eclectic imaging
Magnolia sp.
Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 9 April 2009 in Plant & Nature.
One of the many Magnolia species, perhaps the yet unknown 'Ronniensis' cultivar :-)
According to the Red List of Magnoliaceae (D. Cicuzza, A. Newton, S. Oldfield; Fauna & Flora Int'l, Cambridge, UK), "112 Magnoliaceae taxa are threatened with extiniction in the wild. [...] A further nine taxa are considered to be Near Threatened and 10 are recorded as Data Deficient. [...] In total the results of this evaluation indicate that 131 Magnoliaceae taxa are threatened with extinction at a global scale. This is over half the known taxa within the family." (Source)
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Canon EOS 40D
1/2000 second
F/5.6
ISO 320
41 mm