Thistle, Pasture Thistle, Cirsium Pumilum, Mauve coloured flower against a backround of dandelions.

Thistle, Creeping thistle, Cirsium arvense, studio shot of seedhead.

Cirsium Thistle - Plume thistle Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum' cirsium rivulare atropurpureum

Spear thistle. Cirsium vulgare, Close view of single spiky flowering head with bud and leaves.

Cirsium, Plume thistle, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum', Side view of purple red fluffy thistles intermingled with white lavender.

Thistle, Montpellier thistle, Cirsium monspessulanum, Side view of one pink flower.

Plume thistle, Cirsium rivulare 'Atropurpureum', close up of buds.

Marshthistle, Cirsium palustre.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.

Primrose, Candelabra primrose, Primula, Primula candelabra.

Primrose, Candelabra primrose, Primula, Primula candelabra.

Thistle, Spear thistle, Scotch thistle, Bull thistle, Cirsium vulgare.

Plants, Flowers, Orchid, Pink flowers against a purple background. Plants, Flowers, Orchid.

Plants, Flowers, Orchid, Pink flowers against a purple background. Plants, Flowers, Orchid.

Plants, Flowers, Orchid, Pink flowers against a purple background. Plants, Flowers, Orchid.

Arum Lily, Zantedeschia, black and white monochrome studio shot of a flower with large white bract on a long stem against a graduated background. Plants, Flowers, Lily.

Japan, Honshu, Near Kyoto, Rice drying on racks.

Cosmos, Side view of pink coloured flower growing outdoor showing stamen.

Cosmos, Low side view of mauve coloured flower growing outdoor showing stamen.

Cosmos, Side view of orange coloured flower growing outdoor.

Cosmos, Backlit shot of orange coloured flower growing outdoor.

Osteospermum, Side view of purple coloured flower with bud in the foreground.

Painters palatte, Tailflower, Anthurium andraeanum, Detail of white coloured flower.

Orchid, Noble dendrobium, Dendrobium nobile, Detail of white coloured flower growing outdoor.