John R - I really like this type of shot and they are surprisingly difficult to make as good as this. Seems to me you have to choose the plant carefully and then also avoid the sky unless it's very clear blue otherwise it blows out readily. Then you need some other colours like your green and gold.
Mike
Thank you Mike. Quite right, the technique is easy enough, but it takes practice to get it right and to deveop an eye for seeing how the shapes will turn out.
Like this one, where I included the sky because I could not resist the composition-
Or this one, which as you have noted, avoids the sky and white streaks, and allows the verticals and colours to create my composition-