Flowers and other Flora
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I was trying out my new 16-35mm f/4 lens on July 3. It was too hot that afternoon to stray very far, so I took pictures from (and of) my front porch. I took this shot of crape myrtle blooms zoomed out to 16mm at f/4 for 1/640 sec. ISO 400:
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lion rock said:
Hi Lion Rock! I didn't know the name of this plant despite it's a common in the gardens around! I have to take some photos too... Including the fruit - it's surprisingly big for such a plant.
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Beautiful lotus, ISv!
I saw lots of them cultivated in Hawaii when I visited.
We have 3 madagascar Jasmines (Stephanotis floribunda) at home standing nearly 6 feet tall (including the pots.) If spread out, the vines stretch out to something like 20 feet! We have them for 5-6 years now and over the last 3 or 4 years, we get one or 2 fruit pods from the plants. They're like mangoes in shape, though never turn red or yellow when ripe. There's no fleshy portion within, just dry pulpy material about 1/2 the thickness of the fruit. The seeds are packed in the center, arranged like an oval shape, like fish scales. Each seed (flat) has a tuff of white/silvery fiber, I guess to allow the wind to pick it up and spread.
We saw a plant being sold at NY City (China Town) and she wanted $200 for a 3 feet plant! Normal nursery may sell them for $20-50 dependent on size (2 feet tall.)
I took photos (iPhone quality) of the seed pod last year, I may dig them out to show you.
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I saw lots of them cultivated in Hawaii when I visited.
We have 3 madagascar Jasmines (Stephanotis floribunda) at home standing nearly 6 feet tall (including the pots.) If spread out, the vines stretch out to something like 20 feet! We have them for 5-6 years now and over the last 3 or 4 years, we get one or 2 fruit pods from the plants. They're like mangoes in shape, though never turn red or yellow when ripe. There's no fleshy portion within, just dry pulpy material about 1/2 the thickness of the fruit. The seeds are packed in the center, arranged like an oval shape, like fish scales. Each seed (flat) has a tuff of white/silvery fiber, I guess to allow the wind to pick it up and spread.
We saw a plant being sold at NY City (China Town) and she wanted $200 for a 3 feet plant! Normal nursery may sell them for $20-50 dependent on size (2 feet tall.)
I took photos (iPhone quality) of the seed pod last year, I may dig them out to show you.
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