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Happy Canada Day
Posted by Marion (Nanaimo, BC, Canada) on 1 July 2008 in Plant & Nature and Portfolio.
Here is a tiny little portulaca growing in my garden. It measures less than an inch across. Portulaca is a small group of trailing annuals. P. grandiflora, Sun Plant, is a popular kind native of Brazil. The sprawling stems grow 4 or 5 inches long and are clothed with somewhat succulent, cylindrical leaves. Several large flowers, up to an inch in diameter, grow at the ends of the stems. They come in an array of bright, beautiful colors; purple, scarlet, yellow and pink are just a few. There are both single- and double-flowered varieties
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Canon EOS 30D
1/250 second
F/5.0
ISO 400
90 mm