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Trigger plant
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Photo Information |
Copyright: Odile Young (OPYphoto)
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Genre: Plants |
Medium: Color |
Date Taken: 2012-09-23 |
Categories: Flowers |
Camera: Canon 500D, Tamron SP 60 macro |
Exposure: f/6.3, 1/400 seconds |
More Photo Info: [view] |
Photo Version: Original Version |
Date Submitted: 2014-02-01 0:02 |
Viewed: 1931 |
Points: 2 |
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[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
There are more than 300 species of Trigger plants in Australia with some 50 species near Perth. The name derives from the pollination process which uses "a sensitive "trigger: the male and female reproductive organs are fused into a floral column that snaps forward quickly in response to touch, harmlessly covering the insect in pollen;' (Wikepedia).
I think this one is Stylidium schoenoides (Cowkick), shown here with its trigger (the reddish central part)at rest. The top 2 petals are characteristically bowed like a pair of cows horns. The flowers are about 2-3 cm in length, and the plant hardly reaches 20cm high.
This particular plant is the only one of this species I have found on my block, but it flowers every spring time. It is the largest Trigger plant I have seen so far, with other more abundant species being much smaller. |
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Hello Odile,
an eye-catching image, very attractive even from the distance by its bold diagonal composition, its well saturated colours, and - on the close look - by the precisely sharp presentation of a trigger plant's central details. With thanks, and best regards,
Peter