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Asteraceae tree (scalesia) in the Galapagos island


Hornblende

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Hornblende

Hi all :)

 

I was watching a documentary by David Attenborough about the galapagos island, and they talked about a plant from the Asteracea familly wich grows as tree! : Scalesia penduculata

It would be interesting to see how this peculiar Asteracea looks like in UV light!

Unfortunately I don't plan to go to the Galapagos islands for the moment, but if it happens count on me to shot this baby :)

 

http://image.noelshack.com/fichiers/2017/21/1495495421-gal-1220-scalesia-pedunculata.jpg

picture from https://archipelgalapagos.wordpress.com/la-flore-de-larchipel/la-zone-des-scalesias/

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Isn't that interesting! A daisy tree, sort of. The flower looks to be "discoid" - meaning it has no outer rays, only the small center florets.

 

I too would really love to see the Galapagos Islands. I wonder if special permissions would be required to photograph in UV?

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I have been to the islands (albeit decades ago) and I have seen Scalesia. It must be far and away the largest member of its family! There are some good specimens on San Cristobal Island. I don't think anyone would care if you photograph in UV as opposed to any other spectral band, as long as you do nothing to bother the wildlife---the park is generally photographer-friendly, as photo-tourism is the main revenue stream supporting it.
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You are asking for Scalesia in UV? No sweat, here it is :D

 

On occasions like this, having a searchable archive is advantageous ...

 

scalesia in UV 1406291913.jpg

Scalesia divisa, in UV

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Wow, cool!

Hard to spot the anthers in this example, but the one I've spotted in the upper right does appear to be UV-black.

 

(And thanks OlDoinyo for the info about photographing in Galapagos.)

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