"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"
Meet the photographer :
Joshua Leavitt
