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floramelitensis — Southern Star of Bethlehem

Published: 2009-12-18 22:30:46 +0000 UTC; Views: 589; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 0
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Description Photo: Arnold Sciberras
Scientific name: Ornithogalum narbonense
Maltese name: Ħalib it-Tajr Żgħir
Occurrence locally: Frequent
habitat: Steppe, garigue, wasteland
other info: leaves are sword shaped, and flowers stalks are 50cm high. flowers are fragrant.
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Comments: 14

ClarityClown [2010-05-15 10:06:01 +0000 UTC]

Love it's name!

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floramelitensis In reply to ClarityClown [2010-05-15 10:55:05 +0000 UTC]

i'm glad you do
i like it to

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Maltese-Naturalist [2009-12-20 15:23:09 +0000 UTC]

then there's another star of betlehem flower hux? one that's really rare . . i think it's called the lesser star of betlehem, i'd love to see one suppost i have a basla of this species bilhaq you should buy the microscope from lidl! it looks really good and you can hook it up to a computer! it's only 70 euros, and i thought it might interest you

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floramelitensis In reply to Maltese-Naturalist [2009-12-20 17:14:14 +0000 UTC]

i'm not sure about the lesser one, but i'm familiar with the large star of bethlem. this microscope sounds interesting, but i'm short of money at the moment , thanks for informing me

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Maltese-Naturalist In reply to floramelitensis [2009-12-21 11:10:32 +0000 UTC]

i see, well you're welcome

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glunac [2009-12-19 11:16:13 +0000 UTC]

Lovely photo. Lovely flowers.

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floramelitensis In reply to glunac [2009-12-19 13:43:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks , indeed they are splendid flowers

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painting-with-light [2009-12-19 07:01:47 +0000 UTC]

Well composed and focused, pity the background is nothing spectacular but that is not easy to avoid

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floramelitensis In reply to painting-with-light [2009-12-19 08:51:57 +0000 UTC]

i had to crop a lot from it to get a decent photo out of it

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painting-with-light In reply to floramelitensis [2009-12-19 13:44:13 +0000 UTC]

I fully understand

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floramelitensis In reply to painting-with-light [2009-12-19 13:47:46 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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nisso167 [2009-12-18 22:35:38 +0000 UTC]

very nice shut
nissim

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floramelitensis In reply to nisso167 [2009-12-18 22:36:23 +0000 UTC]

thanks

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nisso167 In reply to floramelitensis [2009-12-18 22:38:34 +0000 UTC]

You're very welcome.
nissim.

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