{"id":687,"date":"2008-01-12T23:59:21","date_gmt":"2008-01-12T14:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-01-12\/687"},"modified":"2008-01-12T23:59:21","modified_gmt":"2008-01-12T14:59:21","slug":"colorful-plants-on-the-amami-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2008-01-12\/687","title":{"rendered":"Colorful Plants on the Amami Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 44mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>500 sec, f\/4, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nFreaky Orange-Pod Plant-Thing<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

While on our trip to the\nAmami Islands<\/a> in the south of Japan, we came across all sorts of odd\nplantlife. Well, odd to us<\/i>, that is. This orange pod thing came in\nall shapes and sizes, and looked like some kind of aloe-like plant:<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 23mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f\/6.3, ISO 320 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nAlien Aloe From Mars<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

In looking it up now, I see that<\/span> it's not an aloe-like<\/i> plant, but\nthat is<\/i> aloe<\/a>, just\nnot the non-flowering Aloe vera<\/a><\/i> I was<\/span> used to seeing occasionally in\npots while growing up.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 30mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>250 sec, f\/5, ISO 100 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

This next grassy-type-puffy thing was a weed<\/span> found pretty much\neverywhere...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 55mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>4000 sec, f\/4, ISO 250 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nPuffy Fluffy Weed<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Beside the road at one point we came across some delicate little\nbell-like red flowers....<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 55mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>320 sec, f\/5, ISO 160 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nDelicate Little Tasty Things<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

Our guide said that he loved them when he was a kid,<\/span> because you could\npluck them then suck out a bit<\/span> of sweet juice from them. Anthony\ntentatively tried them...<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 55mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>750 sec, f\/5, ISO 160 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nWell, Not Too Bad<\/span>....<\/span>for a flower\n<\/div>\n\n\n
<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 52mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>80 sec, f\/4, ISO 160 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nRandom Freaky Flower of the Day<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The foreground green branches in the photo below have these huge pods\nhanging from them, about the size and shape of a Japanese<\/span> cucumber, with\nthe consistency of a hardwood<\/span> baseball bat.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 38mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>180 sec, f\/7.1, ISO 160 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nWhere Baseball Bats Are Born<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n

The purple\/pink flowers in the background were your run of the mill retina-endangering really really colorful<\/i> pink\/purple flowers.<\/p>\n\n

<\/a>\nNikon D200 + Nikkor 17-55 f\/2.8 @ 38mm — 1<\/sup>\/<\/big>100 sec, f\/9, ISO 160 —\nmap & image data<\/a> — nearby photos<\/a><\/span><\/span>\nRandom Pink Flower<\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

They reminded me of the Azaleas in Kyoto<\/a>. For all I<\/span> know they are<\/i> azaleas.... I dunno.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While on our trip to the Amami Islands in the south of Japan, we came across all sorts of odd plantlife. Well, odd to us, that is. This orange pod thing came in all shapes and sizes, and looked like some kind of aloe-like plant:<\/p>

In looking it up now, I see that it's not an aloe-like plant, but that is aloe, just not the non-flowering Aloe vera I was used to seeing occasionally in pots while growing up.<\/p>

This next grassy-type-puffy thing was a weed found pretty much everywhere...<\/p>

Beside the road at one point we came across some [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/687\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}