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 FLOWER POWER

Pleasure at beautiful flowers goes back to antiquity. More than 4000 years ago ancient Egyptians already cut flowers and arranged them into flower pictures.

Their gods liked them too. The Lotus was sacred to Isis.
To the Chinese of 200 BC some flowers symbolized longevity, others fertility, and some brought luck to you.
​And the medicinal properties of flowers and herbs were well known. 
Flowers were not merely pretty, but of cultural significance.
Greeks and Romans of old wound them into garlands and used foliage as well. Wreaths of oak and laurel hailed the victor.
From them to us flowers are used as messengers. They carry a message from the audience to the diva, from lovers to each other, from the cheering to the victor and as respect to those who lost a life. A world without flowers is unthinkable.
You can find some interesting morsels about the meaning of flowers in different eras at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_flower_arrangement

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BIRD OF PARADISE - Strelitzia reginae
fam: Musaceae prints available from:
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WHITE DOUBLE TULIP ‘Montreux’ - Tulipa hybrida
fam: Liliaceae
prints available at:
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RED DAHLIA
fam: Asteraceae
prints available at:
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WALKING IRIS - Neomarica caerulea prints available from:
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LEMON
fam: Rutaceae prints available from:
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BULL BAY - Magnolia grandiflora
fam: Magnoliaceae
prints available at:
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SACRED LOTUS - Nelumbo nucefera
fam: Nelumbonaceae
prints available at:
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Bamboo Orchid - Sobralia macrantha
fam: Orchidaceae
prints available at:
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YELLOW LICHEN - Xanthoria parietina
fam: Teloschistaceae
prints available at:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/yellow-lichen-xanthoria-parietina-klaus-jaritz.html

MEXICAN LILY - Beschorneria yuccoides
fam: Agavaceae / Asparagaceae prints available from: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mexican-lily-beschorneria-yuccoides-klaus-jaritz.html

GHOST GUM - Eucalyptus papuana
fam: Myrtaceae
prints available at:
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Gum Caps - The name Eucalyptus has Greek roots  'eu-kalyptos' meaning 'well-covered' because the flower is initially covered by a cap.
fam: Myrtaceae
Prints available at:
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BLACK GIDGEE - Acacia pruinocarpa
fam: Fabaceae
prints available at:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cypress-pine-callitris-glaucophylla-klaus-jaritz.html

SPINIFEX FIELD - Triodia plectrachne
fam: Poaceae
prints available at:
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SPINIFEX HUMMOCK - Triodia plectrachne
fam: Poaceae
prints available at:
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SPINIFEX BUNCH - Triodia plectrachne
fam: Poaceae
prints available at:
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CYMBIDIUM ORCHID hybrid
fam: Orchidaceae
prints available at:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/cu-cymbidium-orchid-hybrid-klaus-jaritz.html

WHITE MOTH ORCHID - Phalaenopsis hybrid
fam: Orchidaceae
prints available at:
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WHITE MOTH ORCHID CU - Phalaenopsis amabilis
fam: Orchidaceae
prints available at:
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RED MOTH ORCHID - Phalaenopsis hybrid
fam: Orchidaceae
prints available at:
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ROCK ORCHID - Dendrobium speciosum
fam: Orchidaceae prints available at:
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BUXOM IRENE - Cymbidium orchid hyb.
fam: Orchidaceae
prints available at:
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WHITE CYMBIDIUM ORCHID
fam: Orchidaceae
prints available at:
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RED HOT POKER - Kniphofia ‘Atlanta’
fam: Asphodelaceae
prints available at: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/red-hot-poker-kniphofia-atlanta-klaus-jaritz.html

BLUE HIBISCUS
fam: Malvaceae
prints available at:
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SAW BANKSIA - Banksia serrata 2
fam: Proteaceae
prints available at:
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WARATAH ‘Shady Lady’ - Telopea speciosissima
fam: Proteaceae prints available at:
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LONG-LEAF SMOKE BUSH - Cenospermum longifolium
fam: Proteaceae
prints available at:
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PURPLE LANCE - Astilbe chinensis
fam: Saxifragaceae
prints available at:
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GREENSHIELD LICHEN - Flavoparmelia caperata
fam: Parmeliaceae
prints available at:
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Lichens are complex organisms: a symbiotic partnership between fungus and photosynthetic algae. They tolerate cold/dry as well as warm/wet climates.
They are food for goats, deer and caribou. They create new soil by breaking down rock.

LICHEN - Xanthoparmelia
fam: Parmeliaceae
prints available at: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/lichen-xanthoparmelia-klaus-jaritz.html

GHOST GUM 2 - Eucalyptus papuana
fam: Myrtaceae
prints available at:
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GHOST GUM - Eucalyptus papuana is named for its ghostly white trunk. It is rather stunted when growing straight out of red rock walls seemingly without soil.  But in deeper ground on the plains it can grow into a tall and elegant looking tree with a thick canopy. Habitat is restricted to central and north Australia. A chalky powder rubs off its stem. The Aborigines used this for body paint.

ACACIA sp. on the plateau of Kings Canyon - Watarrka National Park
Prints available at:
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STURTS DESERT PEA - Swainsona formosa
fam: Fabaceae prints available at
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SPINIFEX is one of Australia's endemic grasses, a hummock-forming tussock grass of arid regions belonging to the Poaceae family.
The Aborigines ground its seeds to make cakes. They used the sticks for weaving and the resign as an adhesive. When burnt, thick black smoke became a signal to communicate over distances. 
The palaeontologist Richard Fortey hated it.
""It is beyond dispute that the hardest scratchiest place in the world to geologists is the Australian outback. … Every shrub is equipped with spines, and those that are not are equipped with burrs. There is a terrible weed called spinifex which grows in glaucous hemispheres a metre across and is apparently composed of nothing but spines. Its weapons are tipped with silica.
To tumble into a spinifex bush is to experience an accident with a cartload of syringes tipped in vitriol.
One comes to regret the evolutionary chutzpah of the plant kingdom."

From his book 'Life - An Unauthorised Biography'

SPINIFEX NEEDLES - Triodia plectrachne
fam: Poaceae
prints available at:
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YELLOW CHRYSANTHEMUM
fam: Asteraceae
Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in China more than 3000 years ago.
Their more than 20 000 cultivars have become an economical saviour for florists.
Prints available at:
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CAPE CHESTNUT - Calodendrum capense
fam: Rutaceae
prints available at:
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SILKY OAK - Grevillea robusta
fam: Proteaceae
prints available at:
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TREE WARATAH - Alloxyon flammeum
fam: Proteaceae
prints available at:
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GREAT SUN ORCHID - Thelymitra grandiflora
fam: Orchidaceae

TULIPS - Tulipa sp.
fam: Liliaceae prints available from:
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TULIP ‘Freedom’ - Tulipa hybrida
fam: Liliaceae
prints available at:
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RED HIBISCUS
fam: Malvaceae prints available from:
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SAW BANKSIA - Banksia serrata
fam: Proteaceae
prints available at:
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FLAMING KATY (Friendly Neighbours) - Kalanchoe blossfeldiana
fam: Crassulaceae
prints available at:
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MEXICAN GRASS TREE - Nolina longifolia
fam: Dracaenaceae prints available at:
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BOUCLE d’OREILLE - Hibiscus boryanus
fam: Malvaceae
prints available at:
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BLUE LOTUS - Nymphaea violacea
fam: Nymphaeaceae
prints available at:
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JAPANESE APRICOT - Prunus mume
fam: Rosaceae
prints available at:
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RIVER RED GUM -Eucalyptus camaldulensis
fam: Myrtaceae prints available at: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/river-red-gum-eucalyptus-camaldulensis-klaus-jaritz.html

EUCALYPTUS - the Australian Gum Tree
There are almost 700 species to the genus Eucalyptus. It is  widely regarded as THE Australian tree. This is not true in the central deserts where Acacias dominate. And it does not grow within rainforest. Otherwise the tree has adapted to all climatic zones and to Australia's ancient infertile soils. It is also fire-resistant and can survive prolonged drought; others tolerate prolonged flooding, like the River Red Gum. Eucalypts appeared first a little over 40 million years ago (together with the grasses) and began to replace the rainforest, which covered much of Australia at that time.

CYPRESS PINE - Callitris glaucophylla
on plateau of Kings Canyon - Watarrka National Park
fam: Cupressaceae
Prints available at:
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DESERT OAK - Allocasuarina decaisneana
fam: Casuarinaceae
prints available at:
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DESERT OAK 2 - Allocasuarina decaisneana
fam: Casuarinaceae
prints available at:
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BROAD-LEAF DRUMSTICK - Isopogon anemonifolius
fam: Proteaceae
prints available at:
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RIBWORT - Plantago lanceolata
fam: Plantaginaceae
prints available at: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/ribwort-plantago-lanceolata-klaus-jaritz.html

MEXICAN WATERLILY - Nymphaea mexicana
fam: Nymphaeaceae prints available at: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/mexican-waterlily-nymphaea-mexicana-klaus-jaritz.html

WATERBUSH, BOOBIALLA - Myoporum insulare
fam: Scrophulariaceae
prints available at:
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FLANNEL FLOWER - Actinotus helianthi
fam: Apiaceae
prints available at:
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RHODES GRASS - Chloris gayana
prints available at:
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DONKEY ORCHID - Diuris brumalis
fam: Orchidaceae
prints available at:
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