Cherry Brandy

Cherry Brandy
Black-eyed Susans – ‘Cherry Brandy’ (Rudbeckia hirta) Photographed at the Montreal Botanical Gardens, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaCamera: Canon EOS 5D; Lens: Canon EF-100mm f/2.8 USM Macro; f/11.0 @ 1/90 sec; ISO 400
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Montreal Botanical Gardens - Plants

Part 2 of the photos taken on February 25, 2010 at the Montreal Botanical Gardens of flowers and plants

These and other photos taken that day of the flowers and plants can be seen in the Events - Montreal Botanical Gardens Gallery: Visit 25 February 2010 - Flowers on my website.

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Montreal Botanical Gardens - Flowers

Couldn't visit the Montreal Botanical Gardens to see the butterflies and not take a picture or three of the flowers. Here is part 1 of two parts.

These and other photos taken that day of the flowers can be seen in the Events - Montreal Botanical Gardens Gallery: Visit 25 February 2010 - Flowers on my website.

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Butterflies Go Free

A selection of photos taken during a recent visit to the 'Butterflies Go Free' exhibit at the Montreal Botanical Gardens

These and other photos taken that day of the butterflies can be seen in the Events - Montreal Botanical Gardens Gallery: Visit 25 February 2010 - Butterflies & Insects on my website.

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Some of my favourite things

Idea Leuconoe or Paper Kite

One event I look forward to each year is the Butterflies Go Free exhibit at the Montreal Botanical Gardens. (Typically it runs from mid-February to early April.) This year I visited the exhibit on three separate occasions.

I split my time there between the butterflies and the floral exhibits. Though this year I must admit I was a bit disappointed in the orchids. Just didn't seem to as many as in previous years.

Going at different times during the 8 weeks or so that the exhibit ran, allowed me to see a few butterflies I've not seen in previous years.

These are some of the new sightings this year:

Attacus atlas (Cobra moth) caterpillar

Morpho Polyphemus (White Morpho)

Hyalophora cecropia (Cecropia moth)

Papilio palinurus (Banded peacock)


Hope you enjoyed these images of some of my favourite things

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Other images from my three visits to the Botanical Gardens this year can be seen in these galleries:
        Visit 26 February 2009 - Flowers
        Visit 26 February 2009 - Butterflies
        Visit 17 March 2009 - Flowers
        Visit 17 March 2009 - Butterflies
        Visit 26 April 2009 - Butterflies & flowers

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