Stem tattoo ideas

1,695 photos and flash · 89% Botanical, 36% Fine line · Forearm most common

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Colour tattoo of a yellow sunflower with green leaves and purple flowers on a person's shoulder and upper back, seen from behind.
Sunflower and purple flowers on a shoulder
Pink orchid tattoo with soft watercolour-style shading along the side of a ribcage, with a black top worn below.
Pink orchid tattoo on the ribs
Black and white photo of a raised forearm with a small fine line botanical tattoo of a wildflower sprig on the inner arm.
Wildflower sprig on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sunflower with a dark centre and green leaves on the outer upper arm, in a realistic style.
Sunflower on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red poppy with a green stem and bud on the inner forearm and wrist, painted in a soft watercolour style.
Red poppy with stem on a wrist
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a fluffy puff-shaped flower and leafy branches on the calf, done in dotwork and fine line.
Puff flower and leaves on a calf
Small black and grey fine line dandelion tattoo with drifting seeds on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dandelion seeds tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism rose tattoo with a thorned stem and two leaves on the back of a hand, with a coin resting on the skin above it.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Solid black stylised lotus flower with pointed petals and a long curling stem, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Stylised lotus flower with curling stem
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design: a treble clef formed from twining stems with bell flowers, a calla lily and small blossoms.
Treble clef entwined with flowers
Black line drawing on translucent paper of two chrysanthemums, cherry blossom sprigs and loose petals in a Japanese botanical flash style.
Chrysanthemum and cherry blossom flash sheet
Colour realism tattoo of purple and teal delphinium flowers and buds on the side of the ribs.
Purple delphinium flowers on the ribs
Black and grey botanical orchid tattoo across a woman's upper back, seen from behind in a backless sequin gown.
Orchid tattoo across the upper back
Colour botanical tattoo of blue foxgloves, a red poppy and pink gerberas with black outlines on the upper arm.
Foxglove, poppy and gerbera flowers on an arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of roses, leaves and trailing vines across a woman's shoulder and upper arm.
Floral shoulder and upper arm tattoo
Black and grey botanical tattoo of an avocado half with a sprouting seedling, placed on a limb.
Avocado and seedling sprout
Black and grey botanical tattoo of layered roses, dahlia-like blooms, leaves and blackberries running down the outer thigh.
Botanical flowers and blackberries on a thigh
Black and grey fine line cosmos flower with a long stem and small cursive script on an upper arm.
Cosmos flower with script on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of mushrooms and fern fronds across a person's chest and sternum, with a white garment pulled aside.
Fern and mushroom chest tattoo
Colour realism tattoo of an orange poppy with a dark centre and a thin black stem, on a forearm against a black background.
Realistic orange poppy with stem
Black and grey fine line dandelion tattoo on a woman's upper back, with seeds drifting into small birds towards the shoulder.
Dandelion seeds turning into birds on upper back
Black outline tattoo of a rose with stem and leaf on the side of a torso, in a botanical style, with clothes hanging blurred in the background.
Black line rose on the side of the torso
Blackwork armband tattoo with white-line flowers and leaves on a upper arm, with the solid black background forming the band.
Black band tattoo with flowers on an arm
Black linework botanical tattoo of a full rose with a small bud and leaves on the inner upper arm.
Rose and bud on the inner upper arm
Colour tattoo of purple lilies with a black-line vine and leaves running down a person's back, in a botanical style.
Purple lilies and vine down the back
Black and grey Japanese-style peony tattoo with dotwork shading and leaves, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder.
Black and grey peony on upper arm
Red lotus flower tattoo with a small bud near the shoulder, drawn in soft fine line and watercolour-style shading on an upper arm.
Red lotus on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of pink peonies, peach anemones and green leaves across a woman's back shoulder and upper arm, with a small bird near the shoulder blade.
Peonies and anemones across a shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small sprig with a stippled flower head and leaves on the inner forearm.
Small botanical sprig on inner forearm
Fine line black ink tattoo of a daisy-like flower with a long thin stem and small bud, on the outer ankle of a leg in a white sneaker.
Fine line flower on an ankle
Black and grey shaded botanical tattoo of a thin sprig with bell-shaped blooms and buds on the upper chest.
Bell flower sprig on upper chest
Black dotwork lotus with fine line swirls and a long stem running down the inner forearm towards the wrist.
Dotwork lotus and swirl stem on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a rose with leaves and stems in a botanical style, running down the side of a person's ribs.
Rose and leaves along the ribs
Small colour maple leaf tattoo in orange and red shading on the back of a hand, in a botanical style.
Maple leaf on the back of a hand
Realistic colour tattoo of an orange lily with buds and green stems on an upper arm, set against a blue background with swirling smoke and a partial face.
Orange lily with blue smoke on an arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a pink peony, bud and green leaves with a hummingbird perched on the stem, on the side of the upper thigh.
Peony and hummingbird on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a yellow and orange daffodil with green leaves and a long stem on skin, in a traditional botanical style.
Daffodil tattoo in yellow and orange
Botanical tattoo of a flowering sprig with green leaves running up the outer forearm, with soft grey shading on the blossoms.
Flowering sprig on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand holding a flowering branch on a forearm, with partial lettering beside it.
Hand holding a blossom branch on a forearm
Botanical tattoo of a rose sprig with two open roses, leaves and buds running down a forearm, shaded in muted red and grey.
Rose sprig tattoo on a forearm
Small purple botanical tattoo of a cluster of flowers on the outer forearm of a woman wearing a light blue top and denim shorts.
Purple floral cluster on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a flowering sprig with leaves and dotted tendrils on the upper arm, against a brick wall.
Botanical sprig on the upper arm
Botanical tattoo of orange poppies on slender dark stems with small buds, shaded in a fine line style, on the forearm.
Orange poppies and slender stems on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a three-leaf clover with faceted geometric leaves on the forearm.
Geometric clover on a forearm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of lilies with ink splatter details across a person's upper back.
Grey lilies and ink splatters across a back
Fine line botanical tattoo of Queen Anne's lace flowers and leaves on the upper arm of a person wearing a dark scalloped top.
Queen Anne's lace sprig on the upper arm
Black ink drawing of a symmetrical lotus flower with swirling inner petals, dotted accents and a trailing stem, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Lotus flower tattoo design
Fine line drawing of a slender botanical stem with a open flower at the top, small buds and three leaves, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper.
Fine line botanical stem with buds and leaves