Endemic
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Disphyma crassifolium subspecies clavellatum / Tasmanian native succulent, this one photographed along Arthur River beach, West Coast (Tarkine). (This image has been viewed 219 times up to 11/11/09).
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This was photographed in a remote area at Wilsons Promontory, Victoria. / The Tasmanian and Southern Australian aborigines traditionally treated Kangaroo Apple’s (Solanum laciniatum) cherry-sized fruits with all the respect that this potentially toxic bush tucker plant deserved. Feasting on these tomato-tasting fruits only occurred once the fruit was very ripe. To enhance the ripening process they buried piles of the yellow fruits in mounds of sand to soften and deepen their colour to an orange red. / Today as a bush tucker food, it is very versatile and can be substituted for tomatoes or eggplants to produce a delightfully spicy relish or chutney. The fruits can also be dried and preserved in herbed olive oil as a substitute for dried tomatoes.
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White ground Orchid which is endemic in the Philippine islands shows ready to bloom in beauty.
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One of my favorite places, Mount Barker Summit in the Adelaide Hills. I love the views, the peacefulness, the fauna & flora, particularly the orchids & black boys – Xanthorrhoea Quadrangulata : )
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Critically endangered Blue Iguana, endemic to Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. / / NEWS FLASH – May 3, 2008 / Six Endangered Blue Iguanas Murdered / http://www.blueiguana.ky/news.htm / / I personally am devastated by this news. It was only October last year that I spent two weeks volunteering at the Blue Iguana Recovery Program and developed a close bond with Pedro and several other Blues. Pedro is confirmed dead since entrails were found outside his enclosure but his body is still missing. / B.I.R.P. is in constant need of donations, and now more than ever! Please donate anything you can spare to this important conservation program. Donate here / / 100% profits from the sale of prints go to the Blue Iguana Recovery Program on Grand Cayman Island B.I.R.P. ©2007-2008 Shannon Plummer. All Rights Reserved. / www.shannonplummerphotography.com
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Pedro – a critically endangered Blue Iguana, endemic to Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. Eating a favourite treat of Noni fruit. R.I.P. Pedro / / NEWS FLASH – May 3, 2008 / Six Endangered Blue Iguanas Murdered / http://www.blueiguana.ky/news.htm / / I personally am devastated by this news. It was only October last year that I spent two weeks volunteering at the Blue Iguana Recovery Program and developed a close bond with Pedro and several other Blues. Pedro is confirmed dead since entrails were found outside his enclosure but his body is still missing. / B.I.R.P. is in constant need of donations, and now more than ever! Please donate anything you can spare to this important conservation program. Donate here / / 100% profits from the sale of prints go to the Blue Iguana Recovery Program on Grand Cayman Island B.I.R.P. ©2007-2008 Shannon Plummer. All Rights Reserved. / www.shannonplummerphotography.com /
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Pedro – a critically endangered Blue Iguana at his most impressive colour after eating. / Endemic to Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. / / R.I.P. Pedro / / NEWS FLASH – May 3, 2008 / Six Endangered Blue Iguanas Murdered / http://www.blueiguana.ky/news.htm / / I personally am devastated by this news. It was only October last year that I spent two weeks volunteering at the Blue Iguana Recovery Program and developed a close bond with Pedro and several other Blues. Pedro is confirmed dead since entrails were found outside his enclosure but his body is still missing. / B.I.R.P. is in constant need of donations, and now more than ever! Please donate anything you can spare to this important conservation program. Donate here / / 100% profits from the sale of prints go to the Blue Iguana Recovery Program on Grand Cayman Island B.I.R.P. / / ©2007-2008 Shannon Plummer. All Rights Reserved. / www.shannonplummerphotography.com
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Critically endangered Blue Iguana, endemic to Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. / / NEWS FLASH – May 3, 2008 / Six Endangered Blue Iguanas Murdered / http://www.blueiguana.ky/news.htm / / I personally am devastated by this news. It was only October last year that I spent two weeks volunteering at the Blue Iguana Recovery Program and developed a close bond with Pedro and several other Blues. Pedro is confirmed dead since entrails were found outside his enclosure but his body is still missing. / B.I.R.P. is in constant need of donations, and now more than ever! Please donate anything you can spare to this important conservation program. Donate here / / 100% profits from the sale of prints go to the Blue Iguana Recovery Program on Grand Cayman Island B.I.R.P. ©2007-2008 Shannon Plummer. All Rights Reserved. / www.shannonplummerphotography.com /
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Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Male Gang-Gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum) The males have a scarlet red head and crest with the rest of the body slate-grey. Apparently, they almost always use their left foot to hold food when eating. The Gang-Gang Cockatoo is endemic to South Eastern Australia. ========================================================= / “Gang-Gang Cockatoo” is donated to the Wildlife_Appeal_Group for the wildlife victims of the Victorian Bushfires. All of the proceeds will go to WRAP (Wildlife Rescue And Protection Incorporated) ========================================================= Canon EOS 350D
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These large woody seed pods develop from the flowers of the eucalypt tree, the essence of Australian flora. / There are over 700 species of gum trees endemic to Australia.
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Taken on Mount Barker Summit. When the blackboys are flowering they are simply covered with butterflies & bees. This particular blackboy – Xanthorrhoea quadrangulata is unique to South Australia.
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Portrait of Pedro – a critically endangered Blue Iguana at his most impressive colour after eating. / Endemic to Grand Cayman Island, British West Indies. / / R.I.P. Pedro / / NEWS FLASH – May 3, 2008 / Seven Endangered Blue Iguanas Murdered / http://www.blueiguana.ky/news.htm / / I personally am devastated by this news. It was only October last year that I spent two weeks volunteering at the Blue Iguana Recovery Program and developed a close bond with Pedro and several other Blues. Pedro is confirmed dead since entrails were found outside his enclosure but his body is still missing. / B.I.R.P. is in constant need of donations, and now more than ever! Please donate anything you can spare to this important conservation program. Donate here / / 100% profits from the sale of prints go to the Blue Iguana Recovery Program on Grand Cayman Island B.I.R.P. / / ©2007-2008 Shannon Plummer. All Rights Reserved. / www.shannonplummerphotography.com
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Tui
by Jane MacKay.... on the side of a water trough beside the path on Tiritiri Matangi Island. (Tiritiri Matangi is an open wildlife sanctuary approx an hour by boat from Auckland city) / Taken AS IS, hand held Canon PowerShot S5IS
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Bermuda’s national flower
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The Bermudian endemic sub-species of the White Eyed Vireo. It gives itself its own name from the sound of its song.
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Baby bonnet macaque hiding behind its mother in Bandipur National Park, India.
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Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Richea gunnii or Bog Candleheath Locally common in montane to alpine wet heathland near water courses or bogs, usually associated with sphagnum moss. The leaves are sheathing, with parallel veins, about 2-4 cm long and about 0.5 – 1 cm broad at the base. Flowering in summer; pink-cream on interrupted spikes with red stems. Lake Dobson Alpine Circuit, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Canon PowerShot A650 IS Shutter Speed: 1/250sec / Aperture: F4.8 / ISO: 200
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Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery The Guitar Plant Lomatia Tinctoria – The Guitar Plant This shrub is usually seen in extensive colonies as it spreads by underground rhizomes. Above ground it appears as a plant with few stems and is rarely more than 1m tall. The white or cream flowers are in loose spikes, and the buds, like the ensuing woody fruits, are guitar-shaped. The leaves appear fernlike, but are leathery to the touch, and are pinnately divided once or twice into long slender feathery lobes. Flowering in summer. / Three species of Lomatia are endemic to Tasmania, the other two being / L. polymorpha (montane areas) and the rare L. tasmanica from the rainforests of the south west. Lake Dobson, Mt Field National Park, Tasmania, Australia. Canon PowerShot A650 IS Shutter Speed: 1/125sec / Aperture: F4.8 / ISO: 200
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Blossom’s_Photo_Gallery Green Rosella The Green Rosella or Tasmanian Rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) is endemic to Tasmania. At 36 cm (14 in), it is the largest of the Rosellas. The male and female are similar in plumage, being predominantly green and yellow in colour with blue cheeks. Its diet is composed of seeds, fruit, berries and flowers, as well as insects and insect larvae. Canon PowerShot A650 IS Shutter Speed: 1/60sec / Aperture: F4.8 / ISO: 200
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The jackass penguin, a flightless seabird, is found nowhere in the world except off the coast of southern Africa, i.e. it is endemic to this area. It breeds on 24 offshore islands between Namibia and Port Elizabeth. Additional colonies were established in the 1980s on the mainland at Betty’s Bay and Simonstown. There is also a colony on the mainland of Namibia, although it is not known when this colony was established. Nesting on the mainland is unusual for jackass penguins because they are ground-nesting birds and are vulnerable to the many predators on the mainland. Jackass penguins used to nest by burrowing into guano (bird droppings which have accumulated into a hardish substance, sometimes several metres deep). Most of the nutrient-rich guano was removed for fertiliser in the 19th century. Penguins now nest in burrows in sand, under overhanging rocks, under bushes, or even in the open. Jackass penguins can breed at any time of the year, usually laying two eggs. Most adult birds feed during the day and the chicks are fed regurgitated food in the late afternoon. The parent birds take turns in guarding the nest site and catching food. Fish eaten include sardine, maasbanker and anchovy. Squid are also eaten Canon PowerShot S2IS This shot was taken at Betty’s Bay, an hours drive out of Cape Town
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The title is Spanish and translates to To Be Alive / That’s the feeling I got when I was shooting this Waratah. This is the first of three and the series will also show a progression in the flowers life cycle. / These were shot in natural light, outdoors and a Saturation level of 5 (clicks) was added in post processing to show the vibrancy of the red; it was washed out by the glare of the sun. Waratah / Telopea speciosissima, commonly known as the New South Wales Waratah or simply Waratah, is a large shrub in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales in Australia and is the floral emblem of that state. It is renowned for its striking large crimson inflorescences (flowerheads) in spring, each made up of hundreds of individual flowers.The New South Wales Waratah is a large erect shrub up to 3 or 4 metres (10-13 ft) in height with one or more stems. It has dark-green leaves which are alternate, usually coarsely-toothed and range from 13 to 25 cm (5-10 in) in length. The inflorescences, which appear in spring, are large and crimson coloured. They consist of a 7-10 cm (3-4 in) diameter domed flowerhead ringed by bracts which are 5 to 7 cm (2-3 in) long. These are followed by large seed pods which eventually turn brown and split open revealing winged seeds inside. / The species is found on the Central Coast, South Coast and nearby ranges in New South Wales. It usually occurs as an understorey shrub in open forest on sandy soils in areas with moderately high rainfall. / The New South Wales Waratah was first described by botanist James Edward Smith in his 1793 A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland, from “very fine dried specimens sent by Mr. White”. He gave the species its original binomial name of Embothrium speciosissimum. It was given its current name of Telopea speciosissima by botanist Robert Brown in 1810. / The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word speciosus meaning ‘beautiful’ or ‘handsome’. The common name of waratah was first applied to this species before being generalised to other members of the genus Telopea and, to a lesser extent, Alloxylon. It is derived from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. / Although they grow naturally on deep sandy soils, the species has proved adaptable to other deep, well-drained soils, especially where natural slopes assist drainage. Despite their natural occurrence in woodland, waratahs flower best in full sun. / They are a popular cut flower and are grown commercially in Australia north of Sydney and in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne. They are also grown commercially in New Zealand, Hawaii and Israel. from: Wikipedia
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...Frech for To be Alive. / A different angle and stage of development of the Waratah flower. / I used tha same post processing adjustment for this image. / The info below is the same as the first on this series. Waratah / Telopea speciosissima, commonly known as the New South Wales Waratah or simply Waratah, is a large shrub in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales in Australia and is the floral emblem of that state. It is renowned for its striking large crimson inflorescences (flowerheads) in spring, each made up of hundreds of individual flowers.The New South Wales Waratah is a large erect shrub up to 3 or 4 metres (10-13 ft) in height with one or more stems. It has dark-green leaves which are alternate, usually coarsely-toothed and range from 13 to 25 cm (5-10 in) in length. The inflorescences, which appear in spring, are large and crimson coloured. They consist of a 7-10 cm (3-4 in) diameter domed flowerhead ringed by bracts which are 5 to 7 cm (2-3 in) long. These are followed by large seed pods which eventually turn brown and split open revealing winged seeds inside. / The species is found on the Central Coast, South Coast and nearby ranges in New South Wales. It usually occurs as an understorey shrub in open forest on sandy soils in areas with moderately high rainfall. / The New South Wales Waratah was first described by botanist James Edward Smith in his 1793 A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland, from “very fine dried specimens sent by Mr. White”. He gave the species its original binomial name of Embothrium speciosissimum. It was given its current name of Telopea speciosissima by botanist Robert Brown in 1810. / The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word speciosus meaning ‘beautiful’ or ‘handsome’. The common name of waratah was first applied to this species before being generalised to other members of the genus Telopea and, to a lesser extent, Alloxylon. It is derived from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. / Although they grow naturally on deep sandy soils, the species has proved adaptable to other deep, well-drained soils, especially where natural slopes assist drainage. Despite their natural occurrence in woodland, waratahs flower best in full sun. / They are a popular cut flower and are grown commercially in Australia north of Sydney and in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne. They are also grown commercially in New Zealand, Hawaii and Israel. from: Wikipedia
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...Italian for To be Alive. / In the description below it says that the Waratah is a huge flowerhead made up of smaller flowers; in this image, you can see clearly what those flowers look like. / I used tha same post processing adjustment for this image. / The info below is the same as the first on this series. Waratah / Telopea speciosissima, commonly known as the New South Wales Waratah or simply Waratah, is a large shrub in the Proteaceae family. It is endemic to New South Wales in Australia and is the floral emblem of that state. It is renowned for its striking large crimson inflorescences (flowerheads) in spring, each made up of hundreds of individual flowers.The New South Wales Waratah is a large erect shrub up to 3 or 4 metres (10-13 ft) in height with one or more stems. It has dark-green leaves which are alternate, usually coarsely-toothed and range from 13 to 25 cm (5-10 in) in length. The inflorescences, which appear in spring, are large and crimson coloured. They consist of a 7-10 cm (3-4 in) diameter domed flowerhead ringed by bracts which are 5 to 7 cm (2-3 in) long. These are followed by large seed pods which eventually turn brown and split open revealing winged seeds inside. / The species is found on the Central Coast, South Coast and nearby ranges in New South Wales. It usually occurs as an understorey shrub in open forest on sandy soils in areas with moderately high rainfall. / The New South Wales Waratah was first described by botanist James Edward Smith in his 1793 A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland, from “very fine dried specimens sent by Mr. White”. He gave the species its original binomial name of Embothrium speciosissimum. It was given its current name of Telopea speciosissima by botanist Robert Brown in 1810. / The specific epithet is derived from the Latin word speciosus meaning ‘beautiful’ or ‘handsome’. The common name of waratah was first applied to this species before being generalised to other members of the genus Telopea and, to a lesser extent, Alloxylon. It is derived from the Eora Aboriginal people, the original inhabitants of the Sydney area. / Although they grow naturally on deep sandy soils, the species has proved adaptable to other deep, well-drained soils, especially where natural slopes assist drainage. Despite their natural occurrence in woodland, waratahs flower best in full sun. / They are a popular cut flower and are grown commercially in Australia north of Sydney and in the Dandenong Ranges near Melbourne. They are also grown commercially in New Zealand, Hawaii and Israel. from: Wikipedia
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