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“It gives me great pleasure,” Einstein once said, “to see the stubbornness of an incorrigible nonconformist warmly acclaimed.”  The tiny, five-petaled flower of the pentas lanceolata usually blooms in clusters, which is why this nonconforming, solitary blossom caught my eye (and the warm focus of my macro lens).  Photographed in Coral Springs, Florida, February 2, 2014.  Higher resolution versions of this photo can be viewed at 500px.com.