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| Gazania rigens, var leucolaena flowers. (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Gazania rigens, var leucolaena. (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
I plucked up a few nurslings of treasure flowers (gazania rigens) on the beach and planted them in a flowerpot on the terrace a couple of years ago. This year they almost died off on the beach, but instead bloomed better than usual in pot, producing these lovely orange ochre flowers.
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| Treasure flowers (Gazania rigens) (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Clumping gazania (Gazania rigens) flower (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Clumping gazania (Gazania rigens) flower close-up (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
A macro shot of a pest-ridden gazania leaf revealed to me a whole unknown world:
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| Insect pest on gazania leaf (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
Cape daisies, native to South Africa like gazania rigens, are among the most beautiful but scarce sand dune flowers. So every time I come across one I see it as a gift.
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| Cape Daisies (Osteospermum ecklonis) (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
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| Cape Daisy (Osteospermum ecklonis) (© 2011 LightColourShade. All rights reserved) |
This was a fascinating post. Though I liked the second picture the best (speaking photographically), in sum they were most interesting.
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