#hellebores

For all my hellebores lovers over there, my warming shots of the flowers.

The reason for flowers is reproduction. Three major parts of a flower function to achieve this purpose. First, the gynoecium sits at the center. This is the ovule-producing portion. It’s where seeds are born. Its stigmas accept pollen produced by the second major flower part, the androecium. This part is made up of a whorl of stamens that generally surround the gynoecium, except when the…

Hellebore Bouquet - P. Allier , 1880.

French , 1863-1967