Gentians

Gentians have an interesting folding mechanism, it almost looks like a camera's aperture that can rotate open:

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/60s}

To be precise, this is a marsh gentian (Gentiana pneumonanthe), klokjesgentiaan in Dutch.

^{Olympus Stylus 1s, 42mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1/80s}

A variety from Italy was just posted here.

This is what it looks like when the Alcon blue I posted about yesterday has paid a visit. The little white blobs are the butterfly's eggs:

^{Olympus XZ-1, 28mm, ISO100, f4, 1/80s}

Thanks for watching!