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Photography

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts) Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:26 PM Dec 2024

13

Scarlet powder-puff-tree

Taken today at Longwood Gardens. The plant is in the bean family and is native to Bolivia.

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Scarlet powder-puff-tree (Original Post) Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 OP

Very pretty. brer cat Dec 2024 #1

Thanks, brer cat! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #4

Beautiful shot, my dear Mousetoescamper! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #2

Thanks, Peggy! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #5

That's what... 2naSalit Dec 2024 #7

Bottlebrush plants have elongated flowers Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #12

Thanks for the very informative link! That plant finder details page is terrific. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2024 #13

You are most welcome! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #15

What a great shot, Mousetoescamper! Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #3

Thanks, Diamond_Dog! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #6

I like the colors... 2naSalit Dec 2024 #8

I used a 100mm f/2.8. Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #9

Thanks. 2naSalit Dec 2024 #10

You are most welcome! Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #11

Got any more photos of this one? calimary Dec 2024 #14

Nothing but the flower photos I took at Longwood today. Here's a link with photos and info: Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #16

WOW! The Missouri Botanical Garden! calimary Dec 2024 #17

Lovely. Reminds me of... littlemissmartypants Dec 2024 #18

Thanks, littlemissmartypants! That's a splendid photo. Mousetoescamper Dec 2024 #19

brer cat

(27,076 posts)

1. Very pretty.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:33 PM

Dec 2024

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

4. Thanks, brer cat!

Reply to brer cat (Reply #1)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:55 PM

Dec 2024

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,856 posts)

2. Beautiful shot, my dear Mousetoescamper!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:36 PM

Dec 2024

It looks so much like a row of shrubs we had alongside our driveway in the old house: Bottlebrush plants!

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

5. Thanks, Peggy!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:56 PM

Dec 2024

2naSalit

(97,566 posts)

7. That's what...

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:08 AM

Dec 2024

My mom called them too. She had one she cherished in her back yard in San Diego.

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

12. Bottlebrush plants have elongated flowers

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:43 AM

Dec 2024

Powder-puff-tree, Calliandra haematocephala
https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a493

CaliforniaPeggy

(154,856 posts)

13. Thanks for the very informative link! That plant finder details page is terrific.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Reply #12)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 02:13 AM

Dec 2024

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

15. You are most welcome!

Reply to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #13)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 02:33 AM

Dec 2024

Diamond_Dog

(38,098 posts)

3. What a great shot, Mousetoescamper!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:45 PM

Dec 2024

An explosion of color! Very unique bloom.

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

6. Thanks, Diamond_Dog!

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #3)

Thu Dec 5, 2024, 11:57 PM

Dec 2024

2naSalit

(97,566 posts)

8. I like the colors...

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:11 AM

Dec 2024

And the wide focus, what lens did you use for that?

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

9. I used a 100mm f/2.8.

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #8)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:24 AM

Dec 2024

2naSalit

(97,566 posts)

10. Thanks.

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Reply #9)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:25 AM

Dec 2024

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

11. You are most welcome!

Reply to 2naSalit (Reply #10)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:28 AM

Dec 2024

calimary

(87,473 posts)

14. Got any more photos of this one?

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 02:24 AM

Dec 2024

I’d love to see what the tree looks like, both in bloom and NOT in bloom. Does it drop its leaves for winter?

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

16. Nothing but the flower photos I took at Longwood today. Here's a link with photos and info:

Reply to calimary (Reply #14)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 02:39 AM

Dec 2024

https://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=a493

calimary

(87,473 posts)

17. WOW! The Missouri Botanical Garden!

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Reply #16)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 05:05 AM

Dec 2024

I LOVE this stuff!

HIGHLY recommend the L. A. County Arboretum. Just WUNNNNNNNderful stuff for the psyche, for de-stressing, and for your own peace of mind. SO calming and restorative. I think it must be all that greenery or something.

littlemissmartypants

(29,062 posts)

18. Lovely. Reminds me of...

Reply to Mousetoescamper (Original post)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 12:27 PM

Dec 2024

Lycoris - Radiata Red

AKA the surprise spider lily. They pop up all over the farm here in the oddest places.

Mousetoescamper

(6,495 posts)

19. Thanks, littlemissmartypants! That's a splendid photo.

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Reply #18)

Fri Dec 6, 2024, 03:40 PM

Dec 2024

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