Leberblümchen (Hepatica nobilis)
The blue is caused by an substance called anthocyan, which can change light into heat, protecting the plant from freezing in cold spring nights.


5 comments so far...

Euzkerika Orozco March 03, 2008, 01:03 PM
I love the colour of this flower!!!!

...and the picture is soooo neat :D good camera you've got! ((:

ranke March 03, 2008, 01:07 PM
:-) after a long time without a good cam I´m now very happy :-)
Euzkerika Orozco March 03, 2008, 01:12 PM
Hi Ranke :))

well.. of course, you must be :D ..it's a great feeling to get a new camera isn't it??

I'm very happy too because we can see all these beauuuutiful pictures now ((:

Paulo Brabo Team 23 March 03, 2008, 04:07 PM
The hue is otherwordly!
ranke March 03, 2008, 04:28 PM
It was so clowdy outside so I had to adjust the cam a bit...
I´ll try one in more natural colors when we got sunshine again here.




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