photo sharing and upload picture albums photo forums search pictures popular photos photography help login
Brooks Rownd | all galleries >> Hawai'i >> Hawaiian Flora and Fauna >> Hawaiian Plants >> Campanulaceae (Bellflower Family) - Lobelioids >> 'Oha Wai (Clermontia) >> Clermontia Hawaiiensis > C. Hawaiiensis Flower
previous | next
12-JUL-2008 Brooks Rownd

C. Hawaiiensis Flower

Kipuka Puaulu, Hawaii Volcanoes NP

These are the largest clermontia flowers I've seen, 2 inches or more long. Note the ridged calyx lobes, and distinct dorsal lobe. C. hawaiiensis flowers often have some purple, hinted at by the maroon tinge in the unopened flower.

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6D ED VR AF
1/60s f/13.0 at 210.0mm iso200
(D3C_00818_1024sb.jpg) full exif


other sizes: small medium large original auto