Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction in finding non copyrighted flower images.

I'm looking for 3, 5, and 9 petaled flowers?

Thanks

Ben

3 and 5 petalled flowers occur widely in Nature, but I don't know of any flowers which have 9 petals - you'd be looking for a semi-double which by chance had 9 petals.

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ben.blakey;928548 Wrote:
Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction in
finding non copyrighted flower images.

I'm looking for 3, 5, and 9 petaled flowers?

Thanks

Ben

3 and 5 petalled flowers occur widely in Nature, but I don't know of any
flowers which have 9 petals - you'd be looking for a semi-double which
by chance had 9 petals.


Flowering plants probably started off with flowers with floral parts in
whorls of threes. That's still the case for some lineages, so it would
be just a matter of finding one with three whorls of petaloid organs.

You could probably find a Magnolia with 9 petals. Drimys winteri has a
variable number of petals, but 9 is within its range. However nearer to
home Ficaria verna syn Ranunculus ficaria (lesser celandine) also has a
variable number of petals, with a range including 9.

You could also find Lewisias with 9 petals, and perhaps cacti and water
lilies, as well as assorted magnoliids.
--
Stewart Robert Hinsley

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:07:24 +0000, ben.blakey
wrote:


Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction in
finding non copyrighted flower images.

I'm looking for 3, 5, and 9 petaled flowers?

Thanks

Ben

Get camera.
Go for walk.
Knock on doors of gardens with pretty flowers
say "can I take some photos of your lovely flowers?"
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http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk

On Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:06:36 +0100, mogga
wrote:

On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:07:24 +0000, ben.blakey
wrote:


Hello,

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction in
finding non copyrighted flower images.

I'm looking for 3, 5, and 9 petaled flowers?

Thanks

Ben

Get camera.
Go for walk.
Knock on doors of gardens with pretty flowers
say "can I take some photos of your lovely flowers?"

But if Ben's less confident in his own photography, there may be
something useful among the copyright-free images at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons

There may well be other public-domain collections on the Net, but I
don't actually know.

--
Mike.