Skeleton flowers

SLOW ROADS on Instagram: "Mountain leaves, ✨ Sankayou (flower turns transparent when wet) Japan, Courtesy of @midori_mountains #slowroads"

Diphylleia grayi aka "Skeleton flower"

“Spring” is a work in progress since 2010. The “Spring” series it's about the ephemeral, about frailty and temporality of things.For a question of coherence, for the conception of this serie, I only use photos of flowers that unfold on spring time, and t…

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Diphylleia grayi, also known as the skeleton flower. 😍 It has white petals that turn transparent with rain and when dry, they revert to white! 🤍😍😍

skeleton flower: jonghyun

The Diphelleia grayi or “Skeleton Flower” is finally a reason to look forward to rainy days. This rare flower transforms into a translucent beauty [its skeletal form] when exposed to water, its white petals becoming completely clear while wet, then transforming back to their original color once dry. Found in only three locations in the world, the flower grows in the colder regions of China and Japan, and within the United States’ Appalachian Mountains. More

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