Flowers of the World

I visited this Florist Shop and Cafe, Flowers of the World in South Bank,  last week.  Oh, the amazing blooms inside.  I could have spent a fortune, but kept my hands away from my purse.

I was pleased to see one of my favourite flowers on the table.  I was there for a meeting so it (luckily) distracted me from spending money.

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Gerbera Photos

This photo is of one of our Gerbera's. I used my Nikon camera, and used the close up feature, and zoom to get this shot. I am waiting for a new camera - again a Nikon, but somewhat better than the current one I use.

Gerberas

This is one of the very popular colours of Gerberas and most growers here in Australia feature them. This one is called Monarch.

Right this minute (November 1st, 2007) the Gough Hill Gerbera farm is struggling - as Rutherglen and other bugs create havoc and seem resistant to all the sprays that normally kill them.

Another blooming star.

This is one of our favourite flowers and also one that is very popular with florists and their customers. The pink and white together lends itself to use in a range of different floral arrangements. Everybody loves it. As well, it is a consistent bloomer with strong straight stems. Wonderful flower.

My favourite gerberas

Having our own gerbera farm has its special benefits. I love picking the flowers. These are some from my regular picking patch. I love the unusual pinky/orange colour and they tend to have consistently good blooms.

Unusual Gerbera

Nature does strange things. No doubt this plant was derived from an orange flower and a yellow one. Just one plant in the row would produce these unusual flowers with several petals of a different colour.

We do think Nature is perfect, but sometimes it is perfectly unpredictable. I enjoy finding some of the flowers that Nature has had some quirky fun with.

Frog in a Gerbera

One of my favourite Gerbera photographs is this one. One early morning I was picking flowers and came across this tiny frog sitting in the flower. I quietly back pedalled and ran to my car to get my camera. I was somewhat amazed when the frog was waiting for me when I returned.

It sat then while I took the photo. The flower wasn't ready for picking, so I left it and I noticed later that it had disappeared.

Why Tottie's Blooms - Gerbera.

Well, you could ask"Why Tottie?" but I'm not going to explain it here. It is already explained elsewhere.

I've realised that I have a lot of flower photos so I thought I'd post them all on one site. I have hundreds, so much to add.

I have always loved flowers and over the years had many blooms in my garden. The Gerbera has become very popular in our household as we created and managed a Gerbera Farm here in Brisbane Queensland. So it is only right that my first photo would be of a Gerbera, and you'll see many of them as you peruse this site.