ColorChallenge - Wednesday Yellow - Hypericum; St. John's Wort - Photography by denmarkguy

colorchallenge · @denmarkguy · Aug 10 '17

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ColorChallenge - Wednesday Yellow - Hypericum; St. John's Wort - Photography

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<p>It seems there's an opportunity to learn something new every day.</p>
<p>For a long time, I have been admiring a particular type of ground cover that's popular in gardens around here. It's a creeping vine of sorts, with large yellow flowers that remind me a bit of Clematis.</p>
<p>Anyway, &nbsp;there's still a bit of Wednesday left, so that means I can still sneak this photo post in as part of "<em>Wednesday Yellow</em>" in <a href="https://steemit.com/@kalemandra"><strong>@kalemandra</strong></a>'s daily<a href="https://steemit.com/trending/colorchallenge"><strong>#colorchallenge</strong></a>...&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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<img src="http://i.imgur.com/kq9dnO1.jpg" alt="StJohnsWort" /><br />
<em>Hypericum... also a form of creeping St. John's Wort</em></p>
<p>Some years back, I decided to find out more about this plant... and discovered that it's a type of Hypericum <em>("Hypercium Calycinum")</em>, also known as "<em>Aaron's Beard</em>" or the "<em>Rose of Sharon.</em>"</p>
<p>The flowers are really quite "showy" and spectacular, with a big tuft of stamens in the center</p>
<p>What I did <em>not</em> know till earlier this week is that this is also a form of creeping St. John's Wort. It's <em>related</em> to the popular medicinal herb that's often used as a "<em>natural antidepressant,</em>" but that's a different plant, <em>Hypericum Perforatum.</em>&nbsp;</p>
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<img src="http://i.imgur.com/qY6T3EW.jpg" alt="StJohnsWort" /><br />
<em>Closeup of the very center of the flower</em></p>
<p><strong>Camera used:</strong> Fuji Finepix HS20 EXR, various settings; shot in natural daylight.</p>
<p><em><strong>How about YOU?</strong></em> Are you familiar with this flower? Did you know it was a type of St. John's Wort? Did you know that St. John's Wort is a natural antidepressant? Do you enjoy macro photography? Leave a comment!</p>
<p><em>(As usual, all text and images by the author, unless otherwise credited. This is original content, created expressly for Steemit)&nbsp;</em><br>
<em>Posted 20170809 23:38 PDT</em> &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>
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@pepe.maya · Aug 10 '17

Amazing flower! Great macro

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@god-is-love · Aug 10 '17

This is a spectacular flower!  It does look similar to St. John's Wort. I knew that St. John's Wort is a natural antidepressant. Did you know what if you take St. John's Wort as an antidepressant you can get a sunburn easier?

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@maruharraca · Aug 10 '17

Nice pictures! Upvoted

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@moonprincess · Aug 10 '17

I love the name Rose of Sharon, truly beautiful flower , I have never seen it before , over here there is a white type similar but not that much of stamens in the centre :-)

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@mamamyanmar · Aug 10 '17

beautiful

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@insiders · Aug 10 '17

Upvoted and RESTEEMED :)

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@hotasian · Aug 10 '17

Sooo Beautiful pictures. Very nice.Thanks for sharing with us.

👍 hotasian

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@felander · Aug 10 '17

this macro is really nice,

you should enter it in the steemitphotochallenge

i have made a list of all photography challenges

https://steemit.com/photography/@felander/list-of-all-photo-challenges-paid-or-for-fun

the one you want is the 3rd one on the list, and the topic of the week is macro, these flowers might have a shot there, they really are very vibrant

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@violetmed · Aug 10 '17

$0.03

I've never seen this flower, it's beautiful! And yes I know that St. John's Wort is a natural antidepressant. I do enjoy macro photography, but I'm not very good at it! I mainly just use the auto feature on my Canon camera. We just bought a new one about a month ago and it's macro photos are pretty impressive.

👍 d-pend

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@kus-knee · Aug 10 '17 (edited)

$0.44

First of all great photos! I love admiring macro photography but I don't have a lense for that at this time.

  I also enjoyed the description of the flower, in particular this:

*The flowers are really quite "showy" and spectacular, with a big tuft of stamens in the center.*

I've never seen nor heard of this particular flower but I'm well aware of St. John's Wort and it's use.  

Thankfully I've never suffered from *chronic* depression but my own personal extensive research on that topic has lead to the supplement niacin. Dr. Saul has done many lectures on the topic and he was once interviewed by Dr. Mercola (who I much admire) about its use. It is more than fascinating.

👍 pharesim, englishtchrivy

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@allmonitors · Aug 11 '17

Very colorful flower. Love the yellow contrast, great shot!

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@sallybeth23 · Aug 11 '17

WOW this is a crazy flower! So photogenic !!!!! Happy daze!

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