Tag: flora
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The Purple Tulip
Tulips have been cultivated for almost 1,000 years (there’s evidence in Istanbul from 1055!), and there are something like 75 different species of this intriguing flower. What did this image teach me? That sometimes the camera to hand is the best one for the job – this shot was taken by thrusting my phone into…
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Teasel Bright
The common teasel (or “Dipsacus fullonum” if you prefer) is a herbaceous biennial plant. Oh yes. What that means though (if, like me you’re not really a gardener) is that it generally takes teasel’s two years to complete their life cycle. What did this image teach me? That the spiny bit at the head of…