Thanks, Alan. The name "Bird of Paradise" come from its supposed resemblance to this bird:
http://www.hd-wal.com/wallpaper/39923-birds-of-paradise-wallpaper.html Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 11:49 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > That's a sturdy, healthy specimen. The flowers on ours get chewed up by > "swarms" of mouse birds. Nice to see a bit of home: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strelitzia_reginae > > Also known as the Crane Flower here because of it's resemblance to the head > of a crowned crane: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_crowned_crane > > Alan C > > > -----Original Message----- From: Daniel J. Matyola > Sent: Friday, February 06, 2015 12:34 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: Bird of Paradise > > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17960774&size=lg > Comments are invited. > > Dan Matyola > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
