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Escalloniaceae - Chile; Chacabuco Province, Chile provenance of plant above
Escallonia, Corontillo, Madroño, Siete camisas
Shown: Detail of foliage and inflorescences in bud
“Shrub to 4m, branches angled, downy, sticky. Lvs 5-10cm, oblong, base triangular, finely toothed, glossy above, shortly pubesc. beneath. Infl 10-20x3cm, dense; fls white. Summer-autumn. Chile.” (The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening)
My complete set of images of E. pulverulenta:
www.flickr.com/photos/jim-sf/sets/72157627713489663/with/...
Photographed in U.C. Botanical Garden at Berkeley - Berkeley, California
9244. Image #2 (week 2) in my one-image-a-week project. This one might be a signal of hope for spring.
Camera: Canon EOS 5D Mark II @ ISO200, 1/1000 s
Lens: Canon EF 85 mm f/1.2 L II USM @ F/2
Selected for my blog.
week 2
January 4-10
I had another idea for this weeks photo but the weather wasn't the right one.
So here it is what i did & i'm very happy with the final photo, it's been a long time since my last b&w and i think it really works in this photo.
My flickr pro account is about to expire... january 21 =(
The time has come to get Gomez off that crummy American football and become a proper futbol fan... Enter THE NEW BALL..... 24may09