Wonderful wildlife: Birds and bees

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Here's a Bird of Paradise. These are gorgeous birds, and endangered because they are gorgeous. Rather sad. cendrawasih-bird.jpg
 
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Another bird of paradise i know=). Also known as Crane flowers, Birds of paradise are native to south africa, but we also have them here. The Birds of Paradise foliage resembles small banana leaves with long petioles. Their leaves are arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan-like crown of evergreen foliage, thick, waxy, and glossy green, making it a very attractive ornamental plant.


Birds of Paradise | The Flower Expert - Exotic Flowers
 
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mar09 said:
Another bird of paradise i know=). Also known as Crane flowers, Birds of paradise are native to south africa, but we also have them here. The Birds of Paradise foliage resembles small banana leaves with long petioles. Their leaves are arranged strictly in two ranks to form a fan-like crown of evergreen foliage, thick, waxy, and glossy green, making it a very attractive ornamental plant.


Birds of Paradise | The Flower Expert - Exotic Flowers
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They are beautiful, I have not seen them except in florists' shops, but I live in a subtropical climate, so they might be able to be grown here.
 
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Here in the desert we have bird of paradise bushes, but they look quite a bit different.

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Lots of these white cattle egrets we pass by some rice fields, but i never got to mention. Or got actual shots with the cattle!
 
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Here in the desert we have bird of paradise bushes, but they look quite a bit different.

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We have that here also, but i didnt know it was called bird of paradise. I have just discovered-- peacock flower-- the national flower of barbados!
 
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This isnt the best sketch (after highlighting the small leaves,) or scan, but i'd put here before i try again. It's of a weed (not know the name yet) i pass by on the road daily. Drew that on bond paper size, the actual size, but if i pick/cut the plant with more leaves, it would not fit in the paper. This got me thinking that weeds and grasses, in a way, are like snowflakes. So dainty, so unique, just so nice to see swaying in the wind or falling to the ground, dont you think?
 
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Lots of these white cattle egrets we pass by some rice fields, but i never got to mention. Or got actual shots with the cattle!
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How abt this... so sweet.

and this a common site:
 
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This isnt the best sketch (after highlighting the small leaves,) or scan, but i'd put here before i try again. It's of a weed (not know the name yet) i pass by on the road daily. Drew that on bond paper size, the actual size, but if i pick/cut the plant with more leaves, it would not fit in the paper. This got me thinking that weeds and grasses, in a way, are like snowflakes. So dainty, so unique, just so nice to see swaying in the wind or falling to the ground, dont you think?
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That might be Statice. My very first 'real' job was picking bundles of them for filler in floral arrangements. I got 10 cents a bundle.
 
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That might be Statice. My very first 'real' job was picking bundles of them for filler in floral arrangements. I got 10 cents a bundle.
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Really, and how old were you then? Actually no, they're much finer and really just weeds here. Statice we buy here also for flower arrangements.
 
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Looks a bit like the shepherd's purse, but the leaves are actually different.
 
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Finally found its name: Boerhavia erecta L.

Actually a relative of the bougainvillea.
 
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Really, and how old were you then? Actually no, they're much finer and really just weeds here. Statice we buy here also for flower arrangements.
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I think I was 13 or 14.
 
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Random nature shot
 
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I'm a terrible photographer, but some of the azaleas at Bellingrath Gardens near where I live.

Sorry it is sideways, I don't know if I can turn it right way up.
 
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It's not about being a terrible photographer. Sideways or upside down, they are beautiful.
 
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It's not about being a terrible photographer. Sideways or upside down, they are beautiful.
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They're actually way more beautiful than this picture. It's glorious in real life.
 
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Guess i'll post in this thread again to tell abt a brown tree frog i saw one morning recently... the first time i saw such a frog at home, abt 4 feet up a trunk of a tree in front of the house. It was still dark at 5 am but i noticed something move, with the porch light. He was climbing down, backwards, got a sticky foot or 2 away from the wood and seemed to be falling, but was in fact still balancing with other legs. I went in after he stopped moving a few mins.
 
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