Screeches from Rainbow Lorikeets alerted me to the stunning flowers of Mango Pine, Barringtonia calyptrata, as I walked around the Australian Plant Communities this month. The flowers hang in large shaggy cream tendrils, which the birds gradually worked their way down. I had to marvel at the wonderful synergy in green between feather and leaf.Thursday, December 31, 2009
Nectar feeding in December
Screeches from Rainbow Lorikeets alerted me to the stunning flowers of Mango Pine, Barringtonia calyptrata, as I walked around the Australian Plant Communities this month. The flowers hang in large shaggy cream tendrils, which the birds gradually worked their way down. I had to marvel at the wonderful synergy in green between feather and leaf.
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It's almost luminescent Nicola. Looks like a colour plate for Layers of Life Volume 2.
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