KALANCHOE FEDTSCHENKOI ? – 18th January 2011
My memory is terrible and I can’t remember what I did yesterday, but I can remember (and picture) the details of this Kalanchoe with the many buds and new flowers and exactly where it grew on the edge of a path in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne.
This image was made a couple of weeks after buying my first Canon DSLR (which I still use to this day) and a Canon 100mm f2.8 Macro lens (which I traded in as part of the Sony a6000 purchase in early 2015).
Note: the RBG to the South-east of Melbourne in the suburb of South Yarra is 55 hectares in size so being able to picture this plant in my head as I last saw it is amazing. But then I would say I’ve walked around the RBG something like 10,000+ times. I worked opposite the Herbarium for 16 1/2 years and walked around the gardens morning, noon and late afternoon every day except when there was heavy rain or storms in winter. I walked around the Gardens so many times I could shut my eyes and tell you in which location I was standing in Spring and Summer merely by the scent of the flowers and even, some of the leaves and barks.
I guess the landscaping has changed since I’ve lived in the western suburbs for several years now.
This morning I found another image of the Kalanchoe flowers from this same flower bed. This time it was made on the 31st of January 2013. It was made using my old 18-200mm general-purpose lens (which died from overuse….. I think) and with different camera settings and different time of day, so the tonal range of the background is much warmer.
In the image below the flower buds are fully opened and I find the bunch of flower heads a wee bit too busy for my taste.
I hope you’re enjoying a peek into my archives and a mix of photo subjects. I’m finding it easier to upload posts at random these days as much of my time is taken up with health matters.
A Moment in Time 
What amazing flowers. These aren’t a thing like the Kalanchoes they sell around here. Your first photo is my favorite, because of the simplicity. The plant does bloom enthusiastically!
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I like that first photo for its simplicity too, Linda.
I wish I had the time to finish filing and making new folders in my photo library, but the only thing I have done in recent weeks is doing a lot of deleting. I’m enjoying wading through my macro images in the first 3 months of 2011, but actually, the 18-200mm lens takes a nice close-up also.
The thing is finding the time when I have the most energy. After about 4-5 hours my concentration fades and I switch over to mindless Netflix. I was planning to go for a walk this afternoon, but fell asleep in my desk chair some time early afternoon and didn’t wake up until after 8.30pm. I must have been really tired 😀
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A graceful flower. Memory is a funny thing, isn’t it? My short term memory is pretty disappointing, too. Guess it is the price we pay for the privilege of living these many years!
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That’s a lovely way to put it, Eliza – privilege of living these many years. 🙂
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Many thanks for these images. I don’t think I’ve ever taken proper notice of Kalanchoe flowers. I must pay better attention in future.
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Kalanchoes are quiet achievers, aren’t they. I know what you mean about memory, suffering the same lapses myself.
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