Kalanchoe

Photography
Okotoks, Alberta
March 11, 2018 7:14pm CST
These are flowers of the Kalanchoe blossfeldiana family, Kalanchoe species contain cardiac glycosides and are harmful to animals, cattle and sheep poisonings are common with these toxic beautys But to humans the healing substances within the leafs blocks histamine, relieves pain, suppresses coughs, relaxes muscles and reduces inflammation. They also have a reputation as a useful herb for dealing with stomach ulcers Usually I use my sony dslr to capture images, but in this case all I had on me at the time was my samsung galaxy.
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@Icydoll (36717)
• India
12 Mar 18
Wow awesome one...thank you for sharing
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• Okotoks, Alberta
12 Mar 18
Your welcome and thank you
@GardenGerty (157873)
• United States
12 Mar 18
Amazing photo. I have some of these but their flowers are not double. I had not heard of them being a medicinal herb.
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• Okotoks, Alberta
12 Mar 18
I did my research ... I like learning about flowers as im sure you do as well Heather. Thank you for stopping by
@Shavkat (137251)
• Philippines
12 Mar 18
I like the blooms. It looks like roses.
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@Shavkat (137251)
• Philippines
14 Mar 18
@iiiPhotography That's nice. My mother would love it if we have such type of plant here. It would be a perfect gift for her.
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• Okotoks, Alberta
13 Mar 18
Yew they do look like mini roses for sure
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@marlina (154165)
• Canada
3 Apr 18
Love that color.
@Hannihar (129674)
• Israel
21 Mar 18
You are very good and makes things come alive.