Bird of Paradise
by Shoal Hollingsworth
Title
Bird of Paradise
Artist
Shoal Hollingsworth
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
A common name of the genus is bird of paradise flower / plant, because of a resemblance of its flowers to birds-of-paradise. In South Africa it is commonly known as a crane flower and is featured on the reverse of the 50 cent coin. It is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles
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October 22nd, 2019
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Don Columbus
Congratulations, your work is Featured in "Photographic Camera Art" I invite you to place it in the group's "2020-2023 Featured Image Archive" Discussion!
John Hughes
Congratulations, your wonderful image has been featured on the Homepage of the Photography Only Group, please feel free to add it as a permanent record to the Discussion Thread for Featured Images.
Phyllis Kaltenbach
A gorgeous capture of the Bird of Paradise, Shoal. I would like to see that 50 cent coin. I will look i up on the computer. And I did not know that it is the floral emblem of the City of Los Angeles! Needless to say, I enjoy your description. Smiles! V/F