Who can resist the beautiful lines of an arum lily. Classified as a weed in Australia, this common garden plant is toxic to stock and humans with fatalities in both recorded. I had no idea!
Nikon D90, 105mm lens. Melbourne, Australia
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Featured in the World as we know it group Nov 2010. Featured in Fabulous Flowers group Nov 2010. Featured in Nikon D90 Users group Dec 2010.
Comments
Toxicity kinda makes it even more lovely :-)
Wow! Thanks for that info Mia…I had no idea…
This is truly beautiful!!!!
Aah, thanks so much Sharona. I had no idea either. There’s a reason why the chickens haven’t been eating them!
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Thank you so much for the feature!
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1 November 2010
Beautiful and pure.
Great macro!
beautiful images and line but never knew it was so deadly.
beautiful shot
wow I guess it’s a femme fatale of the flower world then. love the simple but stunning presentation Mia