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“I am an average photographer,
with a great God.” Ken Duncan
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“Our Lord has written the promise of resurrection,
not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime” Martin Luther
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Pink Torch, Etlingera elatior, Cairns botanic gardens. These flowers have a waxy, cabbage leaf feel to them, and the young flower buds are eaten and considered a delicacy in Indonesia.
Red Torch.
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The Flame lily is the floral emblem of Zimbabwe.
Cunjevoi leaf.
Pitcher plants at the conservatory in the Cairns botanic gardens.
Moss photo.
Alpinia zerumbet
The largest orchid in the world, Grammatophylum papuanum, Cairns Botanic gardens. Photo: David Clode.
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Dendrobium canaliculatum, tea tree orchid, with very small and graceful flowers. Photo: David Clode.
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Poinsettia
Tithonia diversifolia
A yellow gerbera and petunias in a garden I made.
Pink gerbera and petunias.
Brazilian walking iris, Neomarica gracilis.
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The striking foliage of Alcantarea imperialis (prev. Vriesia imperialis), one of the largest bromeliads. Atherton Tablelands, North Queensland, Australia.
Podranea brycei
Monocostus uniflorus
Heliconia ‘Sexy Pink’ flower
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Heliconia cultivar.
Heliconia flower
Heliconia flower.
Heliconia flower
Heliconia cultivar.
Heliconia psittacorum.
A gecko licks up nectar from a Heliconia flower.
A gecko on a spiral ginger flower.
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The beautiful leaves of the fan palm, Johannesteijsmannia altifrons.
Fan palm
Fan palm
Fan palm
Johannesteijsmannia magnifica. The underside of the huge leaves is white.
Licuala cordata
Licuala cordata
Licuala
Licuala ramsayi, the Daintree fan palm, Cape Tribulation beach.
Licuala leaves.
The glorious silvery-grey fronds of the Bismarck palm.
Gustavia flower
Gustavia close up.
Gustavia stamens
Gustavia
Aphelandra sinclaireana, Cairns botanic gardens.
Calliandra cv. ‘Pink Poodle’ in my garden.
Close up photo of the thorns on a Ceiba speciosa (Chorisia speciosa) tree.
Another thorny tree trunk (a different type of tree – Hura crepitans, Sandbox tree).
Thorny tree trunk.
Ornamental ginger, Alpinia purpurata.
Zinnias in a vegetable garden in Cairns.
A flower in the ginger family.
Chinese ground orchid Bletilla, with plumbago Plumbago auriculata in the background.
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“More than anything, I must have flowers, always, always.”
Claude Monet, talking to his gardeners at Giverny.
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