<< Previous Next >>

Bougainvillea-2


Bougainvillea-2
Photo Information
Copyright: tariuq yuksel (tariuq) Silver Star Critiquer [C: 36 W: 0 N: 6] (401)
Genre: Plants
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-22
Categories: Flowers
Camera: Kodak EasyShare DX7590, 38-380mm Schneider Kreuznach Variogon
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/800 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-08-24 3:36
Viewed: 851
Points: 4
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to the tropical and subtropical regions of South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina (Chubut Province). Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. The name comes from Louis Antoine de Bougainville, an admiral in the French Navy who discovered the plant in Brazil in 1768.

They are thorny, woody, vines growing to 1-12 m tall, scrambling over other plants with the hooked thorns. They are evergreen where rainfall occurs all year, or deciduous if there is a dry season. The leaves are alternate, simple ovate-acuminate, 4-13 cm long and 2-6 cm broad. The actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by three or six bracts with the bright colors associated with the plant, including pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow. Bougainvillea glabra is sometimes referred to as "paper flower" because the bracts are thin and papery. The fruit is a narrow five-lobed achene.

Bougainvillea are relatively pest-free plants, but may suffer from worms and aphids. The larvae of some Lepidoptera species also use them as food plants including Giant Leopard Moth
SOURCE:VİKİPEDİA
fyapici, Karin has marked this note useful
Only registered TrekNature members may rate photo notes.
Add Critique [Critiquing Guidelines] 
Only registered TrekNature members may write critiques.
Discussions
None
You must be logged in to start a discussion.

Critiques [Translate]

Selam
Nefis bir makro olmuş. Ellerine sağlık.
Başarılar...
Fevzi

  • Great 
  • Karin Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 418 W: 5 N: 268] (2089)
  • [2006-08-24 6:27]

Hi Tariuq,
Colours and sharpness are excelent, and very good informative notes. One of the bougainville I have in the garden has been eaten by some insect, so maybee I should look if I can find a giant Leopard Moth, that would be nice!
Well done and TFS

Calibration Check
















0123456789ABCDEF