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Red Flowering Gum Tree
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The most readily recognisable characteristics of eucalyptus species are the distinctive flowers and fruit (capsules or "gumnuts"). Flowers have numerous fluffy stamens which may be white, cream, yellow, pink, or red; in bud, the stamens are enclosed in a cap known as an operculum which is composed of the fused sepals or petals, or both. Thus, flowers have no petals, but instead decorate themselves with the many showy stamens.

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::tigger3
04/28/16 11:32 PM GMT
Oh this is so different, Looks like some kind of comb or brush. Very good find, and well taken. tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
::Constance52347
04/29/16 3:15 AM GMT
What a great photo of an unusual flower! The red stamens really do stand out, and the colors in the bokeh complement them well. I've never seen these before, and your explanation is very interesting.
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::trixxie17
04/29/16 6:17 PM GMT
Very interesting post Frank and one I've not seen before - a tropical I'd guess.
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. . . "What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome." A.J. Balfour
::mesmerized
04/29/16 7:30 PM GMT
An unusual plant and a vivid, crisp capture...why not enter it into our current contest on Weird Vegetation?
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Remember in the dark what God told you in the light.
.Tomeast
04/29/16 9:04 PM GMT
That's a wild one.
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.PatAndre
04/30/16 2:10 AM GMT
How unique. The info made for interesting reading. Great post.
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