Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They call it bottle brush around here. Here's a red one. http://www.sonc.com/friday_4_28_06.htm<irc://lugirc.availabledark.com:21/leica> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:50 PM, Geoff Hopkinson <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> wrote: > Glad you liked it Jim. I got this neat explanation from my dad, the garden > owner. > > "That shrub is called Calliandra 'Pink Poodle'. [Sorry about that]. > There is a variety native to Bolivia which produces dark red blooms and > another from Brazil which has white flowers. I suspect some nurseryman has > bred a hybrid from the two. The common name is Tassel Flower. For me, I > refuse to call it Pink Poodle". > > So there you go. No finches are known to visit these bushes but some > honeyeaters like them a great deal. > > Cheers > Geoff > http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman/e > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/gh/ > > -----Original Message----- > Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Hoppy does Friday flower again > > Hi, Goeff, > > Very delicate-looking flower. It resembles, in bloom and leaves, the > Mimosa > > plant we have in the US. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Geoff Hopkinson" <hoppyman@bigpond.net.au> > To: "'Leica Users Group'" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 2:10 AM > Subject: [Leica] IMG: Hoppy does Friday flower again > > > > Just for fun and because it is pretty. Trying out the close-up focus > > accuracy of the 50 asph on the M8. Just handheld, no science to the > test. > > > > No finches were harmed in the making of this photo. > > <http://www.pbase.com/image/96452348> > > http://tinyurl.com/6oqq2s > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com Natchitoches, Louisiana USA