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It is not just the bee...

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that I find to be most interesting in this image but the flowers that it is drawing nectar from. They are so beautiful. I am not sure as to what kind they are. The plant itself is sort of bushy and has a somewhat woody stem, also it is not very big, maybe about 10 to 12 inches tall at the most. It may be a Myrtle but I am not really sure, it is growing in sandy soil. :-k Anyway the flowers are quite colorful I think, with a lovely texture and the bee...well it too is interesting. I really like the way it anchors itself with its hind legs, while using its forelegs to hold the flower and drinking in its sweetness. :D

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Very nice picture Ken. Not much to hold on to with such small flowers. The pink blush on the flowers is very beautiful.
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Thanks Doug :D I thought that they might be some kind of Myrtle but after looking around at many images of Myrtle, I guess they are not. :-k

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No clue what the plant is. I know nuth-ink about anything that doesn't have a pulse!

The bee seems to be glomming onto another flower with its rear legs saying "Mine! No line-jumpers!"
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Actually that bee was quite large for a Bumblebee but I don't think anyone or anything would be so rash as to intrude upon its feasting :lol: Thanks Mike :D

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Post by Moebius »

I have learned the flower often makes the shot. The color reminds me of milkweed, though this is definitely not that. Very pleasing.

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So it seems there Ken, maybe it is the multitude of colors that the flowers bring to the image, that makes them give a bit more life to it. Thanks Ken :D

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Ken,
Nice pictures. My kids used to pet bumble bees when they found them on our flowers.
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Ken Ramos wrote:Thanks Doug :D I thought that they might be some kind of Myrtle but after looking around at many images of Myrtle, I guess they are not. :-k
The flower looks like something in family Ericaceae, perhaps one of the Vaccinium's discussed at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilberry.

One species does go by "myrtle blueberry", so it's easy to imagine how that name might come to mind.

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Might very well be a Bilberry there Rik, though Wiki leaves me wondering due to it stating that they grow in damp acidic soils and this plant was in a sort of dry sandy soil. :-k The flowers look pretty close though, to what I have here, could just be a different variety. Thanks Rik :D

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Ken Ramos wrote:The flowers look pretty close though, to what I have here, could just be a different variety.
Yep. Ericaceae is a tiny family with a HUGE variation in habit and habitat. It includes everything from heather to blueberry bushes to the pacific madrone tree. In my area there are several species that love dry sand.

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