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Mexican Marigolds
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes_erecta
Tagetes erecta, the Mexican marigold, is a species of the genus
Tagetes native to Mexico and Central America. In Mexico, this plant is
found in the wild in the states of San Luis Potosí, Chiapas, State of
México, Puebla, Sinaloa, Tlaxcala and Veracruz. This plant reaches
heights of between 50 and 100 cm. The Aztecs gathered the wild plant
as well as cultivating it for medicinal, ceremonial and decorative
purposes.
Its flower, the cempasúchil is also called the Flower of the Dead in
Mexico ("Flor de Muertos") and is used in the Día de los
Muertos celebration every November 2nd. The word cempasúchil (also
spelled cempazúchil) comes from the Nahuatl term for the flower
zempoalxochitl, literally translated as "twenty flower".
Since prehispanic times, this plant has been used for medicinal
purposes. It has been used to treat stomach ache, parasites, diarrhea,
liver illnesses, vomiting, indigestion and toothache among other
illnesses. Scientific study shows that thiophenes, natural
phytochemicals that include sulfur-containing rings, may be the active
ingredients. They have been shown to kill gram negative and gram
positive bacteria in vitro.
Today, T. erecta is grown to extract lutein as a food colour (E161b).
Comments and faves
LnaMvoilà, shadyezz, slcook52 (Sylvia), daiseedeb, and 26 other people added this photo to their favorites.
~♥ Amy (55 months ago | reply)
just beautiful!!! the color contrast is amazing!!
= slurpee = (55 months ago | reply)
nice bokeh... and the flowers are lovely.
bill.fu (55 months ago | reply)
They are lovely and
you captured them perfectly.
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.I Travel East. (55 months ago | reply)
So very well composed, dear Abby!!! You make it look so easy.... controlling the light and saturation of these colours. :) Kudos!!!
shadyezz (55 months ago | reply)
a sweet capture Abby :-)
delicious bokeh here :)
slcook52 (Sylvia) (55 months ago | reply)
I agree, perfect composition. I love how the daisy stream is wider in front, then tapers so beautifully into the bokeh!!
Wow!
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daiseedeb (55 months ago | reply)
sooooo lovely lovely lovely!!!!
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Maureen Anne (Bellanina Foto) (55 months ago | reply)
Beautiful!
Rodsflickr (55 months ago | reply)
Another great photo, well done!!!
:KayEllen (55 months ago | reply)
wonderful photo!
Jainbow (55 months ago | reply)
This is so clever! They look almost like they're floating! :~)
pinkorchid_too (Sandra) (55 months ago | reply)
beautiful! great dof and color contrasts.
Express Monorail (55 months ago | reply)
This is too awesome for words!
VMG 2013 (55 months ago | reply)
Such a gorgeous shot! :)
MHammon (55 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Creative flowers!, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
artland (55 months ago | reply)
wonderfullllll !!!!!!!!!!!!
jaciii (off&on) (55 months ago | reply)
WOW! Very inspired by your floral shot! I saw this creative photo at
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WayOutTexas (55 months ago | reply)
Mellow yellow! So simple yet so beautiful.
jyryk58 (55 months ago | reply)
Excellent picture... :-)
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alessio grazi (55 months ago | reply)
this is Amazing !
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José Reséndiz (52 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called México de mis amores, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
higlu (51 months ago | reply)
Lovable!! And thanks for adding that description.
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tonnyc (50 months ago | reply)
very nice!! thanks too for it's description!
puremaguire (48 months ago | reply)
Gorgeous!
77Dono (23 months ago | reply)
Beautiful capture!
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