Heart Of The Pipe

Dutchman’s Pipe blooming in the Hort Park. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

This was taken with a compact all-in-one bridge camera with a 25-600mm equivalent focal length that I had found very handy especially when I could be using wide angle one moment and then super telephoto another. That had since unfortunately been shelved as its viewfinder had gotten hazy and I was more accustomed to shooting with viewfinders.

Dutchman’s Pipes

Aristolochia durior or Dutchman’s Pipe blooming in the botanic gardens. Photo credit: Jonathan Chua.

These flowers were about 8 inches (or 20 cm) across and they didn’t look anything like an 18th-century pipe at this stage and from this angle. They only looked like one when the buds were beginning to bloom.