Snake's Head Fritillaries

A short post to draw your attention to these amazing flowers which will soon be making an appearance in the few places in the UK that they grow.

I was completely unaware of their existance until Tinseltroos drew my attention to them as an alternative flower to put on the tattoo design, which I am now in the process of doing. New drawings when they're done. In the meantime do have a look at the flickr sets linked above. How something so magnificent can evolve unaided is a source of continuing delight to me.