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Matthew and I tried out the new Nikon bridge camera Coolpix P1000

Princes Diana Conservatory

Wood pigeon by Matt focal length 144

Colchicums

Pachypodium lamerei

Small animal living in the cleistocactus

Ferocactus

Plumbago

Victoria amazonica water lilies. A young developing leaf below


by Matt	Aristolochia grandiflora

Aristolochia grandiflora

focal length 306mm by Matt

focal length 89.9mm

focal length 167mm

Matt's pictures	Victoria amazonica's underside		Anemone hupehensis
Lotus		Brugsmania	Ginger

Alpine House

Petrocosmea caerulea

Daphne gemmata

Succulent

Colchicum cilicicum

Waterfall

Gladiolus oppositiflorus subsp. salmoneus.

Nymphaea 'Gold Medal'

We hoped to find some dragonflies at the open air water lily pond, but no luck

We had lunch at the Orangery - Fish and quiche

Schizostylis coccinea

Michaelmas daisy

Fly pretending to be a wasp?

From the front and back

Scabious focal length 4.3mm

Noticeable

enormous flowers on the hibiscus

We walked through the roses

Reverse of a giant lily pad

Lotus

Lotus focal length71.9mm

The parakeets were feasting on beech mast under the trees. None of the pictures are sharp, perhaps next time will be better...

Panorama of The Temperate House

Bottle brush in the Australian House

The Temperate House

Silver tree

False banana

Brugsmania

Mutisia coccinea with 'dandelion clock' seed heads

Angel's trumpets everywhere

Brugsmansia ' First Day'

Such a beautiful black fern probably from New Zealand

Ginger

Kashmiri cypress

The District line was delayed so I got a train first and was home in good time.