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These giant yellow bellflowers were in full bloom August 2010 (last summer) at the San Francisco botanical gardens.
These flowers are as large as your forearm, they hang down due to the weight. Unfortunately I don't know the botanical name. I tried to google it, found numerous photos online, but NO description.
If anyone knows the botanical name, please leave a comment. thanks.
Krystal
| Recording media: | JPEG (digital) |
| Date Taken: | 2 Aug 2010 - 1:04 PM |
| Focal Length: | 5.2mm |
| Lens Max Aperture: | f/2.8 |
| Aperture: | f/2.8 |
| Shutter Speed: | 1/100sec |
| Exposure Comp: | 0.0 |
| ISO: | 80 |
| Exposure Mode: | Program AE |
| Metering Mode: | Multi-segment |
| Flash: | Off, Did not fire |
| Title: | yellow bellflowers |
| Username: | 
blondspice |
| Uploaded: | 23 Jan 2011 - 8:56 PM |
| Tags: | Bellflower, Botanical garden, Flower, Flowers & plants, General, Landscape / travel, Photo journalism, San francisco, Wildlife / nature, Yellow |
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| Votes: | 14 |
Comments
Great shot Krystal the really look large.Well done.
Superb shot, fabulous colours and so beautifully captured.
Hugh
They don't come any bigger than that very nice artistic shot looks like a shower of giant flowers. I like this. Jamm
Carol, thanks for the suggestion about daturas. I googled "daturas" as it turned out, it is NOT a datura. Daturas are poisnous plants, toxic plants, and forbidden to grow in some states. However, you did help, because In my search I discoverd the "family" of plants "Solanaceae" and then I traced it to Brugmansia "Feingold" the name of this beautiful angel trumpet (common name). Thanks so much for pointing me in the right direction. I have to update my descriptionabove. Krystal
This new format does not let me UPDATE my DESCRIPTION. I have to post the update as a COMMENT:
Brugmansia are large shrubs or small trees, reaching heights of 3–11 m, with tan, slightly rough bark. The leaves are alternate, generally large, 10–30 cm long and 4–18 cm broad, with an entire or coarsely toothed margin, and are covered with fine hairs.
The name Angel's Trumpet refers to the large, very dramatic, pendulous trumpet-shaped flowers, 14–50 cm to 20 inches long and 10–35 cm across at the wide end. They are white, yellow, pink, orange or red, and have a delicate, attractive scent with light, lemony overtones, most noticeable in early evening. Flowers may be single or double.
Toxicity: All parts of Brugmansia plants contain dangerous levels of poison and may be fatal if ingested by humans or animals, including livestock and pets. Contact with the eyes can cause pupil diliation (mydriasis) or unequal pupil size (anisocoria).[3] Some municipalities prohibit the purchase, sale, or cultivation of Brugmansia plants.[2]
Several hybrids and numerous cultivars have been developed for use as ornamental plants.
I wish someone would put a warning up at the botanical garden warning people of its toxicity or cordoning it off so nobody can touch it. I have seen many people touch these flowers, smell them, pick them off the ground... yet all parts of this plant is toxic. Krystal
I commented on this image, when you first put it up, Krystal. When AOL crashed my system, the comment -- also -- somehow disappeared. The change in the color tone and structure -- from the lower right to the upper left, makes the image very dramatic; it is a very natural progression; and one that is remarkably consistent. (I already gave you a vote on it, the first time around, so they're not going to allow me to do it again.)
Dylan
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