08 December 2008

Wild Flowers ~ Straits Rhododendron

Straits Rhododendron Melastoma malabathricumSenduduk - Straits Rhododendron (Melastoma malabathricum)
with
Blue-banded bees (Amegilla cingulata)

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11 comments:

Judy said...

Lovely shot! I love that shade of pink for flowers! And I have never seen a bee with blue on it before! Are the things at the left side, the buds or the seeds to be?

Lana Gramlich said...

Wow! What an interesting & beautiful bee! Thanks for sharing. :)

Unknown said...

Pretty flower and how did you capture that bee so perfect?

Anonymous said...

Great shot!

Anonymous said...

nice capture! love the color of the flower and that wonderful bee so beautiful, thanks for sharing..

The Good Life in Virginia said...

perfect pink rhododendron...nice shot.

Napaboaniya.Elaine Ling said...

A busy bee at work on a lovely flower :) Beautiful!

Jama said...

What a beautiful shot, doc!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful in every way! Lovely capture too!

Redzlan aka Tabib said...

Thanks everyone for your comments.

Judy,
There are four oval fruits with purple pulp that contains many tiny black seeds.

Darla,
That blue bee was captured with 400mm telephoto lenses with a flash light.

Have a great week!

Anonymous said...

You have a wonderful Nature Blog. That's a great shot of the bee about to land on the Rhodie Flower. Keep on Exploring Nature.