Tiny Survivors - Texas Oxalis
by Connie Fox
Title
Tiny Survivors - Texas Oxalis
Artist
Connie Fox
Medium
Photograph - Outdoor Color Photo
Description
Dainty purple flowers, volunteers, blooming in my garden in Houston, Texas, April 2014. These perennials with large clover-shaped leaves are called oxalis debilis, or large-flowered pink sorrel. They may be commonly known as false shamrocks. Some insist they are actual shamrocks. Likely that's because the leaves, blurred here, are in the shape of shamrocks, but very large.
The flowers are tiny and delicate, pale purple with five petals, and green at the center. Every source referred to them as pink. Whatever you call them, I think they are quite beautiful against the green background, and with their dainty green centers. They have survived several harsh winters, only to reappear in early April.
These pretty perennials may have been part of the rice farm on which my former home had been built 35 years before. They were volunteers that I did not plant and had never seen on that property. They survived the Texas Drought to bring beauty to life.
Copyright 2014 Connie Steitz Fox
All Rights Reserved
Nikon D7100, Nikon 105MM F/2.8 Micro Lens
8x10
FEATURED in April 2014 on the homepages of Beauty, Premium FAA Artists, Women Photographers, and FAA Featured Images. Featured again on the homepage of Photographic Camera Art, Images That Excite You, Showcasing the South, and Nikon Full Frame Cameras, July 2019. Homepage feature in Floral Photography and Art, and Just Perfect, February 2021; Vertical Images, 500 Views, Mind-Blowing Photography, 2022; The Meandering Photographer, April 2023, and The Art Workshop, Global Flowers Photography, and Ten Plus, July 2023..
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April 16th, 2014
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Comments (55)
Connie Fox
Jasna Dragun, thank you very much for the homepage feature in Global Flowers Photography!
Cheri Ceridwen
What a lovely surprise. Not everything in Texas is big. I'm smitten by the delicate veining.
Connie Fox replied:
Thank you so much, Cheri. Your keen eye caused me to study the details again. Lots of intricate details for such a tiny flower.
Steve Rich
Connie, your wonderful image has been FEATURED on the homepage of "The Meandering Photographer” Please consider adding your photo to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (April-June 2023)" active discussion thread. 4-10-2023
HH Photography of Florida
Congratulations Connie! Your excellent photo has been featured on the homepage of the Showcasing The South group. L
Connie Fox replied:
Thank you, Helen, for the beautiful feature! I'm so happy to show off this little beauty.
Connie Fox
My thanks to you, John Bailey, for choosing another of my images--this special little flower--as a homepage feature in Images That Excite You! So appreciated!
Connie Fox
Doug Norkum, thank you so much for the honoring these little beauties with a homepage feature in Nikon Full Frame Cameras! Their story continues to inspire me.
Don Columbus
Congratulations Connie, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2019 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!! L/Tweet!
Connie Fox replied:
Thank you, Don. It is such an honor to see the image featured in your fine group. I really appreciate the promotion too.
Connie Fox
Thanks, John, for such a fine compliment, which I was pleased to find this morning. This was a trial run with a new camera and lens, yet somehow it worked out. Don't ask me how! And the fact that these little flowers are volunteers that somehow survived the Texas Drought is a story in itself.
Mr Bennett Kent
Exquisite sot of these delicate beauties, Connie. I grow these oxalis at home and they come into their own when seen up close, like This shot. Lovely light and detail and a great combination of ten delicate colours against the bokeh green background.......L/F
Connie Fox replied:
What a beautiful comment, Mr. Kent. I very much appreciate your kind words and was encouraged by them. Thank you, too, for your vote and fave.
Connie Fox
Susan, thank you for featuring this image on the homepage of Women Photographers! I appreciate the honor!
Connie Fox
Thank you, Dan Marinescu, for featuring this image in Premium FAA Artists! I really appreciate that.
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