Pōhutukawa Macro

The flower on this tree found in Madagascar are stunning, I just had to do a macro shot on the stamens.

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Ludo Sak

Lion

WOW! This one needs to be promoted, you have my vote! Almost like insects dancing on a petal. I bet you took some time finding how to input the 'o' in your title too:) Posted 12 years ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  Thanks Ludo, I promoted it :)
  
  That 'o' was easy though, only a copy and paste from the specie box. JungleDragon fully supports UTF-8, both input and output so it's not a problem to use special characters. Posted 12 years ago

The Pōhutukawa

The Pōhutukawa is a coastal evergreen tree in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, that produces a brilliant display of red flowers made up of a mass of stamens. The Pōhutukawa is one of twelve ''Metrosideros'' species endemic to New Zealand. Renowned for its vibrant colour and its ability to survive even perched on rocky, precarious cliffs, it has found an important place in New Zealand culture for its strength and beauty and is regarded as a chiefly tree by Māori.

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Similar species: Myrtles, Evening Primroses.

Species identified by Ferdy Christant

By Ferdy Christant

Uploaded Dec 28, 2012. Captured Sep 6, 2012 08:59 in Rue D' Ambositra, Antsirabe, Madagascar.

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NIKON D7000
f/7.1
1/200s
ISO800
105mm

Captured in the winter. More winter photos.