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Mackaya bella

From my archives and our garden, the lovely flowers of the Mackaya bella ...

Mackaya bella is a beautiful shrub or small tree with slender branches bearing dark green leaves. The leaves are simple and oppositely arranged. Small, hairy pockets are often found in the axil of the veins. It has beautiful, large and attractive mauve to white flowers in terminal racemes usually marked with fine purple-pink lines.

The genus Mackaya was named after James Townsend Mackay, author of Flora Hibernica. There is only one species in the genus Mackaya. The genus Mackaya was once included in the genus Asystasia.
Its specific name bella means "beautiful", a tribute to its large bell shaped flowers.

The forest bell bush occurs naturally in the Eastern Cape, Kwazulu Natal, Swaziland and Northern Province in evergreen forest, often along the edges of stream. This plant occurs nowhere else in the world except in Southern Africa which means is endemic to this region.
From www.plantzafrica.com

Taken on: November 20, 2008

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Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL, f/8.0, 1/320 sec, 100mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL
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Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/320)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
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Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
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