Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I liked the fluffy side of the plant, and the photo is an invitation to this garden Thanks for sharing Geoff phx Geoff Hopkinson 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 > > >