Onoclea sensibilis

Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 1 August 2008 in Plant & Nature.

Remember this one? A heavy sunburn almost killed my Onoclea sensibilis, but it turned out to be a resurrection plant and is producing new fronds.

(Okay, this is an older shot, but the new fronds exactly look like the old ones. :-)

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Comments (11)

Lorraine from Gatineau, Canada

not one alike, I love, love the drop on this one, well done genius ;)

1 Aug 2008 11:18am

@Lorraine: No genius here, just two leaves and a few raindrops... :-)

Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Hong Kong

Love those drops which appear to have a small reflection in them. Nice!

1 Aug 2008 1:32pm

@Michael Skorulski: I guess that reflection was me :-) Thanks!

Kent from Kvänum, Sweden

Beautiful image. Great colours

1 Aug 2008 2:18pm

@Kent: Thanks very much, Kent!

Laurie from New Jersey, United States

I like how the leaves create horizontal lines in the frame. The water droplets are a wonderful addition.

1 Aug 2008 2:19pm

@Laurie: Thanks so much, Laurie! Fortunately this fern recovered, so expect more photos like this one :-)

Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom

Plenty of shade and water in future MS. The edges of these leaves do not have a regular shape, but look good anyhow

1 Aug 2008 3:45pm

@Observing: I like this one, because it's a rather ancient fern species - as you already might have guessed :-)

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

i love these shots of yours! this one is nice and dark... :) but still, so much incredible detail! bravo!

1 Aug 2008 6:15pm

@dj.tigersprout: Thanks, pal! Glad you like it!

Ina from Krugersdorp, South Africa

REally nice composition and detail, I like it!

1 Aug 2008 9:05pm

@Ina: Plenty of rain here, to be continued soon! :-)

akarui from Kagoshima, Japan

The water droplets are like a magnifying glass as we can see the details of the leaf in bigger size. I like also the reflection on the very sharp low droplet, it looks like a river but it could be the reflection of the sky?

2 Aug 2008 1:42am

@akarui: No river here! :-) That's one of my balcony plants. :)

Laurent from Lyon, France

I like the composition of this one, withe the two leaves making horizontal lines. I like also the details of the leaves veins and of course the small drops of water

5 Aug 2008 11:05am

@Laurent: It always amazes me how some drops of water bring life to a subject. I agree, it wouldn't be as half as interesting if these drops wouldn't be there.