messalyn - Mot-clé - Saint DenisLe Val de Belyer2022-11-06T20:44:24+00:00urn:md5:a8bb75de6bd06e1519206c7bc4ace8a7DotclearPrintemps Indien Part III : Flore sauvage et entretenueurn:md5:0b90e6a7a813f16386722ef5c7d466f92017-10-20T02:14:00+02:002017-12-17T17:19:24+01:00messalynUnderbara ResabotaniqueConservatoire National Botanique de MascarinExpéditionsforestforêtForêt de Notre-Dame de la Paixjardin créoleLa RéunionLightroomNikon D60Piton de la FournaiseSaint DenisvolcanvolcanoVSCO FILM® 00VSCO FILM® 04VSCO FILM® 05Yellowstone<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_008.jpg" title="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp)"><img alt="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp)" title="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #008, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_008_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Bassin au Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin / <span lang="en">Basin at the Mascarin National Botanic Conservatory</span></figcaption>
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<p>Je ne sais pas trop ce qui s'est passé cette année mais je ne pensais pas dépasser le délai d'une année pour relater ce voyage…! Ca m'était arrivé pour <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/tag/Yellowstone">Yellowstone</a>, mais pas au bout du 3e billet, et puis mes méthodes de retouche photo étaient bien plus fastidieuses à l'époque. D'ailleurs, je me suis attaquée récemment à mes anciens billets de voyage pour les rendre plus jolis, si le cœur vous en dit. (En réalité, c'est mon blog tout entier qui subit actuellement un ravalement interne).</p>
<p lang="en">I'm not sure what happened this year because I certainly didn't expected to take a full year to write my reports about Reunion Island…! I experienced this for <a href="https://www.messalyn.fr/tag/Yellowstone">Yellowstone</a>, but certainly not before the 3rd post and I seem to recall my photo-retouching methods were far more tedious back then. By the way, I recently rearranged my old travel posts to make them prettier, just in case. (Actually the whole blog is concerned by a cosmetic rearrangement).</p> <h2>Le Volcan</h2>
<p>Si la brume épaisse de mon passage précédent avait fait mon bonheur d'esthète, il est vrai que les reliefs du volcan n'en méritaient pas moins un deuxième point de vue, en espérant que la chappe de coton qui y a ses quartiers à l'année fusse disposée à me laisser faire. Si j'obtins de la complaisance auprès de l'azur, le volcan m'opposa sa propre résistance, avec une éruption en cours en condamnant l'entrée. Ce qui est moins excitant que cela n'en a l'air…</p>
<p lang="en">If the heavy mist from my last visit had from an esthete's point of view been most satisfactory, as a point of view on its own it has undeniably failed miserably, so I hoped to try my luck once more. I didn't met resistance on the weather's part, but the volcano itself was another matter. Let's say I could observe from afar, but the volcano trails were closed as an eruption was ongoing, which is muss less exciting than it sounds as it didn't result in any phenomenon, lava, nothing of the sort really…</p>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_005.jpg" title="Yellow flower bush with volcano crater in the background"><img alt="Yellow flower bush with volcano crater in the background" title="Yellow flower bush with volcano crater in the background, Volcan #005, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_005_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_014.jpg" title="Volcano crater"><img alt="Volcano crater" title="Volcano crater, Volcan #014, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_014_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_026.jpg" title="Lava field in the volcano extended crater"><img alt="Lava field in the volcano extended crater" title="Lava field in the volcano extended crater, Volcan #026, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_026_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_034.jpg" title="Volcanic sediments and yellow bushes"><img alt="Volcanic sediments and yellow bushes" title="Volcanic sediments and yellow bushes, Volcan #034, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_034_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/volcan1210_038.jpg" title="View on the volcano crater, red hearth and bright blue sky"><img alt="View on the volcano crater, red hearth and bright blue sky" title="View on the volcano crater, red hearth and bright blue sky, Volcan #038, Piton de la Fournaise, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.volcan1210_038_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<p>La suite de la journée nous a mené ensuite à la <strong>Maison du Volcan</strong>, un petit musée plutôt sympa, entre ses collections minéralogiques, son simulateur d'éruption, ce moment un peu… déconcertant avec la projection d'un film en 4D scénarisé pour plaire aux enfants auquel nous avons assisté parmi un public adulte voire carrément 3e âge… Par contre ce musée m'a un peu épuisée ce qui fait que j'ai à peine prêté attention dans la voiture au chemin qui nous a amené à la forêt de Notre-Dame de la Paix. À l'origine garés pour que je puisse me débarrasser de ma fatigue en faisant une courte sieste, j'ai fini par sortir aussi de la voiture puis m'engouffrer dans le chemin qui débutait là :</p>
<p lang="en">The remainer of the day saw us visit the <strong>Volcano Museum</strong>, not the largest but a pleasant one, with a collection of minerals, a funny eruption simulator, an awkward moment with a 4D movie probably more aimed at kids than the adult to elederly people audience that watched it with us… However the museum tired me a bit so I have no memory whatsoever of the road to Notre-Dame de la Paix forest, where we pulled over so I could nap a bit but ended up going out of the car and engaging on a trail:</p>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_003.jpg" title="Path through a tropical forest on a misty day"><img alt="Path through a tropical forest on a misty day"title="Path through a tropical forest on a misty day, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #003, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_006.jpg" title="Tree chunk"><img alt="Tree chunk" title="Black and white photograph of a tree chunk, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #006, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_006_l.jpg" /></a>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_012.jpg" title="Weird tree shapes on a misty day"><img alt="Weird tree shapes on a misty day" title="Weird tree shapes on a misty day, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #012, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_012_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Un petit côté <cite>Sleepy Hollow</cite> en moins hémisphère nord / <span lang="en">Reminds me a bit of <cite>Sleepy Hollow</cite> minus the northern hemisphere</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_013.jpg" title="Heavy fog"><img alt="Heavy fog" title="Heavy fog, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #013, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_013_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_017.jpg" title="Fern detail"><img alt="Fern detail" title="Black and white photograph of a fern detail, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #017, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_017_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_018.jpg" title="Gnarly tree bunk in a tropical forest"><img alt="Gnarly tree bunk in a tropical forest" title="Gnarly tree bunk in a tropical forest, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #018, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_018_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Quand je vous disais qu'il y avait forcément un passage vers l'Enfer dans le coin / <span lang="en">Just as I was telling you, there it is, the passageway to Hell</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_019.jpg" title="Gnarly tree bunk in the fog of a tropical forest"><img alt="Gnarly tree bunk in the fog of a tropical forest" title="Gnarly tree bunk in the fog of a tropical forest, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #019, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_019_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_022.jpg" title="‘Braided’ tree bunk detail"><img alt="‘Braided’ tree bunk detail" title="‘Braided’ tree bunk detail, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #022, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_022_l.jpg" /></a>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_027.jpg" title="Contorted tree bunk amongst the vegetation"><img alt="Contorted tree bunk amongst the vegetation" title="Contorted tree bunk amongst the vegetation, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #027, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_027_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/foret-nd-paix1210_028.jpg" title="Detail of a hole in a tree bunk in a heavy fog"><img alt="Detail of a hole in a tree bunk in a heavy fog" title="Detail of a hole in a tree bunk in a heavy fog, Forêt Notre-Dame de la Paix #028, Reunion Island, 12 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/reunion1210/.foret-nd-paix1210_028_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<p>Comme souvent nous avons fini notre soirée avec un apéro chez le samoussassier de la plage à Saint Pierre avant de remonter au Tampon. / <span lang="en">As was often the case we finished the day with some appetizers procured at the samossa stall by the beach in Saint Pierre before going back to the Tampon.</span></p>
<h2>Saint Denis</h2>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_003.jpg" title="Luxury houses"><img alt="Luxury houses" title="Luxury houses, Saint-Denis #003, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_003_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Maison coloniale</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_004.jpg" title="Luxury houses"><img alt="Luxury houses" title="Luxury houses, Saint-Denis #004, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_004_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Autre case créole de toute beauté</figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_005.jpg" title="Old creole house falling apart"><img alt="Old creole house falling apart" title="Old creole house falling apart, Saint-Denis #005, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_005_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Maison à l'abandon, souvent symptôme d'un propriétaire cupide qui ne pouvant officiellement détruire son bien ni le brûler parce qu'on connaît la combine, laisse simplement le temps faire son effet. Cf feu la case de la famille avec laquelle j'ai voyagé / <span lang="en">Abandoned house, often the result of a cupid owner who, not allowed to destroy it, and weary of being caught at burning it as many have done before, simply let it fall apart over time. See also the former creole hut of the family I was travelling with</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_009.jpg" title="Juliette Dodu street"><img alt="Juliette Dodu street" title="Juliette Dodu street, Saint-Denis #009, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_009_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption lang="en">Juliette Dodu street</figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/saintdenis1410_010.jpg" title="Lizard"><img alt="Lizard" title="Lizard, Saint-Denis #010, Reunion Island, 14 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/saintdenis1410/.saintdenis1410_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>C'est beau comme un tableau surréaliste</figcaption>
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<h2>Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin</h2>
<p>Nous avions trouvé porte close à ce jardin quelques jours plus tôt, mais le 16 octobre, on s'était mieux préparés et nous étions présents dès l'ouverture. J'ai acheté au passage dans la boutique plein de thés aux couleurs locales (genre orchidée, géranium, galabert…) et un livre sur les poissons pour aider un peu ma mémoire quant à mes « plongées » en lagon, qui furent d'ailleurs autant de jours sans photos parce que je préférais mon appareil le plus loin possible de toute étendue sableuse… Pour revenir au jardin, celui-ci était plus carré, plus… étiquetté que le <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/printemps-indien-part-ii-retour-caz-depart">Jardin des Parfums et des Épices</a>, mais c'est un lieu d'études en même temps.</p>
<p lang="en">We had previously driven to this garden only to find it closed, so on the 16th we made sure the date was right and we could enter at the opening. I liked it there and got myself a nice supply of locally-coloured teas from the shop (think orchid, geranium, lantana…), as well as a book on fishes to help keep a mental record on the fishes I saw on beach days, such as I couldn't relate on this diary as the camera was safe home on these occasions. These gardens were more structured than the <a class="ref-post" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/post/printemps-indien-part-ii-retour-caz-depart">Garden of Perfumes and Spices</a> (the name is a dead giveaway), which is to be expected from a research center, I guess.</p>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_002.jpg" title="Bégonia (Creole : Cœur de Jésus, latin : Begonia cucullata Willd.)"><img alt="Bégonia (Creole : Cœur de Jésus, latin : Begonia cucullata Willd.)" title="Bégonia (Creole : Cœur de Jésus, latin : Begonia cucullata Willd.), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #002, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_002_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Bégonia (latin : <cite>begonia cucullata willd.</cite>) / <span lang="en">Clubed begonia (latin: <cite>begonia cucullata willd.</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_007.jpg" title="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp)"><img alt="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp)" title="Nénuphar (latin : Nymphaea sp), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #007, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_007_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_010.jpg" title="Unknown plant"><img alt="Unknown plant" title="Unknown plant, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #010, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_010_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>J'ai été très déçue de ne pas trouver le nom de cette plante, j'étais persuadée que je trouverais en moins de deux un beau nom créole alla « couilles-la-vierge », mais nenni</figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_013.jpg" title="Paraglider above the gardens"><img alt="Paraglider above the gardens" title="Paraglider above the gardens, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #013, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_013_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_014.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a rift in a tree"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a rift in a tree" title="Black and white photograph of a rift in a tree, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #014, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_014_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption lang="en">The return of the crack in the wall</figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_021.jpg" title="Géranium rosat (latin : Pelargonium x asperum)"><img alt="Géranium rosat (latin : Pelargonium x asperum)" title="Géranium rosat (latin : Pelargonium x asperum), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #021, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_021_l.jpg" /></a>
<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_026.jpg" title="Lantana (creole : Galabert, latin : Lantana camara)"><img alt="Lantana (creole : Galabert, latin : Lantana camara)" title="Lantana (creole : Galabert, latin : Lantana camara), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #026, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_026_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Première image : Géranium rosat (latin : <cite>pelargonium x asperum</cite>). Deuxième image : « Galabert » (latin : <cite>lantana camara</cite>). Ces deux plantes ont toutes deux trouvé leur place dans mon placard à thé et même dans mes derniers cakes pour le géranium ! / First picture: Geranium rosat (latin: <cite>pelargonium x asperum</cite>). Second picture: Lantana (latin: <cite>lantana camara</cite>). Both plants have found their way into my tea cupboard, and in the case of geranium its essential oil recently went into the composition of my latest cakes</figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_028.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a the thorns on a Kapok trunk (creole : Fromager, Bois coton, latin : Ceiba pentandra)"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a the thorns on a Kapok trunk (creole : Fromager, Bois coton, latin : Ceiba pentandra)" title="Black and white photograph of a the thorns on a Kapok trunk (creole : Fromager, Bois coton, latin : Ceiba pentandra), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #028, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_028_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Kapokier (latin : <cite>ceiba pentandra</cite>) / <span lang="en">Kapok (latin: <cite>ceiba pentandra</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_030.jpg" title="Aloe Vera"><img alt="Aloe Vera" title="Aloe Vera, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #030, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_030_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption><cite>Aloe Vera</cite></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_032.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a branch covered in some sort of seeds"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a branch covered in some sort of seeds" title="Black and white photograph of a branch covered in some sort of seeds, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #032, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_032_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_035.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of a cactus"><img alt="Black and white photograph of a cactus" title="Black and white photograph of a cactus, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #035, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_035_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_036.jpg" title="Jatropha (creole : Arbre corail, latin : Jatropha podagrica)"><img alt="Jatropha (creole : Arbre corail, latin : Jatropha podagrica)" title="Jatropha (creole : Arbre corail, latin : Jatropha podagrica), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #036, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_036_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>« Arbre corail » (latin : <cite>jatropha podagrica</cite>) / <span lang="en">Jatropha (latin: <cite>jatropha podagrica</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_044.jpg" title="Bougainvillea with village-weaver nests"><img alt="Bougainvillea with village-weaver nests" title="Bougainvillea with village-weaver nests, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #044, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_044_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Tisserins nichant dans un bougainvillier / <span lang="en">Village-weavers nesting in a bougainvillea</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_046.jpg" title="Iris marcheur ou Plante des Apôtres (latin : Neomarica gracilis)"><img alt="Iris marcheur ou Plante des Apôtres (latin : Neomarica gracilis)" title="Iris marcheur ou Plante des Apôtres (latin : Neomarica gracilis), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #046, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_046_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Iris marcheur (latin : <cite>neomarica gracilis</cite>) / <span lang="en">Walking iris (latin: <cite>neomarica gracilis</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<figure style="{figureStyle}"><a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_049.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an odd trunk on a palm tree"><img alt="Black and white photograph of an odd trunk on a palm tree" title="Black and white photograph of an odd trunk on a palm tree, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #049, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_049_l.jpg" /></a></figure>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_050.jpg" title="Black and white photograph of an Elephant's foot (latin : Beaucarnea recurvata)" ><img alt="Black and white photograph of an Elephant's foot (latin : Beaucarnea recurvata)" title="Black and white photograph of an Elephant's foot (latin : Beaucarnea recurvata), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #050, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_050_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Pied d'éléphant (latin : <cite>beaucarnea recurvata</cite>) / <span lang="en">Elephant's foot (latin: <cite>beaucarnea recurvata</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_054.jpg" title="Spanish moss (latin : Tillandsia usneoides)"><img alt="Spanish moss (latin : Tillandsia usneoides)" title="Spanish moss (latin : Tillandsia usneoides), Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #054, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_054_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Mousse espagnole (latin : <cite>tillandsia usneoides</cite>) / <span lang="en">Spanish moss (latin: <cite>tillandsia usneoides</cite>)</span></figcaption>
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<a class="media-link" href="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/conservatoiremascarin1610_057.jpg" title="The garden of our villa at sundown"><img alt="The garden of our villa at sundown" title="The garden of our villa at sundown, Conservatoire National Botanique de Mascarin #057, Saint-Leu, Reunion Island, 16 october 2016" class="media" src="https://www.messalyn.fr/public/photos/voyages/reunion2016/mascarin1610/.conservatoiremascarin1610_057_l.jpg" /></a>
<figcaption>Et ça, c'était notre maison louée au mois. Soyez rassurés : nous n'étions pas malheureux / <span lang="en">Oh that? That was our house for the month. Rest at ease: it wasn't so bad</span></figcaption>
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<h5>nowgoing : to Paris</h5>