Fuchsia

Fuchsia

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti) about 1696–1697 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier during his third expedition to the Greater Antilles. He named the new genus after the renowned German botanist Leonhart Fuchs 1501–1566

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Thailand Lantern Festival

Thailand Lantern Festival

The Lanna people of northern Thailand use "floating lanterns" year round, for celebrations and other special occasions. One very important festival in which sky lanterns are used is the Lanna Yi Peng festival, which is held on a full moon of the 2nd month of the Lanna calendar (which coincides with Loi Krathong, the traditional festival on the 12th month of the Thai lunar calendar). During the Yi Peng festival, a multitude of lanterns are launched into the air where they resemble large flocks of giant fluorescent jellyfish gracefully floating by through the sky. The most elaborate Yi Peng celebrations can be seen in Chiang Mai, the ancient capital of the former Lanna kingdom. The festival is meant as a time to obtain Buddhist merit. In recent times, floating lanterns have become so popular with all Thai people that they have become integrated into the festival in the rest of country

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Wintery and wooly

Wintery and wooly

Wintery and wooly - scene in Killybegs, County Donegal, Ireland

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Seagulls

Seagulls

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Amazing Flowers

Amazing Flowers

Crocus biflorus , Spring Beauty

White Lapageria

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French Polynesia

French Polynesia

 French Polynesia is divided into 5 groups of islands: The Society Islands archipelago composed of the Windward Islands and the Leeward Islands, the Tuamotu Archipelago, the Gambier Islands, the Marquesas Islands and the Austral Islands. Among its 118 islands and atolls, 67 are inhabited

Tahiti, which is located within the Society Islands, is the most populous island and the seat of the capital of the collectivity, Pape'ete. Although not an integral part of its territory, Clipperton Island was administered from French Polynesia until 2007

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Pretty Fuschia

Pretty Fuschia

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti) about 1696–1697 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier during his third expedition to the Greater Antilles

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Japanese Lantern Flowers

Japanese Lantern Flowers

Physalis alkekengi (bladder cherry, Chinese lantern, Japanese-lantern, or winter cherry ) is a relative of P. peruviana (Cape gooseberry), easily identifiable by the larger, bright orange to red papery covering over its fruit, which resemble paper lanterns. It is native from southern Europe east across southern Asia to Japan. It is an herbaceous perennial plant growing to 40–60 cm tall, with spirally arranged leaves 6–12 cm long and 4–9 cm broad. The flowers are white, with a five-lobed corolla 10–15 mm across, with an inflated basal calyx which matures into the papery orange fruit covering, 4–5 cm long and broad

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Lily of the valley

Lily of the valley

Lily of the valley, sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, scientific name Convallaria majalis, is a sweetly scented, highly poisonous woodland flowering plant that is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia, and Europe. It is possibly the only species in the genus Convallaria. In the APG III system, the genus is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). It was formerly placed in its own family Convallariaceae, and, like many lilioid monocots, before that in the lily family Liliaceae

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Pretty rose

Pretty rose

 Roses are native primarily to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Most rose species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers being native to North America and a few to Europe and northwest Africa

Roses from different regions of the world hybridize readily, giving rise to types that overlap the parental forms, and making it difficult to determine basic species. Of the more than 100 species of roses, fewer than 10 species (most native to Asia) were involved in the crossbreeding that ultimately produced today’s many types of garden roses

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Gladiolus

Gladiolus

Gladiolus is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family (Iridaceae). It is sometimes called the 'Sword lily', but usually by its generic name (plural gladioli). The genus occurs in Asia, Mediterranean Europe, South Africa, and tropical Africa. The center of diversity is in the Cape Floristic Region. The genera Acidanthera, Anomalesia, Homoglossum, and Oenostachys, formerly considered distinct, are now included in Gladiolus

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Muscari Armeniacum

Muscari Armeniacum

Muscari armeniacum is a bulbous plant of the genus Muscari with basal, simple leaves and short, flowering stems. It is one of a number of species and genera known as Grape Hyacinth, in this case Armenian Grape Hyacinth or Garden Grape-hyacinth. The flowers are purple, blue (with a white fringe), white  or pale pink (var "Pink Sunrise") and the plants are usually 15 centimetres tall. M. armeniacum blooms in mid-Spring (April or May in the Northern Hemisphere) for 3-4 weeks. Some selections are fragrant. Established bulbs leaf in the autumn. M. armeniacum is widespread in the woods and meadows of the Eastern Mediterranean, from Greece and Turkey to the Caucasus

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Pretty Dahlia

Pretty Dahlia

Dahlia Honour Francis

Pretty Dahlia Candy Cane

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Pretty Tulips

Pretty Tulips

Tulipa Ballerina

Tulips , Blue Parrot

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Pretty Flowers

Pretty Flowers

Awesome white orchid

Fringe Lilly, Asparagaceae Thysanotus sp. Cape Arid National Park, Western Australia

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Awesome flowers

Awesome flowers

Orchid

Pretty Yellow Lotus

Asiatic Lily Deep Red

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Beautiful View

Beautiful View

Slovenian capital Ljubljana

Beautiful View of Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey

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Pretty Flowers

Pretty Flowers

Floribunda Roses

Orchids

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Flower of Trichosanthes cucumerina

Flower of Trichosanthes cucumerina

Trichosanthes cucumerina is a tropical or subtropical vine, its variety T. cucumerina var. anguina raised for its strikingly long fruit, used as a vegetable, medicine, and in crafting traditional Australian musical instruments known as didgeridoos. Common names of the cultivated variety include snake gourd, serpent gourd, chichinda and padwal. Trichosanthes cucumerina is found in the wild across much of South and Southeast Asia, including India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar (Burma), and southern China (Guangxi and Yunnan). It is also regarded as native in northern Australia. and naturalized in Florida, parts of Africa and on various islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans

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Oh so cute

Oh so cute

Mother and baby owlet

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Beautiful nature

Beautiful nature

Beautiful Autumn in Romania

Hvitserkur, an animal shaped petrified lava-rock formation in the north of Iceland (Island), pictured on one glorious summer sunrise

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Charming and Beauty

Charming and Beauty

Round and Round Eddy Pewit's Nest near Devils Lake State Park Wisconsin in Fall

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Adorable baby

Adorable baby

Baby Harp Seal

So adorable

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Nature's Beauty

Nature's Beauty

Fire Cave, Lake Baikal, Russia - Photographed by CoolBieRe

Alcantara on the island of Cebu in the Philippines

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Awesome summer

Awesome summer

Pasjača beach, Konavle - Croatia

Union Island, the Grenadines

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Flowers fields

Flowers fields

Paintbrush Sunset by Richard Siggins

Red and Gold, West Midlands region of England, by Verity Milligan

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Awesome nature

Awesome nature

Mt. Fuji and autumn leaves, Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi, Japan

Awesome sunset , Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Fritillaria Crown Imperial

Fritillaria Crown Imperial

Fritillaria imperialis grows to about 1 m in height, and bears lance-shaped, glossy leaves at intervals along the stem. It bears a prominent whorl of downward facing flowers at the top of the stem, topped by a 'crown' of small leaves, hence the name. While the wild form is usually orange-red, various colours are found in cultivation, ranging from nearly a true scarlet through oranges to yellow. The pendulous flowers make a bold statement in the late spring garden; in the northern hemisphere, flowering takes place in late spring, accompanied by a distinctly foxy odour that repels mice, moles and other small animals

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Lovely Winter

Lovely winter

The Ice Caves of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore

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Spotted pigeon - Spilopelia chinensis

Spotted pigeon

The spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) is a small and somewhat long-tailed pigeon which is a common resident breeding bird across its native range on the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. The species has been introduced into many parts of the world and feral populations have become established. This species was formerly included in the genus Streptopelia with other turtle-doves, but studies suggest that they differ from typical members of that genus. This dove is long tailed buff brown with a white-spotted black collar patch on the back and sides of the neck. The tail tips are white and the wing coverts have light buff spots. There are considerable plumage variations across populations within its wide range. The species is found in light forests and gardens as well as in urban areas. They fly from the ground with an explosive flutter and will sometimes glide down to a perch. It is sometimes also called the mountain dove, pearl-necked dove or lace-necked dove

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Pretty Parakeets

Pretty Parakeets

Parakeet is a term for any one of a large number of small to medium-sized species of parrot, in multiple genera, that generally have long tail feathers. Older spellings still sometimes encountered are paroquet or paraquet

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