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Sunday, July 21, 2013

Red Bird of Paradise

January Zelene 5:51 AM Flower 101 , Macro Monday , Mandarin Orange Monday , Monday Mellow Yellows , Ponciana , Today's Flower 20 comments

Caesalpinia pulcherrima is a shrub that belongs in the pea family that usually grows up to 3 meter long. This flowering plant is also known as ponciana, red bird of paradise, peacock flower, etc. and is the national flower of the Caribbean island Barbados.

Nobody can really tell the origin of this plant because it is widely cultivated across the globe. Here in the Philippines you can see these orange and yellow blooms just anywhere.

Today's Flower, Mellow Yellow Monday, Mandarin Orange Monday, Macro Monday 2

Orange Impatiens Flowers

January Zelene 10:56 PM Canon 60D , Flower 101 , Impatiens , Macro Monday , Mandarin Orange Monday , Sigma Photos , Today's Flower 13 comments

Have you heard about impatiens flowers? I did for the first time at my brother in law's house in Bukidnon. His wife had planted a lot of flowering plants in their front yard. One of the flowers I saw there and was able to photographed is called Impatiens. Seen two colors actually, but today I'll feature one color only, and a very striking one, an Orange Impatiens Flowers.

Impatiens also called Busy Lazzie is a beautiful annual plant that will definitely give colors to your garden. Impatiens grows well in moisture and shade areas.

I wanted the same flowers in our frontyard too, but I do not know it it will survive the hot weather of Cagayan de Oro City.

Next time we visit Bukidnon, I make sure bring seedlings with me.

Photos taken using Sigma 70-300mm F/4-5.6 DG Macro attached to my Canon 60D. I love using this lens whenever taking macro photos because it definitely gives cleaner background compared to my other lens.

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Macro Monday

Mandarin Orange Monday

Is She a Ladybug?

January Zelene 8:12 AM Close Up Shots , insects , Macro Monday , Mandarin Orange Monday 15 comments

I met this little fellow at my in-laws place in Bukidnon, with the surrounding rice fields and sugarcane fields you'll really get to see many insects around. And I happened to spot this tiny beetle while photographing weeds and flowers in the area.

I wonder if this is a ladybug? Accordingly ladybugs have spots on their backs, but thus that color black on this little fellow's back looks like a spot or a strip? What do you think?

Macro Monday

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