Thursday, August 18, 2022

(2692) It isn't a cherry blossom...

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...and it isn't even Japanese: from what I read it comes from South Africa. But it is quite spectacular and its name is, as we all imagine, "gokurakucho-ka" (極楽鳥花). Or "paradise bird flower". And not exactly the flower you expect to see in Ueno. 

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).

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