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Common Heliotrope
Stanley Jones

Common Heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescence)

Common Heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescence: Boraginaceae) with a Syrphid Fly. This Peruvian native shrub has showy inflorescences and is very aromatic with a vanilla smell. It has been cultivated in many parts of the world, especially in subtropical and tropical zones. Santa Eulalia Canyon, Lima, Per below San Pedro de Casta. Dry mountain side scrub at ca. 3,000 m (9,842 ft) elevation.
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Habitat
Dry mountain side scrub at ca. 3,000 m (9,842 ft) elevation.
Location
Santa Eulalia Canyon, Lima, Per below San Pedro de Casta.
Date taken
August 2017
Scientific name
Heliotropium arborescence
Equipment used
Canon
delia todd
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Opus Editor
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Oh how pretty it is Stanley. We have some form or other of helotrope in gardens here, but I never grew any when I had a garden.

You've a super double here with the fly too - very well done lad.
 
Kits
Oh, I would like to smell it, Stanley! A very pretty flower and how nice to get the bonus fly, too!
 
peterow
Three excellent colourfully detailed and well delivered captures Stanley, well done.
 
KC Foggin
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A beautiful piece of vegetation and a beautiful macro shot of this Fly Stanley!
 
Doc Duck
Wow! That's one big syrphid :eek!: I met a biologist gathering syrphids at the botanical gardens here last weekend. Amazing they were still about so late in the year. We've had a mild Fall, but now snow is forecast Sunday night.
 

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Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
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