Carpinteria, California
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Fantastic. I’ve never seen one blooming.
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Thanks Gunta! I was surprised myself.
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So delicate, reminds me of a bird’s plumage. ~SueBee
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Thanks Sue. I didn’t see that, but now that you mention it…
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Now that’s a lot of stamens! Determined to get its pollen out into the world. It’s like a little sun with rays shooting out of it.
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I just LOVE eucalyptus. I love the way they smell. I love the ones with smooth skin, and the ones that seem to molt like snakes. I admire their height and variety. Eucalyptus are admirable.
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They are versatile and highly adaptive, although they are being maligned the world over for their being ‘non-native’ (except in Australia, of course). They clean indoor air, have medicinal uses, and are lovely to look at. One of my favorite greens when I was a florist, although the sap can make a mess of your hands!
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Beautiful photo M! The variety of geometry on a simple twig…
Nice edge-on perspective of the leaf; I had to study the blossom ‘cups’, at first they appeared as ice formations, incongruous next to the lacy bloom!
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Thank you! Honestly — I was standing far far below the branch that gave the twig that gave the bloom. This is shooting into the lowermost branch, which was at least 20′ above me. I surprised by the pretty blossom, and was lucky the shot constructed itself for me.
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Telephoto is great… it gives a bee’s eye view from far away.
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Oh, and P.S. — the little cups are as hard as rocks.
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Yes, I finally connected with them by remembering sleeping under eucalyptus trees; feeling all those annoying little nuts under the sleeping bag.
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😉
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So beautiful:)
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