Last Friday, I headed up to Longwood Gardens, in hopes of photographing some water lilies (nymphaea). I’ve heard so much about their water lilies and lotuses that I was really looking forward to seeing them in person. I was not disappointed – in just a few hours, I photographed 16 different varieties of water lilies! And according to the staff at Longwood, while the water lilies are nice at this time of year – they’ll be fantastic in August. I’ll definitely be heading back to Longwood again over the summer to photograph more water lilies.
In the meantime, here are a few of the pink water lilies that I photographed last week.
First is a Sunny Pink Water Lily, a wonderful pale pink water lily.
Sunny Pink Water Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
Next is two Luciana Water Lilies – with petals in various shades of pink
Luciana Water Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
The Perry’s Viviparous Pink Water Lily is a wonderful bright pink flower.
Perry’s Viviparous Pink Water Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
I love the petals on the June Allison Water Lily – pink at the tip and along the edges and white in the middle.
June Allison Water Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
And finally the Jack Wood Water Lily – of course I think any flower in this shade of fuschia is wonderful 🙂
Jack Wood Water Lily (c) 2009 Patty Hankins
I’ll be posting more water lily photos in a few days – including more pink water lilies, some purple water lilies and a few white ones.