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Calliandra haematocephala

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 01:42:00 -0700

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Belgium. Meise (Brussels)
National Botanic Garden.

Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains about 200 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliandra

Hamamelis in the snow

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 00:40:00 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.

Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.

Witch-hazel, Hamamelis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, with three species in North America (H. ovalis, H. virginiana and H. vernalis), and one each in Japan (H. japonica) and China (H. mollis).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hazel

Red Hamamelis in the snow.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:33:26 -0800

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden.

Witch-hazel, Hamamelis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hamamelidaceae, with three species in North America (H. ovalis, H. virginiana and H. vernalis), and one each in Japan (H. japonica) and China (H. mollis).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch-hazel

Flamboyant.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 01:40:07 -0800

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Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam.

Calliandra tweedii.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:19 -0800

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Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

It is a long-lived, many-stemmed dense shrub, belonging to the mimosa family and grows to about 6ft high. The branches grow from ground level, and the leaves consist of tiny crowded leaflets that fold together at night or by touch. The fine, feathery and large flowers are a deep scarlet color and borne among the green foliage from spring to autumn. Propagation is from seed or cuttings taken in winter.

First tests with my new camera.
Unfortunately, the sx30 I just bought before going to Morocco was broken by one of my fellow travellers, so I had to buy a new one.
This is my new sx40.

Carob tree blossoms.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:02:24 -0800

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Morocco.
High Atlas.

Ceratonia siliqua, commonly known as the Carob tree and St John's-bread, is a species of flowering evergreen shrub or tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is widely cultivated for its edible legumes, and as an ornamental tree in gardens.

It is native to the Mediterranean region including Southern Europe, Northern Africa, the larger Mediterranean islands; to the Levant and Middle-East of Western Asia into Iran; and to the Canary Islands and Macaronesia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratonia_siliqua

Erythrina crista-galli

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:17:28 -0700

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Belgium.
National Botanic Garden in Meise (Brussels)

Erythrina crista-galli is a flowering tree in the family Fabaceae, native to Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil and Paraguay. It is widely planted as a street or garden tree in other countries, most notably in California (in the United States). It is known by several common names within South America: ceibo, seíbo (Spanish), corticeira (Portuguese) and the more ambiguous bucaré, to name a few. In English it is often known as the Cockspur Coral Tree.

The tree's flower is the national flower of Argentina (since 23 December 1942) and Uruguay.

This species characteristically grows wild in gallery forest ecosystems along watercourses, as well as in swamps and wetlands. In urban settings, it is often planted in parks for its bright red flowers.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrina_crista-galli

Erythrina crista-galli

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:49:37 -0700

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Erythrina crista-galli

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:03:41 -0700

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Hamamelis in the snow

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:02:45 -0800

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Hamamelis in the snow

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 01:02:49 -0800

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Red Hamamelis in the snow.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 09:33:25 -0800

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Canarina canariensis. Canary island bellflower.

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 07:48:00 -0700

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Tenerife. Islas Canarias.
Icod de los Vinos.

Parque del Drago is the most impressive attraction in the municipality of Icod de los Vinos. The park is neither the largest nor the most diverse green spot in Tenerife, yet it manages to stand out as a must-see objective for all tourists vacationing on the island.

Canarina is a genus of flowering plants within the family Campanulaceae. The best known species is C. canariensis from the laurel forests of the Canary Islands which is sometimes grown as an ornamental plant. Canarina canariensis is one of a group of unrelated Canarian plants that appear to be adapted for bird pollination, including the members of the genera Isoplexis and Lotus. It was once thought that the original pollinators of these plants were sunbirds which had become extinct on the Canary Islands, explaining why some of these species are rare and considered endangered (Vogel 1954; Vogel et al. 1984; Olesen 1985; Valido et al. 2004). However more recent work has shown that these plants are adequately pollinated by non-specialist flower visiting birds, particularly the Canary Islands Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus canariensis) and the Canary Island Spectacled Warbler (Sylvia conspicillata orbitalis) (Olesen 1985; Ollerton et al. 2008), and in fact show some specific adaptations to infrequent pollination by these birds, such as extended flower lifespans (Ollerton et al. 2008), and a hexose-dominated sugar ratio of the nectar (Dupont et al. 2004).

Stapelia glabricaulis

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:55:00 -0700

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Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

The genus Stapelia consists of around 40 species of low growing, spineless, stem succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa.

Hesperantha coccinea

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Fri, 17 Aug 2012 04:13:24 -0700

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Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

Hesperantha coccinea (River Lily or Crimson Flag; syn. Schizostylis coccinea Backh. & Harv.) is a flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to South Africa and Zimbabwe.

It is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 60 cm tall, with slender lanceolate leaves up to 40 cm long and 1 cm broad. The flowers are red, occasionally pink or white, 30–35 mm long, with six petals; they are produced four to ten alternately on a spike in late summer to autumn.

Papaver rhoeas

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 05:03:00 -0700

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Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

Papaver rhoeas (common names include corn poppy, corn rose, field poppy, Flanders poppy, red poppy, red weed, coquelicot, and, due to its odour, which is said to cause them, as headache and headwark) is a species of flowering plant in the poppy family, Papaveraceae. This poppy, a native of Europe, is notable as an agricultural weed (hence the "corn" and "field") and as a symbol of fallen soldiers.

P. rhoeas sometimes is so abundant in agricultural fields that it may be mistaken for a crop. The only species of Papaveraceae grown as a field crop on a large scale is Papaver somniferum, the opium poppy.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papaver_rhoeas

Stapelia glabricaulis

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 23:38:25 -0700

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Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic Garden.

The genus Stapelia consists of around 40 species of low growing, spineless, stem succulent plants, predominantly from South Africa. The flowers of certain species, most notably Stapelia gigantea, can reach 41 cm (16 inches) in diameter when fully open. Most Stapelia flowers are visibly hairy and generate the odour of rotten flesh, a notable exception is the sweetly scented Stapelia flavopurpurea. Such odours serve to attract various specialist pollinators including, in the case of carrion scented blooms, blow flies of the dipteran family Calliphoridae. They frequently lay eggs around the coronae of Stapelia flowers, convinced by the plants' deception.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stapelia

Common poppy

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 00:10:11 -0700

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Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic Garden.
Wildflower field.

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Stapelia glabricaulis

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 06:32:40 -0700

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Erythrina crista-galli

nobody@flickr.com (Linda De Volder (the new layout is horrible)) — Sun, 07 Aug 2011 01:59:06 -0700

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