2017-06-04 新界東

密花石豆蘭

2017-05-29 新界中

黑老虎

花季

由於天文台預料『稍後有幾陣驟雨，局部地區有雷暴。』一早衝上山，短時間內到達目的地。多年沒有到訪，預計花期已過，怎料花朵盛放，意外驚喜。
透過不同攝影器材，記錄千嬌百媚的美態，重拾攝影的興趣。

小花鳶尾

Rhododendron and Bumble Bee

羊角杜鵑 - 攝於2017年4月初

Bumble Bee-Initiated Vibration Release Mechanism of Rhododendron Pollen
Marcus J. King and Stephen L. Buchmann
American Journal of Botany
Vol. 82, No. 11 (Nov., 1995), pp. 1407-1411
http://www.jstor.org/stable/2445867

花海

南華杜鵑 - 攝於2012年4月

《香港物種探索》第 23 期（ 2015 年 4 月 ）
http://www.afcd.gov.hk/tc_chi/conservation/hkbiodiversity/newsletters/newsletters.html
雖然並不包括南華杜鵑，但就羊角杜鵑、香港杜鵑及毛葉杜鵑盛開與否，有以下觀察
"A pattern of alternate-year flowering was recorded for the
rhododendrons in Ma On Shan from 2009 to 2012. The likelihood of
flowering and the number of flowers were higher when there had been a
dry growing season in the previous year and after a winter with a
short photoperiod. Mass flowering might be the plant's response to
limited resources under stressed conditions."