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Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:14 pm**

Took this at Tesselars tulip festival about a week ago, can someone tell me what type of flower this is,
Taken with D2x and 50mm 1.8 @ F11 1/45 sec , w/b auto, natural light,
jpeg/fine.

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:23 pm**

I really don't know what the flower is perhaps a member of the hibiscus family - the lesser known Hibiscus Chernobylus (only found 200m from the Chernobyl implode). But, nikon boy a lovely crisply rendered image of vibrant colour. I just must have a D2X or the D200 if it's the progeny of the D2X. I have LUST big time.
Lovely shot!
cheers
marco

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:25 pm**

marcotrov wrote:I really don't know what the flower is perhaps a member of the hibiscus family - the lesser known Hibiscus Chernobylus(only found 200m from the Chernobyl implode). But, nikon boy a lovely crisp, nay, razor sharp image of vibrant colour. I just must have a D2X or the D200 if it's the progeny of the D2X. Lovely shot!
cheers
marco

Marco,
The D200 does not produced sharp colour like this one! :lol:

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:33 pm**

The leaves are a puzzle cuz I'm not an expert, by any means, but they look very much like a cluster I took at a botanical garden that were labeled as orchids. Actually I didn't take 'em

I took 'em ... knowwhatimean :?:

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:43 pm**

Ok, I'm no horticulturalist, but I think what you have here is a member of the Rhododendron species (possibly the 'Ben Moseley' hybrid???

). It's pretty similar to an Azalea (in fact it might actually be an Azalea....I think all Azalea's are Rhododendrons, but a Rhododendron isn't always an Azalea. Owwww, I have a headache)!

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:51 pm**

Kinetic, thanks for the response, anyone else out there have any clue ???

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 8:53 pm**

just edited above post......

Here is a link to a Rhododendron site......

http://www.rhododendron.org/descriptionH_new.asp?ID=956

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:02 pm**

Bingo ! thanks Kinetic , well done

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:12 pm**

Is this the same, if so yes it is a Rhododendron. I have this next to my house.

Posted: **Mon Oct 17, 2005 9:26 pm**

yep that's it NJ thanks !!

Posted: **Wed Oct 19, 2005 8:00 pm**

I have one in my garden too. I always called it an Azalea but i could be wrong.

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Identify- Flower type please

Identify- Flower type please