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Very beautiful - thank you.
wildbill. "Maroochy" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message ... |
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Very pretty, Barbara. It makes me thinks of a hand-painted silk scarf.
"Maroochy" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message ... |
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wild1bill wrote:
Very beautiful - thank you. No worries, thank you Bill. |
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Basketweaver wrote:
Very pretty, Barbara. It makes me thinks of a hand-painted silk scarf. Thanks Pam, nature's Christmas decorations. :-) |
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BarbaraH wrote The first time I saw these trees was in Jamaica, huge trees covered in red flowers with the most delicate foliage. I couldn't believe it and having seen them almost everywhere tropical we have been I still think them hard to beat. I read somewhere that all those in cultivation came from a single tree in a village in Madagascar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Poinciana -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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"Maroochy" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message ... That is beautiful, if all the red is blossom I've never seen anything like it. So few leaves! Thanks, Mary |
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Bob Hobden wrote:
BarbaraH wrote The first time I saw these trees was in Jamaica, huge trees covered in red flowers with the most delicate foliage. I couldn't believe it and having seen them almost everywhere tropical we have been I still think them hard to beat. I read somewhere that all those in cultivation came from a single tree in a village in Madagascar. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Poinciana I knew they were from Madagascar, but didn't realise they came from one tree. |
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Mary Fisher wrote:
That is beautiful, if all the red is blossom I've never seen anything like it. So few leaves! They are semi deciduous, they flower before growing new leaves, they make a beautiful display around this time of year and once they leaf out, make for beautiful shade trees. |
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"Maroochy" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: That is beautiful, if all the red is blossom I've never seen anything like it. So few leaves! They are semi deciduous, they flower before growing new leaves, they make a beautiful display around this time of year and once they leaf out, make for beautiful shade trees. Is it in your garden? Mary |
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Mary Fisher wrote:
Is it in your garden? Yep, actually I should never have planted in the back yard, it's rather large for a normal sized block such as ours. |
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"Maroochy" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: Is it in your garden? Yep, actually I should never have planted in the back yard, it's rather large for a normal sized block such as ours. Well perhaps, but would you cut it down? We've just had to cut down a rather nice holly which I'd made into a standard, with a pyramidical crown. It never bore berries but it gave us pleasure and occasionlly blackbirds nested in it (and were sometimes predated by magpies). At Christmas we draped it with tiny twinkling lights which we could see from the back of the house when indoors. It will grow from the base again but we feel bad every time we see that space :-( I don't think I could have cut down anything as lovely as your poinsana. Never heard of it before, either. Mary |
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Mary Fisher wrote:
Well perhaps, but would you cut it down? No, I like it too much. :-) We've just had to cut down a rather nice holly which I'd made into a standard, with a pyramidical crown. It never bore berries but it gave us pleasure and occasionlly blackbirds nested in it (and were sometimes predated by magpies). At Christmas we draped it with tiny twinkling lights which we could see from the back of the house when indoors. It will grow from the base again but we feel bad every time we see that space :-( I don't think I could have cut down anything as lovely as your poinsana. Never heard of it before, either. We had to get a tree lopper in to cut it back where it was growing over the neighbour's yard, other then that we've let it go, the birds love it. :-) BTW I spelt the name wrong, it's 'poinciana'. |
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kris anthem um wrote:
hi what a beaut photo/tree. is the botanical name Delonix regia? i live in tropical Queensland Aus. and they are quite common but still spectacular when in flower and they are unrivalled as a shade tree, just looking at the delicate fernlike folliage has a cooling/calming effect.The one problem with them is they produce large root systems that can break the surface of soil around base of tree thus creating trip hazards and various other probs. Thanks, yes it is and I'm in SE Qld. :-) Yes the roots can cause some problems, but the beauty of the tree, surpasses the problems. :-) |
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"kris anthem um" wrote hi what a beaut photo/tree. is the botanical name Delonix regia? i live in tropical Queensland Aus. and they are quite common but still spectacular when in flower and they are unrivalled as a shade tree, just looking at the delicate fernlike folliage has a cooling/calming effect.The one problem with them is they produce large root systems that can break the surface of soil around base of tree thus creating trip hazards and various other probs. http://en.wikipedia.org:80/wiki/Royal_Poinciana -- Regards Bob Hobden |
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"Maroochy" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message ... Mary Fisher wrote: Well perhaps, but would you cut it down? No, I like it too much. :-) Good. .... We had to get a tree lopper in to cut it back where it was growing over the neighbour's yard, Bloomin' neighbours! other then that we've let it go, the birds love it. :-) BTW I spelt the name wrong, it's 'poinciana'. Oh, thanks, but damn, I'll have to change the title of the picture in my folder. Mary |
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"Maroochy" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote in message ... kris anthem um wrote: hi what a beaut photo/tree. is the botanical name Delonix regia? i live in tropical Queensland Aus. and they are quite common but still spectacular when in flower and they are unrivalled as a shade tree, just looking at the delicate fernlike folliage has a cooling/calming effect.The one problem with them is they produce large root systems that can break the surface of soil around base of tree thus creating trip hazards and various other probs. Thanks, yes it is and I'm in SE Qld. :-) Yes the roots can cause some problems, but the beauty of the tree, surpasses the problems. :-) It could be said that humans cause problems to the tree by tripping over the roots ... :-) Mary |
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"Maroochy" BarbaraH*REMOVE wrote...
: Thanks, yes it is and I'm in SE Qld. :-) : Yes the roots can cause some problems, but the beauty of : the tree, surpasses the problems. :-) Wow. For some reason I thought you lived in California here in the states. I see the ozdebate now, usually snip the email addresses out of posts. If Kris did not say Queensland, the Qld. meant nothing. A lot of your pictures end up getting the background colors taken out and the background gets converted to black. For the "Frangipani-9661" picture, do I see a smear or a smudge there? Thank you for ALL your beautiful photos. -- Jim Carlock |
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Jim Carlock wrote:
Wow. For some reason I thought you lived in California here in the states. I see the ozdebate now, usually snip the email addresses out of posts. If Kris did not say Queensland, the Qld. meant nothing. A lot of your pictures end up getting the background colors taken out and the background gets converted to black. For the "Frangipani-9661" picture, do I see a smear or a smudge there? I don't replace the backgrounds, I use a wide open aperture, take photos late in the afternoon and chose flowers that have dark background foliage. If you lighten one of my photos up, you will see the foliage. The "smudge" you see is the leaves of the frangipani. Thank you for ALL your beautiful photos. Thank you for the comment. |
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"Maroochy" wrote...
: I don't replace the backgrounds, I use a wide open aperture, : take photos late in the afternoon and chose flowers that have : dark background foliage. If you lighten one of my photos up, : you will see the foliage. The "smudge" you see is the leaves : of the frangipani. Thanks for the reply and explanation. It reminds me of the 35mm Contax. It's been a long time since I've used it. Does your Canon accept old 35mm lenses? -- Jim Carlock |
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Jim Carlock wrote:
"Maroochy" wrote... I don't replace the backgrounds, I use a wide open aperture, take photos late in the afternoon and chose flowers that have dark background foliage. If you lighten one of my photos up, you will see the foliage. The "smudge" you see is the leaves of the frangipani. Thanks for the reply and explanation. It reminds me of the 35mm Contax. It's been a long time since I've used it. Does your Canon accept old 35mm lenses? Some will, some wont, depending on the mount, having said that, I am a person of the digital age and can't be real sure of my facts, but, in the past, have borrowed lens from my son's 35mm Canon SLR. |
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