Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: Dwarf Powder Puff

Macro photo of a Dwarf Powder Puff flower, taken in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo, on 21 August 2012. These flowers really are beautiful and spectacular and one of my favourites to photograph at the Zoo. Some of the flowers are rather ragged, but I was lucky that there was one in perfect condition the day I went.

Photographed (macro) in the ENMAX Conservatory at the Calgary Zoo on September 20th. Such exquisite flowers.

This little flower was maybe an inch across and so dainty. I always love to see this species, though I still miss the larger Red Powder Puff that used to grow in the old Conservatory, at the Calgary Zoo. Taken on May 2nd.. This is the information added by Alexis of the UBC (University of British Columbia) Botany Photo of the Day website, an excellent site for those who are interested in plants around the world: "Though it is widely cultivated, Calliandra haematocephala is native only to Bolivia. Calliandra haematocephala is a shrub or tree species that can grow to 6m in height and plants produce pink flowers with long red stamens measuring about 3 cm arranged in dense heads. This results in the flower's intriguing appearance and the plant's appropriate common name, red powder puff (see: Phillips and Rix's Indoor and Greenhouse Plants from 1997). Photoperiod plays an important role for the species, as Calliandra haematocephala flowers mostly bloom in the winter months when there are fewer hours of daylight (noted in Barwick's Tropical and Subtropical Trees (2004)). Pictured in today's photo is a dwarf cultivar, either of the species or possibly a hybrid between Calliandra haematocephala and Calliandra surinamensis, a similar-looking species known as pink powder puff (http://toptropicals.com/cgi-bin/garden_catalog/cat.cgi?uid=Calliandra_nana). Dwarf incarnations of Calliandra haematocephala are also popular for bonsai." www.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/potd/2011/05/calliandra-haemat...

I was so happy that there was one perfect flower on the low Dwarf Powder Puff shrub on my last visit to the Zoo. Usually, the flowers are shrivelled and drooped when I see them. Gotta dash, as I have my volunteer shift this afternoon, and then may call in to see the owls on my way home.