Rosa Banksiae Lutea
#KillerPix Photography Contest!
sponsored by #thealliance
This contest is open to the entire Steemit community!
This week, the theme will be (MAY)FLOWERS!
I want to see your captures of what that means to you!
Photographs will be judged on just a couple things:
ORIGINALITY & QUALITY
Let's have some fun!
Rules
- Create a post with your OWN ORIGINAL photo with the first tag being #killerpix
- Your photo must contain a description — where and when at the least
- The link to your entry must be in the comments of this thread, post the pic if you like
- All entries must be submitted by the Monday following this post
- You may submit no more than TWO (2) entries per week
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My Entry
Among the most delightful flowers I think I have ever seen are these small, delicate roses that grow on a vine as a "climbing" rose. The scientific name is Rosa Banksiae Lutea, and the common name is "Yellow Lady Banks' Rose." The namesake Lady Banks was the wife of botanist Sir Joseph Banks. These beauties begin blooming along with the last azaleas in springtime and the vines are filled with a profusion of delicate yellow blooms. This photo was taken in our back yard. I love this photo so much that I had it enlarged to 16"x20" and it is hanging in my house, framed, so I can see it often.
~My entry to the contest, photo by me~
Additional Photos & information
These roses are so small! For reference to their size, my thumbnail is in the bottom of the following photo, as I was holding the vine while taking the shot. It is easy to see that the blooms are the size of my nail, and that is as large as they grow!
~Exhibiting size of roses with my thumbnail, photo by me~
It's such a beautiful sight when these charming roses and azaleas bloom at the same time!
~profusion of Lady Banks' Roses with azaleas in the background, photo by me~
😊SOURCES
1 RoseGardeningMadeEasy.com: "Rosa Banksiae Lutea"
2 Wikipedia: Rosa banksiae
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A Pink Mystery • Pink Woodsorrel (repris) • Purple Hedgenettle
Speedwell • Clematis vitalba • Purple Queen
Purple & Yellow Lily • Orange Lily • Yellow Asters
Goldenrod • Turk's Cap Lily • Pink Woodsorrel
Aww, what beautiful little tiny ones! I didn't roses came that small!
Just gorgeous! Do they have aroma too? I love the fragrance of flowers soooo much! Cute idea - I will take my phone-camera out with me later when I go for my evening walk. :)
This is such a beautiful entry, I remember when I was a child and my late grandma explained to me that these were roses too :)
Incredibly, your creative I really like the way you make a photo art .. A lot of things that are very much in nature you can capture.
Roses are beautiful! Some awesome shots there! Upvoted :)
Thank you for sharing @thekittygirl . Beautiful roses !!