Figs - Where are the flowers?

I've seen and photographed many fruits of Fig trees but never have I seen any that are of this size i.e. the size of tennis ball except that the shape is slightly elongated. I found this fruit along the Canopy Walk in Kentridge Park. It was soft and the skin was cracked from the fall. I looked up at the tree above and was surprised to find so many fruits growing from a creeper on the branches of the tree. So where were the flowers? As in all figs, the flowers are inside the fruit. Further down the trail towards Hort Park, I found more fruits on the ground. That was the highlight of an ordinary walk.

Dillenia Suffruticosa - Simpoh Air

I am grateful for these flowers of the Simpoh Air because
they were the only ones that were there when I was there.

Passiflora lauriflora - Passion flower

I found this lone fallen flower on the grass in Kentridge Park. It looked damaged as if someone had plucked it from somewhere else in the park and then lost interest on the way to the car park. It gave me a chance to examine the inside of this flower closely with my Canon IXUS 860 IS.

Saraca indica

The next time I see these amazing flowers, I will move in a lot closer than this.

Clappertonia ficifolia - Bolo bolo

These are photos of the bolo bolo plant taken on two separate occasions at the Singapore Botanic Gardens. I tried to look for more information about this plant and could not find any interesting information although a plant that has flowers and fruits that look like these must come with an exotic past and a host of uses, I had imagined. I imagined wrong. Anyway, I started out to select photos that I thought I could improve upon, did some cropping , adjustment of brightness, contrast and tone before uploading them. I wanted to do some self-critique here, only that I got side-tracked into looking for more information. So here goes...

Clappertonia ficifolia, Honckenya ficifolia
Bolo Bolo
Tiliaceae
Tropical Africa

I did a reasonable good job given that I used a point-and-shoot camera with auto settings all the way. I like the presence of the spiky fruit that made the background less flat.

Blurred image but I like the angle.
Another blurred image that I could not salvage. It's here because I thought that the formation of the stamens and pistils was quite orderly.
Slightly better image than the one before. I like how the curves of the petals set off the exuberance of the centre piece.
This flower and the pictures below were taken on another day. There were a few insects hovering over the flower as I was taking these few shots. The yellow leaf in the background complements the colour of the flower.
I wish I could have gone closer to the flower, if only I had a more sophisticated camera then.
Not a very sharp image. I guess it looks interesting enough because the slight blurring takes away the harshness of the 'spikes'.
Buds and fruits, young and mature - the intention was to show diversity in just one plant.
Two where only one would suffice as they look almost the same. I wanted to 'freeze' the insect flying around the flower.
It decided to fly away for good leaving me with the profile of the flower against the strong mornig sun.
Flowers and fruits - enjoy!




Now this was one photo I enjoyed 'doctoring'. No sophisticated software involved, just Microsoft picture manager to do the basics.

Sayonara!

When days were sunny...

...flowers were cheerier.

Radermachera 'Kunming' (Dwarf Tree Jasmine) from Thailand

Bromeliade

Four dancing princesses. Close-up they are in heaven, from a distance, they have no where to go.

Dillenia Suffruticosa

The same flowers but I am changing the way I look at them and the way I present them on this blog. I want to get a lot closer to these flowers with my camera. There are limitations with a point-and-shoot for this type of photography but still there is enough room for adjustment that allows for my personal enjoyment in taking these pictures.