Helleborus x hybridus

[colinbm]

How do we get one of these in UV ?
Helleborus x hybridus referred to as 'Black beauty', 'Dark and Handsome' or even 'Black swan'.

Hybrid hellebores, commonly called hybrid Lenten roses is a semi-evergreen perennial with leathery, dark green leaves and upright stems bearing outward-facing, dark purple to maroon flowers from winter to spring. The flowers are cup-shaped, typically measuring 2-3 inches in diameter with 5 showy, usually overlapping petals (technically sepals), but sometimes occur in a double flowered form.

[Andrea B.]

Col, I don’t quite understand your question??

You are wanting a UV photo of the Black Hellebore I think?

Such a photo would be very UV-dark (UV-black, probably) because these “black” flowers have lots of anthocyanins. I photographed a Black Hollyhock which is UV-black. LINK

 

I’m on my iPad and quite stupidly cannot manage to copy a link to the Black Hollyhock, which is the first flower the Cultivar section. I’ll be back later to fix that.

[colinbm]

Yes you are correct, a UV photo of this flower.
So it will remain black, thanks.

[cazza132]

Cool flowers! Would be interesting to see - as would they be in infrared.

I wish I was set up for UV when my bat flowers were blooming - another dark coloured flower. Next year hopefully.

He's one of me, my cat Bazza and a bat flower (tacca chantrieri) at the end of its blooming cycle, which has lost most of its whiskers for this shot unfortunately.

[Andy Perrin]

A cazza, a bazza, and a bat flower! Hello!

[colinbm]

Everybody has whiskers......

 

[Andrea B.]

What a pretty cat! Bazza's blue eyes are gorgeous.

 

I'll be looking forward to photos of that bat flower when it is again in bloom. I don't know that one at all.