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11/11/2012 Volunteer Park Bird-trail, Plantation |
I've been taking photos of flowers for years and always trying to find their names. I have a small notebook filled with my sketch and memos. (Like Indiana Jones's Daddys Notebook) But still, I always have to take time to locate names in my notebook, in Field Guide Books....over and over again, so why not put everything in one place? Here are my photos and my memos, mostly flowers but also bugs, small animals...too, and mostly from South Florida, USA.
Saturday, November 17, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Red Saddlebags (Dragonfly)
Red Saddlebags = Tramea onusta
Family: Libellulidae (Skimmer Dragonfly Family)
It has the dark band at the base
of each hind wing.
It looks like a flower pattern when
I spotted this one flying.
This photo was taken from under
the dragonfly, he didn't come lower.
ヘンなトンボを見かけました。
ふっと見上げたら花模様の何かが飛んでいる、みたいな。
トンボは何度も同じ所に戻ってきますから、
この木のテッペンを狙って待っていました。
珍しい種類というほどではないけれど、
見つけてすごくラッキーだったなあって感じらしい。
見つけてすごくラッキーだったなあって感じらしい。
Crown of Thorns
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11/6/2012 Sunrise |
Crown of Thorns = Euphorbia milii
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Native to Madagascar
Climbing shrub to 1.8m (6') with densely
spiny stems. The spines up to 3cm (1"+) long,
straight and slender, to help scramble over
other plants.
Leaves 3.5cm long, 1.5cm broad.
Flowers are very small, subtended by a pair
of red (variety could be white or pink)
petal-like bracts 12 mm (1/2") broad.
茎はこんなにトゲトゲ、知らずにブッシュに踏み込んだら
大変です。このトゲは、他の植物にくっついていきやすいように。
花の赤い部分(種類によって、白いもの、ピンク
のものがある)はガク、で、2枚が向き合っています。
ちなみに、Crown of Thorn とは、イエス様が頭に
おかぶりになった、茨のかんむりをさす言葉です。
茎はこんなにトゲトゲ、知らずにブッシュに踏み込んだら
大変です。このトゲは、他の植物にくっついていきやすいように。
花の赤い部分(種類によって、白いもの、ピンク
のものがある)はガク、で、2枚が向き合っています。
ちなみに、Crown of Thorn とは、イエス様が頭に
おかぶりになった、茨のかんむりをさす言葉です。
Coco Plum
11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation
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11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation |
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11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation |
Coco Plum = Chrysobalanus icaco
Family: Chrysobalanaceae (Coco Plum Family)
Native to Florida, found in Hammocks, canal edges,
coastal swamps and moist wetlands
Flowers are white in clusters, 1/3"
have a delicate fragrance.
Fruits 1 1/2", dark purple when ripe, used in jam.
All photos in this page were taken on
11/11/2012 at Volunteer Park, Plantation
11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation
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11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation |
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11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation |
これは1インチ(2.5cm)位の、熟した色でした。
ちょうどブドウのような、巨峰の皮を手で
むいたときと同じ感じ、現れた白い実の感じもそっくり。
11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation
Just like a grape, the texture and the color, b
but a bigger seed inside.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Climbing Hempweed
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11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation |
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11/11/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation |
Climbing Hempweed / Hempvine = Mikania scandens
Family: Asteraceae
Native to Florida
Climbing vine with clusters of white to pink,
cylindrical, 1/3" flowers.
Leaves heart- to arrowhead-shaped.
Wet woods, thickets, swamp edges.
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Dahoon Holly
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10/19/2012 Volunteer Park, Plantation |
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