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Mimosa


Mimosa
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Copyright: Alp Capa (ArcapA) Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 33 W: 14 N: 50] (247)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-03
Categories: Flowers, Trees
Camera: Canon PowerShot S2 IS
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Flower(Yellow) [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2006-04-01 3:55
Viewed: 1719
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
We have couple of mimosa trees in our street. They are beautiful and smell incredible.

Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae, with evenly bipinnate leaves. The best-known species is Mimosa pudica, which is also known as the sensitive plant or sleeping grass because of the way it folds its leaves down when touched; many others also fold their leaves in the evening. It is native to southern Mexico and Central America but is widely cultivated elsewhere for its curiosity value, both as an indoor plant in temperate areas, and outdoors in the tropics. Outdoor cultivation has led to weedy invasion in some areas, notably Hawaii.

Members of this genus are among the few plants capable of rapid movement; examples outside of Mimosa include the Telegraph plant, and the Venus Flytrap.

The genus Mimosa has had a tortuous history, having gone through periods of splitting and lumping, ultimately accumulating over 3,000 names, many of which have either been synonymized under other species or transferred to other genera. In part due to these changing circumscriptions, the name "Mimosa" has also been applied to several other related species with similar pinnate or bipinnate leaves but now classified in other genera, most commonly to Albizia julibrissin (Silk Tree) and Acacia dealbata (Silver Wattle).
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  • jossim Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 1576 W: 5 N: 2180] (12248)
  • [2006-04-01 4:01]

Bonjour Alp,

Bonne présentation,félicitations pour l'exposition et la justesse des couleurs.

Merci pour l'envoie!

joseph

Merhaba Alp,
Çok çok güzel Kutlarım.
Mehmet Hamurkaroglu

nefis bir kare, dinlendirici, iç açıcı
eline sağlık

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  • gelor Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 126 W: 3 N: 12] (523)
  • [2006-04-01 7:04]

Bonjour Alp,
Merci de nous donner un avant goût du printemps. Les censeurs de ce site devraient te pénaliser car il s'agit bien entendu d'une plante cultivée (voir forum). En ce qui me concerne j'aime bien cette image.
Gérard

Very beautiful colors and interesting subject. Great note too.

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-04-01 16:31]

Hi Alp!
So warm, yellow and joyfyll! I like this kind of shots very much.

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7801)
  • [2006-04-01 19:59]
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Selam Alp
Demek Mimozanın sarıları da varmış.Bizim oradakiler (Orta Karadeniz) kırmızı pembe karışımı.Sayende bilgi de ediniyoruz.
Devamını bekleriz.
Çok güzel yakalamışsın ellerine sağlık.

Özcan

Hi Alp,
Looks like spring is really in Instanbul. We just went back to colder temperatures.
Beautiful colors and a really nice close crop,
TFS,
Niek

Sorry, no french... awesome picture. I'm a big fan of your photos. Keep up the good work. The colors in this photo are amazing, as are the textures! Awesome!

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