Adrian Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 A fascinating flower: Ceropegia sp. (? sutherlandii) in UVF. The flower traps insects for a while while they collect pollen. The flower releases the insect after a time, and it is then free to take the pollen to another flower. Has anyone else photographed this plant? I am hoping to do some reflected UV images next year when I have grown a plant of my own!Technical details:Nikon D810 with 105mm micro Nikkor lens. Convoy S2+ UV torch (with cheap ZWB2 UG1 filter from eBay). Approx 15 seconds @ f/11. 200 ISO. Link to comment
nfoto Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Didn't know this genus, but obviously it has a fascinating approach to pollination. The images you posted are very good, nicely done illustrations. We just miss the UV reflection part .... Link to comment
Andy Perrin Posted June 6, 2019 Share Posted June 6, 2019 Trap and release! Very interesting flower. I like the photos. Link to comment
Andrea B. Posted June 28, 2019 Share Posted June 28, 2019 This is a new one for me. Quite stunning. Thanks, Adrian for posting. (And you are always welcome to post your beautiful photos in the botanical section. I don't think that would take away from any future publication of your own work that you might write later?) Link to comment
Adrian Posted July 4, 2019 Author Share Posted July 4, 2019 Andrea,Yes, a really interesting plant. This specimen was not mine, but I have a small one to grow, so will hopefully be able to shoot some more next year, including UVF and UVRAdrian Link to comment
Cadmium Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 Adrian, Oh wow, somehow I missed these photos entirely... these are superb! Link to comment
Adrian Posted July 5, 2019 Author Share Posted July 5, 2019 Thank you. I can't wait for my plant to come into flower!Adrian Link to comment
enricosavazzi Posted July 8, 2019 Share Posted July 8, 2019 Didn't know this genus, but obviously it has a fascinating approach to pollination. The images you posted are very good, nicely done illustrations. We just miss the UV reflection part ....I posted UV reflection pictures of a similar species (C. sandersonii) quite some time ago:https://www.ultravioletphotography.com/content/index.php/topic/2030-unknown-cultivar/page__view__findpost__p__14237 The past couple of years my plants have made very few flowers, though. Link to comment
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