I didn’t punch up the colors in Photoshop. This is how my camera recorded them. This 1999 vintage 1-megapixel Nikon always skews to the blue range so I can’t say it’s a realistic representation of the flowers. They’re still beautiful surrounded by the rich greens at the close of twilight.
Oh,thank you! No more blinded by snow, but blinded by COLOR!
It’s ALIVE!
Thanks, Barb. I think it’s a lily hybrid named “Stargazer” which is toxic to cats. Most entries on the Internet attribute its origin to a California hybridizer named Leslie Woodriff, but in checking around, I found that it was probably fully developed for the flower market by Ted Kirsch. This was in what appears to be a fascinating book titled “Flower Confidential” by Amy Stewart. Here’s an excerpt thanks to Google Books: