Category Archive: Nature

Spathiphyllum, or Peace lily, or Women’s happiness. Plants that bring love

Plants that bring love

Undoubtedly, the value of love and romance in life can not be overestimated. Meanwhile, a “Magnet” for attracting love can become a usual home plant. Interestingly, its mystical significance noted in the legends and myths of different nations. In particular, the teachings of Feng shui, and study of flower symbolism. For example, Spathiphyllum, one of the plants that bring love to your home. By the way, Spathiphyllum, or Peace lily, a decorative plant with beautiful white flower and bright green leaves, is also known as the «Women’s happiness». And when the plant appears in the house, single people are sure to find a soul mate. Besides, young couples who are thinking about the baby will soon have a child. So, «Women’s happiness» always brings mutual understanding and love. Spathiphyllum — evergreen herbaceous perennial plants with large leaves. The plant does not need large amounts of light or water to survive.
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I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees. Pablo Neruda. Reasons to love trees

Joyce Meyer once said: “Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground — as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree”.
Undoubtedly, there are many reasons to love trees. First, they convert carbon dioxide into oxygen that we breathe. Second, they create a pleasant cool shade on a hot day, and are home to animals. And another reason — it is amazing how some of them look.
However, not all of the following plants are trees (wisteria — a vine, rhododendron — bush and baobab tree belongs to the family of cereals). Anyway, we can’t help admiring them because they are amazing, majestic and beautiful.
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Protective Eyes on butterfly wings

Protective Eyes on butterfly wings

To survive, butterflies have learned to protect themselves from enemies. In the process of evolution, on their wings appeared images that resemble eyes of predators, scientists believe. Every person, at least once in his life, has seen patterns on butterfly wings resembling the eye. These patterns serve a very useful function — they provide butterflies with protection from birds of prey. First British scientists believed that the patterns on the wings of butterflies scare predators, because such protective eyes on butterfly wings represent a specific combination of colors and shapes deterrent to the predator. However, scientists from the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland do not agree with this.
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Beautiful flowers growing through concrete walls, stones and asphalt. Plants that never give up

Plants that never give up
Undoubtedly, people have changed the world irrevocably, strongly surpassing wildlife. Unfortunately, every day more and more plants are disappearing from the cities, crushed by asphalt, buildings, and machinery. However, it’s amazing how fragile sprouts find tiny holes in a concrete, cracking the asphalt to grow and once again see the light. Never give up! Viva la Vita! Plants that make their way through the asphalt – the best illustration of this slogan. Meanwhile, for someone, such philosophical images, like statements, will be a good motivator if not to change life, but at least feel encouraged, while for others – a reminder of the value of wildlife. And someone can simply admire the colorful and touching series of images, which leave no one indifferent.
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Beautiful and Stylish horses hairstyles. Photographer Svetlana Petrova

Lord, who made the horse, said to it: “You are like no one animal; all earthly treasures lie between your eyes. you’ll trample my enemies and carry my friends. On your back will be prayers said. You will be happy in all the earth, and you will be appreciated more than all creatures, because love of Lord of the earth belongs to you. You’re going to fly without wings and strike without a sword … “. Arab legend. Special power of horse hair is not a legend. Maybe that’s why you get great pleasure, touching mane with hands. Horse mane has become an inspiration for creating horse hair-style. All horsemen and owners of beautiful horses want their horse to be the most beautiful!
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Ships at Saigon Flower Market at Tet Vietnam. Photo by Frank Fischbach

Saigon Flower Market before sunset – photo by German landscape photographer Frank Fischbach. These beautiful flowers will be sold for the Vietnamese New Year festival Tet. No matter what festival or a season – cool spring, hot summer, rainy autumn, or the cold winter … Saigon flower market is always crowded with buyers and sellers. When night falls it’s busy time for trucks to carry hundreds of tons of fresh flowers from France, Japan, China … to the night flower market. The people working in the night market have lost the concept of night sleeping, they work quietly at night to please the early risers with the most fresh flowers – narcissus, roses, chrysanthemums, tulips, daisies, orchids … They say Saigon has neither day nor night, just 24 hour break. This is true when we explore the night flower market in Saigon, Vietnam.
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Lexias pardalis – Rare half-male and half-female butterfly

Rare half-male and half-female butterfly

The name of this beautiful butterfly is Lexias pardalis. And it is the part of butterfly exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University. By the way, it was Chris Johnson, a retired chemical engineer from Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) who noticed the truly unique butterfly. Thus, volunteering at the exhibit, he stumbled across the unusual sight. Johnson noticed that the insect’s two right wings were typical of the females of its species. In particular, they were larger, and had brown with yellow and white spots. However, its two left wings were smaller and darker. In addition, with splashes of green, blue and purple, a pattern characteristic of males.
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