms of South African Helichrysum are thought to have been introduced to the breeding program, which resulted in the huge array of colours. Xerochrysum bracteatum was one of several species that became popular with European royalty and nobility from the early 19th century, yet were little noticed in Australia until the 1860s, when they became more prominent in Australian gardens.

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6 comments - The latest ones
 Nora Caracci
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lovely straw-flower, genial focus and frame !

10 years ago.
 Puzzler4879
Puzzler4879
Outstanding work!

10 years ago.
 Don Sutherland
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Fantastic shot.
10 years ago.
 tiabunna
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Aaargh! I think I'm going into colour saturation! :) Lovely.
10 years ago.
 Mike (Bogger3)
Mike (Bogger3)
So beautiful Janet ;-)
Beautiful Work!!
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