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Silence! I'll Kill You!


Silence! I'll Kill You!
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Copyright: Grzegorz Wieczorek (red45) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-04-01
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Canon EOS 400D, Tokina AT-X M100 Pro D 1:1
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-04-01 12:07
Viewed: 719
Points: 28
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Today very beautifull but poisonous plant - in Polish called Wawrzynek Wilczełyko.

Daphne mezereum is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and western Asia, north to northern England and central Scandinavia. In southern Europe it is confined to medium to higher elevations and in the subalpine vegetation zone, but descends to near sea level in northern Europe. It is generally confined to soils derived from limestone. The common name is Mezereon.

It is a deciduous shrub growing to 1.5 m tall. The leaves are soft, 3-8 cm long and 1-2 cm broad, arranged spirally on the stems. The flowers are produced in early spring on the bare stems before the leaves appear. They have a four-lobed pink or light purple (rarely white) perianth 10-15 mm diameter, and are strongly scented. The fruit is a bright red berry 7-12 mm diameter; it is very poisonous for people, though fruit-eating birds like thrushes are immune and eat them, dispersing the seeds in their droppings.

Daphne mezereum is very toxic because of the daphnetoxin present especially in the berries and twigs. If poisoned, victims experience a choking sensation. Handling the fresh twigs can cause rashes and eczema in sensitive individuals. Despite this, it is commonly grown as an ornamental plant in gardens for its attractive flowers.

10-12 berries can kill mature human, only 1-2 can kill child.

Picture taken today in Botanic Garden. I did nothing with colours - they're naturally saturated by sunset.

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Hi Greg, poisonous but marvelous:) You captured thes beauty with nice colours, sharpness and fine composition.
TFS and cheers MF!
Bayram

Witam
Bardzo ładne kolory i szczegóły, widać mieniące się płatki.
Podobają mi się też ciepłe kolory, tylko tytułu jakoś nie łapię... to że trująca?
Serdeczności
Marx

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  • crs Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 523 W: 0 N: 920] (3543)
  • [2009-04-01 12:48]

Hi Greg,

This is a very beautifull plant and its flowers have a very fine smell. You have shown very well the delicat flowers image being sharp and colors nice and natural.

Thank you for sharing,
Cristian

Well, obviously it is dangerous Grzegorz, but still it looks lovely with those exquisitely shaped and coloured flowers, your fine photography does justice for this beautiful plant, TFS indeed!
Mehmet

Hi Grzeg,
Beautiful macro capture of one of my favorite bushes - it lives here in the Bükk mountains, too, on the Northern side of the hills, in beech forests, rare, protected.
Really interesting colors. At first I thought they're too warm, but it's a case of "I see the more I love the more" with this image. Bravo, MF.
Best regards - and thanx for wishing happy birthday to my son. Truly Yours, László

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  • edy (24)
  • [2009-04-01 14:38]

pięknie....
pozdrawiam
Edyta

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  • Luis52 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1110 W: 5 N: 3457] (12761)
  • [2009-04-01 16:14]

Hola Greg.
I love the Natural colors of this beautiful photo. You did a great work here with Your camera.
Saludos Greg.
Luis52.

Hello Greg,
I have always enjoyed the scent of Daphne flowers,but I never realised that the plant was poisonous.
How very interesting :)
A delightful capture of a delightful plant.
Thank you very much :)
Steve

Hy Greg
I did not know that this species is poisonous.Very good macro, aspecially with the pink-reddish color of the flowers, that for me always is a problem. Well done!
Kind regards, Oana

Hallo Greg
When I read your title to this posting, I could not help to have a good laugh. I just thought you were going to show us something about Agmed the dead terrorist which is well known for his saying "Silence, I'll kill you".
But I am very glad that I am not looking at a corpse but at a very beautiful flower. It is hard to believe that something as lovely as this can be poisonous. The colours captured is just beautiful and I just love the light you caught on the petals. It just makes the natural shine it have, just shine more and is really very eye-catching. Thanks for sharing. Best regards.
Anna

Hi, Greg,

what a beauty - very fresh with very attractive colours and composition!! thanks for sharing.

btw, have you seen the photos in the following link? click and see what will happen : )

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/03/earth_hour_2009.html

I am sure you will like this as I remember you like skyscrapers a lot : )

chrs,
Man Yee

Hi Grzegorz !
A splendid capture some excellent colors.
Congratulations and expect and more.
Have a nice day,
Chris

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  • Janice Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3315 W: 148 N: 6113] (18648)
  • [2009-04-03 2:45]

It does have attractive flowers Greg. We have other Daphne plants here in NZ but I wonder if they are poisonous. I love the scent of them here.
You show the blossoms well but you wouldn't want to touch them and then put your fingers in your mouth, would you?
Very nice though
Janice

Bonjour Greg,
Trčs belle macro trčs finement détaillée et trčs délicatement colorée.
A bientôt sur TN pour de nouvelles aventures.
Gérard

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