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Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

Proiphys amboinensis (syn. Eurycles amboinensis) was named after the island of Ambiona, now Ambon, in Indonesia. Common names include Cardwell Lily and Northern Christmas Lily (as it usually flowers around Christmas). It is found in Southeast Asia, Indonesia and from Cape York to Central Queensland in Australia.

Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

Tsuga heterophylla. the Western Hemlock, is a species of hemlock native to the west coast of North America, with its northwestern limit on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, and its southeastern limit in northern Sonoma County, California.

Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

This was in the dry greenhouse, and supposed to grow in South Africa.
Couldn't find a name tag.

Belgium. Meise.
National Botanic garden.

It is a long-lived, many-stemmed dense shrub, belonging to the mimosa family and grows to about 6ft high. The branches grow from ground level, and the leaves consist of tiny crowded leaflets that fold together at night or by touch. The fine, feathery and large flowers are a deep scarlet color and borne among the green foliage from spring to autumn. Propagation is from seed or cuttings taken in winter.

First tests with my new camera.
Unfortunately, the sx30 I just bought before going to Morocco was broken by one of my fellow travellers, so I had to buy a new one.
This is my new sx40.