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A South American species that has become abundant in Florida and other areas. It is reported to be edible and a powerful antibiotic and is beneficial to nectar feeders. It is the third largest producer of nectar in Florida.
Each plant can produce up to 6000 seeds per year. The seed heads are like needles. They stick aggressively to clothing especially socks as you walk through the undergrowth causing some discomfort.
Backyard photography in Kissimmee, Florida.
120 in 2020
#87 - Pins & Needles Day (Nov 27)
ODC - Mix or Mixed
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vom 16.03.2020
Für“Happy Macro Monday“ Thema:“Redux 2020“am 28.12.2020
Have a healthy and“Happy Macro Monday“ everyone.
Wünsche euch Allen einen guten Start in ein hoffentlich besseres
Jahr 2021.
Yep, I still have some shots sitting on the ol' HD from last years trip. I have been busy and uninspired recently to grab the camera and get out. Hopefully after next week and getting some things taken care of my creativity will be back.
:-)
Star-like spread of the needles on each branch. Also, interesting yellowish "petals" at the center top of. some, as well as what looks like pinecone beginnings. A nice overall bluish tinge to the needles.
Theme: "Needles or Spines"
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Ready to sew.
'Needle and Thread' for 'Macro Mondays'
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HMM
After a long clamber up the Quiraing in the dark to this point I just waited for dawn to break. It is a fair slog up to this point above the Needle and the rock scrambling up the slope is not for the faint hearted. I had done the same the morning before but the dawn didn't happen! I deposited my kit and explored the area up here before the light eventually came. The place was completely deserted but for two hardy sheep!
The Needle is a spectacular 120 foot high spire of rock that has become detached by landslip from the Eastern Face of Meall na Suiramach on the Northern tip of the Trotternish Peninsula.
I think in many ways it is more striking viewed from this angle than the much more celebrated Old Man of Storr. The only reason it isn't as notorious is that when viewed from below it is completely lost against the escarpment, unlike the Old Man which can be seen from miles away!
Anyway, my patience and perseverance was rewarded because when the light eventually came it was spectacular.
This is a Linen runner my wife made many years ago,
it is still looks new, perhaps because she only display it for Christmas.
Well, once again into the unknown. We thought about staying out here, but the camps in the backcountry here sell out months in advance, and we were informed that while we were allowed to do astro photography anywhere in the park, falling asleep while doing it is strictly prohibited unless sanctioned and paid for. This is some of the most remote desert in the southwest if you get deep enough, however, given the biological soil crusts (which can actually be seen on the left hand side of the photo in the light) the more people that walk around here off trail, essentially destroy desert habitat that took ages to build. Whenever I'm walking in the back country, I'm always aware of this face, as I'm often in a sensitive habitat. The biological soil is made of #cyanobacteria and often look like areas of dirty dirt, they also include the lichens, mosses, algae, microfungi, and bacteria (some of which is seen on the rocks in the foreground). What inspired this tree to reach so far with one of it's branches is beyond me... it clearly didn't work out. But despite the failure, this tree lives on in a formidable landscape environment, through epic storms, winter snow, and searing heat.
At the top of Peralta Canyon, Weaver's Needle comes into view. It's cone sticks up about 1000 ft (300m) from the desert floor. They say it was created after a thick layer of fused volcanic ash (tuff) was eroded over time.
Gaiser Conservatory at Manito Park, Spokane Washington. If you are ever traveling in the Pacific Northwest and find yourself in Spokane you don't want to miss Manito Park. The conservatory is full of beautiful specimens and the number of Cacti is a sight to behold. HSoS!
(Smile on Saturday Group Theme: Needles or Spines)
there were a few more of this nice white hills, but I found only space for seven of them on the camera sensor.
this monochrome picture was taken near needles, california, closed to route 66.
best viewed large!