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#botanicgarden

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Tiff
Have to say that #thicktrunktuesday is definitely one of my favourite hashtags. So many amazing trees! This week I offer a giant of a tree from the #edinburgh #botanicgarden One tall enough that I couldn't stand far enough back to get it all in one shot. And then a second shot of tbat same tree, just for fun, with what my phone calls apeture mode.

Taken with an Honor X6b

#nature #naturephotography #trees #pine #outdoors #woodland #perspective #winter
Large, old tree taken with standard focus.
Large, old tree taken with 'apeture mode' to create selective focus.
#winter
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Tiff
The aftermath of Storm Eowyn. If news sources are correct, this is the oldest, tallest tree that was lost in the storm. Even half gone, it's still a giant. Far from the only loss, though I imagine everything has been cleaned up significantly as it's been some time. The remaining trees that have fallen and still remain are ones I think are going to be left, which is an idea I like. It'll be fascinating to see what they do regardless.

Taken on an Honor X6b

#nature #naturephotography #outdoors #botanicgarden #trees #redwood #storm #restoration #phonephotography #amateurphotography
Tree 100+ years old broken halfway up with branches strewn across the ground.
#amateurphotography
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imbeccableimages
I think this is the only photo I took at the Botanical Garden that I like.

View the full image on my website. Link in bio.
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Titled: Honeymilk Rose
Collection: United States of America
Pictured: A pale pink blossomed rose and a second, unopened bud.
Settings: ISO 200 | 50mm | f/2.8 | 1/125s
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#photographer #flower #rose #pink #blush #beautiful #nature #botanicgarden #coloradophotographer #nikonphotography #nikonz7ii #manualsettingsonly #manuallens
#manuallens
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Tiff
Have a giant sequoia for #thicktrunktuesday

This is one of the small handful of giant sequoias at the #edinburgh botanic gardens, although this was taken a couple of years ago and before Storm Eowyn devastated the place. I have no idea if this tree is still standing, though I hope it is, I know they had some major fallen tree damage there, including some of their giants.

Taken on a Sony Xperia of some sort.

#nature #naturephotography #trees #outdoors #botanicgarden #phonephotography #amatuerphotography
A giant sequoia on a summer day against a bright blue sky with a small cloud in the background.
#AmatuerPhotography
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Tiff
Given what the light indicates of the weather, I'm inclined to say that this one is from a trip to the botanic gardens. Not only is it rare for my local woods to get such vibrant lighting, but I think this particular kind of pine is different to the growth of my local patch as well. I'm long overdue a trip back to both places, really.

Taken with some sort of Sony Xperia, probably, approximately two to three years ago.

#nature #plants #trees #botanicgarden #closeup #green #phonephotography #amatuerphotography #naturephotography
Close up of the tip of a pine tree branch where cones (or something similar to cones, unsure of name) are forming.
#naturephotography
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Tiff
More flowers! I think these ones definitely were from a trip to the botanic gardens. Again, I should know what they're called, but I cannot bring it to mind. Still, they're bright and they're pretty and they're a reminder that while the world is grey right now (in the northern hemisphere anyway), both spring and those vibrant colours aren't far away.

Taken on a Sony Xperia of some sort (about three-ish years ago)

#nature #plants #botanicgarden #pink #spring #phonephotography #amatuerphotography #positivity
Semi-close-up of multiple pink flowers.
#positivity
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Jon Sullivan

When we visited the Christchurch Botanic gardens recently my daughter took me to this ancient ivy, her favorite plant in the gardens. It has some terrifically twisted, creepy H. R. Eiger vibes.

It grows up the side of a giant sequoia tree that was planted in 1873. I expect the ivy cannot be much younger than that as its base is completely smothered by large sequoia roots.

inaturalist.nz/observations/26

#botany #vines #plants #nz #Christchurch #BotanicGarden #ivy #ThickTrunkTuesday.

A photo of my daughter standing next to the base of an ancient English ivy vine twisting up the side of the trunk of a giant sequoia tree that's 152 years old. For full-res photos, see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/260229137
A photo of the base of an ancient English ivy vine twisting up the side of the trunk of a giant sequoia tree that's 152 years old. For full-res photos, see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/260229137
A photo from the base of an ancient English ivy vine looking up as it twists up the side of the trunk of a giant sequoia tree. For full-res photos, see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/260229137
A closer photo of the base of an ancient English ivy vine. It's many old stems have twisted about each other to make one chaotically twisty trunk. For full-res photos, see https://inaturalist.nz/observations/260229137
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Jon Sullivan

If you're in Ōtautahi-Christchurch, NZ, the Sapphire Tower is flowering in the Botanic Garden. It's a bromeliad from the Chilean Andes (an odd place for bromeliads), with a tall flower spike of incredible teal-coloured flowers.

There's a plant outside between the tropical house and fernery.

In Chile they're pollinated by hummingbirds and other birds. Our plant is being visited by silvereyes, house sparrows, and bumblebees.

inaturalist.nz/observations/25

A photo of the impressive, tall flower spike of the Sapphire Tower bromeliad, with teal coloured petals and orange anthers.
A closer photo of the flowers of the Sapphire Tower bromeliad, with a European buff-tailed bumblebee visiting one of the flowers.
#botany#BloomScrolling#NZ
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