tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-380569068180693692024-03-07T07:01:52.310+11:00Flower Memes"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity."~John RuskinUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-90495568524116936472013-01-24T11:46:00.000+11:002013-01-24T11:46:19.382+11:00Angel's Trumpets<b>BRUGMANSIA </b><br />
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<b>Photos: Taken at Cattery Marashar Western Sydney, 7 october 2012</b></div>
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A white flowered Angel's Trumpet, known for its large trumpet-like flowers which can grow to a foot. A striking plant when in bloom---and the plant usually is in bloom!<br />
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<b>Candy-striped Amaryllis</b></div>
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Taken from her garden last 26 September 2012. Thank you Tita.<br />
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</div><div id="siteSub">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div><div class="mw-jump" id="jump-to-nav"><br />
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<tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: lightgreen; text-align: center;">Waratah</th> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Telopea_speciosissima_suellen.JPG"><img alt="" height="187" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Telopea_speciosissima_suellen.JPG/250px-Telopea_speciosissima_suellen.JPG" width="250" /></a></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 88%; text-align: center;"><i>Telopea speciosissima</i></td> </tr>
<tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color: lightgreen; text-align: center;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_classification" title="Biological classification">Scientific classification</a></th> </tr>
<tr> <td>Kingdom:</td> <td><span class="kingdom" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plantae" title="Plantae">Plantae</a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td>(unranked):</td> <td><span class="(unranked)" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiosperms" title="Angiosperms">Angiosperms</a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td>(unranked):</td> <td><span class="(unranked)" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudicots" title="Eudicots">Eudicots</a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Order:</td> <td><span class="order" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteales" title="Proteales">Proteales</a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Family:</td> <td><span class="family" style="white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteaceae" title="Proteaceae">Proteaceae</a></span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td>Genus:</td> <td><span class="genus" style="white-space: nowrap;"><i><b>Telopea</b></i></span><br />
<small>(<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Smith" title="James Edward Smith">Sm.</a>) <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Brown_%28botanist%29" title="Robert Brown (botanist)">R.Br.</a></small></td> </tr>
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</tbody></table></div><b>Waratah</b> (<i>Telopea</i>) is an endemic, Australian genus of five species of large shrubs or small trees, native to the southeastern parts of Australia (New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania). The most well-known species in this genus is <i>Telopea speciosissima</i>, which has bright red flowers and is the NSW state emblem. The waratah is a member of the plant family Proteaceae, a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The key diagnostic feature of Proteaceae is the inflorescence which is often very large and showy, bright colours and consisting of many small flowers densely packed into a compact head or spike. Species of waratah boast such inflorescences ranging from 6-15 cm in diameter with a basal ring of coloured bracts. The leaves are spirally arranged, 10-20 cm long and 2-3 cm broad with entire or serrated margins. The name <i>waratah</i> comes from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. <br />
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15 January 2010 My Farewell Unaware to Mom Mona</div>
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15 January 2010 from Blacktown Hospital hedge garden.</div>
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5 December 2010 from Mom Joan's backyard garden.</div>
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A beautifully ruffled Pink Carnation above I macronized from a bunch of Carnation bouquet I brought for Mom Mona when I visited her in Blacktown Hospital to what I had not known would be our last meeting as she passed away two weeks after and a Pink lacy-layered compound Pink Hibiscus (in the middle) that grew along the brick wall of the hospital that took my fancy are excellent compliments to this partially wilted Summer Pink Oleander from the backyard of Mom Joan. These are few of my hidden treasures that I found lately in my mystery box and it gave me an idea of posting them for Today's Flowers.<br />
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The lisianthus, a member of the Gentianaceae family, is known for its many color varieties especially its blue tones and long vase life. Originating in the West Indies, Mexico, and Central and South America, the flower is known botanically as Eustoma grandiflorum. The common name comes from the Greek words lysis, meaning "dissolution," and anthos, meaning "flower," and alludes to the bitter quality of some medicinal species.<br />
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<b>Certified Photography</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-25152026307381964432011-05-05T09:23:00.000+10:002011-05-05T09:23:30.098+10:00Flowers InfoSource: JPG<br />
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The Snowdrop (Latin: Galanthus nivalis) is the first flower coming even out through the snow, forecasting the spring arrival. It is considered to be one of the most delicate flowers on Earth - a symbol of fragility and tenderness.<br />
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The Snowflake (Latin: Leucojum aestivum) is called also 'The Marsh Snowdrop' and appears a couple of weeks later, being more solid and brassy.<br />
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The Dandelion (Latin: Taraxacum officinale), you can meet them on every grass field... and not few at number. It is famous for its medicinal uses as a tea or eaten even fresh.<br />
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The Tulip (Latin: Tulipa) has the origins in Southern Europe, Northern Africa and Asia, where you can find it even on Iran's national flag. It includes over 100 species and in my country it is very, very popular.<br />
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The Elderberry (Latin: Sambucus nigra) is very well known as a medicinal tea flower or even used fresh for making of refreshing drinks. In the past, people put it in horses' mane in order to drive away the flies with its powerful smell.<br />
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The Chamomile (Latin: Matricaria chamomilla), maybe the most known medicinal flower on Earth, is very frequently met on the fields of my country. It has an apple like scent and in the past it was used as a dye to produce green color, but mostly for alternative therapy uses. For example, US National Library of Medicine lists over 100 separate diseases which chamomile has been traditionally used to treat.<br />
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The Forsythia (Latin: Forsythia) is also called "Golden Rain" because of the shining yellow flowers which bloom in the early spring, even before the leaves are produced. Forsythia had overtaken many European gardens and parks as an ornament flower.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-90316308523283565402010-10-15T12:34:00.002+11:002013-01-24T09:47:19.666+11:00Friday Floral FunNavigating, exploring and playing with my photobucket; I came up with these scrapbook collage for fun. So far, I am not satisfied yet with my effort as I am only doing this on trial and error scale. Here's the three I created long ago.<br />
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<b>Certified Photography</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-77446828918272818002010-08-17T07:14:00.004+10:002011-07-24T06:23:10.105+10:00Thank You Today's FlowersPlease accept my appreciation to Today's Flowers Host Luis and his dynamic team for posting my contribution as Today's Flowers guest friend host.<br />
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Thank you very much to all for the heartwarming response to my entry. I must confess, this thing has been dreadfully slipped off my mind due to the chest and left arm pain I have endured since last week. I am slowing down at the moment and will be seeing my doctor today. I'll come back to give everyone my grateful kudos.<br />
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Agapanthus for my 60th Birthday in <a href="http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/">Today's Flowers</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b>The first bloom of Blue Agapanthus from my own garden:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ITMyNwA3XeNSKSjCuPv4Rp75I4x7LwctB5CARVHZCOxbRPQ9QpueGAzlF2x10a9B_o7mTaEa4ZSr8u7JxPJLUSLbfViuXebml_8jICUxZEUPosR7g-eq0c64f1EJJ6TdLuKxVPXi8w/s1600/AgapanthusPC120412.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ITMyNwA3XeNSKSjCuPv4Rp75I4x7LwctB5CARVHZCOxbRPQ9QpueGAzlF2x10a9B_o7mTaEa4ZSr8u7JxPJLUSLbfViuXebml_8jICUxZEUPosR7g-eq0c64f1EJJ6TdLuKxVPXi8w/s400/AgapanthusPC120412.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
Interesting information of this perennial flowers can be read <a href="http://www.homelife.com.au/plants/2386/agapanthus">HERE.</a><br />
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Certified PhotographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-46645146497769364212010-07-31T09:01:00.006+10:002013-01-24T09:43:42.209+11:00Pastel Hibiscus<u>Macro Flowers Saturday</u>
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I am certainly drawn to the composite and delicate layer of this pastel coloured palette Hibiscus.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-52062690562179478332010-07-29T19:12:00.063+10:002013-01-24T09:48:34.706+11:00Yellow with EleganceLily in Summer in <a href="http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/">Today's Flowers</a><br />
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I tried searching the name of this particular variety of Lily. This attractive floral arrangement was displayed in Blacktown's X-Ray Office. With staff permission, I was allowed to take the picture.<br />
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In my Gardener's Encyclopedia book by Reader's Digest (1992 2nd reprint edition) the closest I can compare this with is <b>Lily Golden Clarion Hybrids.</b><br />
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In Lily Gallery (http://www.s-wgardens.com/Catalog/lilygallery.php), it is closest to the <b>American Way hybrid</b>.<br />
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Yet, in another source (http://www.liliumbreeding.nl/home.html)nothing seems to be close to this kind.<br />
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Certified PhotographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-15952047605185997702010-07-26T08:33:00.004+10:002010-08-17T07:11:32.052+10:00The Last Rose in WinterRose whatever its name may be is my Monday's <a href="http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/">Today's Flowers Shout.</a><br />
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Yap, that's it! In the vicinity of the compound where I live, this Rose stands out. Growing tall, slinky but sturdy stems and proud as its last bloom in our wintertime. The base you see on the top picture is starting to wilt due to morning frost. So I thought I would climb the brick hedge and reached out for this thorny stem; ducking my head down to keep my face away from network of thorns.<br />
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Certified PhotographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-31838827768642369442010-07-12T12:16:00.002+10:002013-01-24T09:48:49.259+11:00Yellow Saving Grace<center>
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In 2003, I bought this Yellow Rose from Coles Supermarket in Randwick; dying and lifeless. I took it home and planted in my backyard garden at Stanbury Place. Then we moved to Alford St. I did not want to upset the root as it had just established itself to the ground. I can only hope the people who live there now are looking after my plants I left behind.
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Isabel is a Portuguese Florist who worked in Randwick Shopping Mall, where I used to work as a Supervising Cleaner. She gave me this pot of White Lilium needing some tender loving care. I took it home and nourished it with three magic words. And it worked. Here is the proof!
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<b>Certified Photography</b>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-34588216169367998022010-07-04T18:41:00.014+10:002013-01-24T09:51:51.370+11:00Courgette by Another Name<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Zucchini or courgette is a small summer squash belonging to the species<i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucurbita_pepo" title="Cucurbita pepo"> Cucurbita pepo</a></i> with colours varying from green, light green and yellow.</blockquote>
The female flower is a golden blossom on the end of each emergent zucchini. The male flower grows directly on the stem of the zucchini plant in the leaf axils (where leaf <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petiole_%28botany%29" title="Petiole
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Certified PhotographyUnknownnoreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-84985817946544373962010-06-29T16:20:00.000+10:002013-01-24T09:52:23.607+11:00Yellow Specks and Speckles Aster daisy or Michaelmas daisy<br />
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Garden Clinics has this to say:<br />
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Showy daisy-like heads flower late summer and autumn in a wide range of colours including blue, violet, purple, pink, red and white all with central disc of yellow or purple. Michaelmas daisy is a loose term which is often used to cover most of the taller species, although it strictly refers to Aster novi-belgii. The 'China asters' grown as bedding plants are now classified in the genus 'Callistephus'. Clouds of lilac-blue flowers has a long flowering season, summer right through to late autumn. Black arching stems. Grows to 90cm and spreads well. Vigorous and spreading.</blockquote>
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The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers. ~Basho</blockquote>
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This is one of the plants I planted in my garden in Quakers Hill. And multitude of pesky snails loved to take residence around the yard with successive rainfall inducing growth of their numbers. I collected them, crushed them and put them back to the soil as organic fertilizer. 'Want not, waste not.'<br />
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Despite the onslaught of the snails, the blooms kept coming pretty generous.<br />
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Amazingly, the ones I planted in my present area did not bear flowers. But that is the least of my worry at the moment. <br />
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In my old Alford home<br />
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Oh I got lost with this one. Fancy I did not record the name of this giant tree that lined the street going to the <a href="http://parchedlandfleurdeliz.blogspot.com/2010/05/flower-gardens-for-todays-flowers.html">Government House</a> of NSW that I visited sometime ago.<br />
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This lemon yellow flower was hanging from this particular giant tree that caught my attention but didn't bother taking the detail. I have painstakingly tried to study if this flower belongs to the Hill's Weeping Fig (Ficus microcarpa var hillii) using google search, that also lined the opposite side of this avenue where this tree grow but it isn't making any sense because as I macroscopically scrutinized the composition of the leaves of this yellow bloom, it doesn't seem to match with that of the fig tree. I don't know. I don't want to mislead anyone. Maybe someone can help me identify this plant. <br />
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[I'll do my homework next time I will go back there. Not this season. Too cold to be gallivanting.]<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: green;"><big><b>Since Iris is the Greek goddess for the Messenger of Love, her sacred</b></big></span><br />
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<span style="color: green;"><big><b> Greek men would often plant an iris on the graves of their beloved </b></big></span><br />
<span style="color: green;"><big><b> women as a tribute to the goddess Iris, whose duty it was to </b></big></span><br />
<span style="color: green;"><big><b> take the souls of women to the Elysian fields. </b></big></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: green;"><big><b>~<a href="http://www.gardendigest.com/flowers.htm">Hana No Monogatari</a> ~</b></big></span></div><br />
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By virtue of its word meaning, <a href="http://www.theflowerexpert.com/content/mostpopularflowers/morepopularflowers/iris">Iris </a>means a rainbow and that it also symbolizes eloquence. A purple Iris is symbolic of wisdom and compliments.<br />
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Scientific Monogram:<br />
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<b>Kingdom</b><br />
Plantae <br />
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<b>Division</b><br />
Magnoliophyta <br />
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<b>Class</b><br />
Liliopsida <br />
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<b>Order</b><br />
Asparagales <br />
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<b>Family</b><br />
Iridaceae <br />
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<b>Genus</b><br />
Iris<br />
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Source: <a href="http://www.theflowerexpert.com/">The Flower Expert</a><br />
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Flowers provided by my church friend Lis.<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">TF team <a href="http://fator3j.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ffff;">Santilli</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66ffff;"> </span>-<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ffff;"> </span><a href="http://anenglishgirlrambles.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ffff;">Denise</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #66ffff;"> </span>- <a href="http://etreal.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ccff;">Pupo</span></a> - <a href="http://slchome.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #33ffff;">Sandy Carlson</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<blockquote><b><span style="color: red;">"Whoever loves and understands a garden will find contentment within."~</span></b> <a href="http://www.inspirational-quotations.com/nature-quotes.html">Chinese Proverb</a></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwwsHBfiaz0BvDWNcXBmZ1TZ3EJW7pWFJzReSoOvslH4vIR7b3SCYfpE00tMwihpnwIPHSIPcLldCcbXw-GX9uA_H6WMTnrkGIODL_RoKNePHdINThIIwB20mFm4zWb0BfD3ymgSwWQ/s1600/P2010066.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwwwsHBfiaz0BvDWNcXBmZ1TZ3EJW7pWFJzReSoOvslH4vIR7b3SCYfpE00tMwihpnwIPHSIPcLldCcbXw-GX9uA_H6WMTnrkGIODL_RoKNePHdINThIIwB20mFm4zWb0BfD3ymgSwWQ/s640/P2010066.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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Being inactive in the meme world ... I call this one a postdated entry. And there's plenty to come for all the reasons beyond each past season. <br />
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The above plants grow in our compound. The owner became an onlooker while a strange passerby clicked the button of her camera (Me).<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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I have been always curious what is there to see in the Government House, the seat of the State Governor General of New South Wales. Its area is part of Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens which is located on the west wing of Sydney Opera House.<br />
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So one day, I satisfied that curiosity by walking about the area alone by myself and the entry is free, so I secured myself a ticket to join a Guided Tour inside the premise.<br />
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After the tour, we were allowed to roam free around the vicinity and it was only then we could take pictures.<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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My fascination of Hibiscus flowers will never fade. They are classified as annual or perennial herbs, shrubs, or trees that belong to the mallow (Malvaceae) family with more than 200 varieties growing in warm temperate, subtropical, and tropical regions of the world.<br />
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In Australia, they bloom throughout the year.<br />
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They come in variable foliage that ranges from light green to dark green. The leaves can be poplar-shaped, to maple-like palmately lobed, to broadly elliptical. They are mostly grown for their large, open, bell- to funnel-shaped flowers, borne as single flowers or in clusters. They are made up of 5 overlapping petals with a central column of fused stamens. Flower colors include white, yellow, and orange as well as dramatic pinks, purples, and reds. <br />
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Besides their delightful appearance, they have many medicinal uses as many of us would imagine. Click here for their <a href="http://www.shvoong.com/medicine-and-health/alternative-medicine/506062-hibiscus-medicinal-properties/">MEDICINAL IMPORTANCE.</a><br />
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One of the things I learned about them at home and at school is that, they are used as hair grower.<br />
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I took these flowers in Broadmeadow, New South Wales during my weekend away not long ago visiting a friend up on the north.<br />
<blockquote>"You always admire what you really don't understand. ~Eleanor Roosevelt~"</blockquote><br />
Thanks for the Comments:<br />
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1. Lois (reason being my comment can't get through yours).<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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My 2010 Entry #2</u><br />
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Thank You Luis Santilli Jr for this wonderful floral bouquet meme.<br />
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There's more flowers here in <a href="http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/">Today's Flowers</a> with TF Team on Board:<a href="http://fator3j.blogspot.com/"> Santilli</a> -<a href="http://anenglishgirlrambles.blogspot.com/"> Denise</a> - <a href="http://etreal.blogspot.com/">Pupo</a> - <a href="http://brunhilde-valkyrien.blogspot.com/">Valkyrien</a><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">The Shrub for Today's Flowers: Murraya paniculata</div><br />
This Jasmine-like foliage with orange blossom-like white flowers grows in our vicinity. It has a sweet perfume and blooms from orange to red berries in spring. It is popular for hedging or screen planting and grows to 3 metres high by 3 metres wide.<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38056906818069369.post-65924845078076237362010-01-04T06:25:00.023+11:002010-01-10T15:58:38.474+11:00Australian Native Flora - Protaceae<u style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;"><br />
My First Entry to 2010 </u><br />
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Happy New Year Luis Santilli Jr and your Wonderful Team! Thank You Very Much!!!<br />
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There's more flowers here in <a href="http://flowersfromtoday.blogspot.com/">Today's Flowers</a> with TF Team on Board:<a href="http://fator3j.blogspot.com/"> Santilli</a> -<a href="http://anenglishgirlrambles.blogspot.com/"> Denise</a> - <a href="http://etreal.blogspot.com/">Pupo</a> - <a href="http://brunhilde-valkyrien.blogspot.com/">Valkyrien</a><br />
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Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants. Mainly restricted to the Southern Hemisphere, it is a fairly large family, with around 80 genera but fewer than 2000 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales. Well known genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea, Hakea, Dryandra and Macadamia. Species such as the New South Wales Waratah (Telopea speciosissima), King Protea (Protea cynaroides), and various species of Banksia, Grevillea, and Leucodendron are popular cut flowers, while the nuts of Macadamia integrifolia are widely commercially grown and consumed.<br />
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Cheers!<br />
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