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Stages of Life, Dandelion (Taraxacum sp.)

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Dandelion or its botanical name Taraxacum sp, is a flowering plant from the family Compositae. I named this photo (as suggested by a friend) 'Stages of Life', where you can see few different stages of the flower blooming. They are growing wild in Kundasang, Sabah.

Galinsoga

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Galinsoga species is a flowering plant in the family of Asteraceae or Compositae. This photo was taken in a vegetable farm in Kundasang, Sabah, where they are growing wild. I like the bokeh created in this photo.

Row of Flowers (Turnera subulata)

| Sibu - Sarawak |

Turnera subulata is a flowering plant species of family Turneraceae known by the common names white buttercup, sulphur alder, politician's flower, dark-eyed turnera, and white alder. In Malaysia, this plant is introduced species (not native), usually planted along roadside of an oil palm estate to attract insect pollinators. It also a common flower used in landscape design. This photo was captured in August 2010, during a sampling trip in an oil plam estate in Sibu with collegue. I like the arrangement of the flowers.

A Maple Leaf on a Forgotten Hand

| Kundasang - Sabah |

Maple trees are planted as ornamental tree in few places in Kundasang. It gives autumn like scenery when its leaves turned red. You can forget a person, but not the memories with the person.

Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare), Low angle

| Kundasang - Sabah | 

An ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) also known as marguerite or moon daisy. This plant have medicinal value, and usually consumed as tea, extract or applied directly such as in healing external wounds. The photo was captured from a low angle, which was not a big deal with Nikon D5000's swivel LCD live view.