Thursday, September 16, 2010

bird or flower part 2



one of the first more "artistic" photos i posted on this blog (almost three years ago!) was of the beautiful bird of paradise flower.

you can see the original right here.

6 comments:

Caroline said...

Very beautiful! And it comes from South Africa - one of our most famous exports - see http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/strelitziareginae.htm. Fantastic blog!

ben wideman said...

Of course! We saw them all over the country when I was there for a semester abroad in 2003.

JustinM said...

The next-door neighbor of the house I grew up in had lots of them around the pool. We didn't have a pool but had a standing invitation to use theirs. Those things make a harsh weapon when broken off.

ben wideman said...

HA! Too funny.

Pasadena Adjacent said...

The rose is Pasadena's official flower but the Bird of Paradise is the official flower over in the "adjacents" (Los Angeles) few know that

btw: funny comment on the dogs blog...I've never seen you so verbal (and me so speechless)

ben wideman said...

Well, when you post something like that, you should expect people to start talking!!!