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unusual facts about Banksia 'Limelight'


Banksia 'Limelight'

It arose as a sport from a mature plant found growing near an expressway at Kariong, New South Wales in 1986.


Arpita Mukherjee

She came into the limelight after the release of Mama Bhagne opposite famous Bengali actor Prosenjit Chatterjee in 2009.

Arthur Jasmine

After keeping out of the limelight for several years Jasmine took on the pseudonym Samson De Brier (sometimes cited as Sampson de Brier), and opened up an artist's salon in Los Angeles, California, in the early 1940s, attracting the likes of Jack Parsons, Anton LaVey, Ray Bradbury, L. Ron Hubbard, Forrest J. Ackerman, and a teenaged Kenneth Anger.

Banksia 'Giant Candles'

It is a hybrid between the Gosford form of B. ericifolia (Heath-leaved Banksia) and a form of B. spinulosa var. cunninghamii.

Banksia 'Lemon Glow'

cunninghamii 'Lemon Glow', is a form of Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii with lemon-yellow flowers.

Banksia 'Roller Coaster'

Banksia 'Roller Coaster', sometimes referred to as Banksia 'Austraflora Roller Coaster', is a registered Banksia cultivar bred from Banksia integrifolia subsp. integrifolia.

Banksia 'Stumpy Gold'

Banksia 'Stumpy Gold' is a dwarf cultivar of Banksia spinulosa var. collina that was selected by Richard Anderson of Merricks Nursery in Victoria from material collected at Catherine Hill Bay on the New South Wales Central Coast.

Banksia 'Waite Flame'

A selected form of B. coccinea (Albany or Scarlet Banksia), it flowers early in the season and has a more orange-hued bloom than its parent species.

Banksia 'Waite Orange'

A hybrid between B. hookeriana (Hooker's Banksia) and B. prionotes (Acorn Banksia), it is generally intermediate in morphology between those two species.

Banksia 'Yellow Wing'

It is a hybrid between Banksia 'Giant Candles' and Banksia spinulosa var. collina from Carnarvon Gorge in Queensland.

Bhiwani Boxing Club

The Bhiwani Boxing Club in Bhiwani in the state of Haryana, India came to the limelight in 2008 as four of the five boxers who represented India at the 2008 Summer Olympics are from Bhiwani.

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago

Cannonball Adderley Quintet in Chicago (later released as Cannonball & Coltrane in 1964, on Limelight) is an album by jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley, his final release on the Mercury label, featuring performances by Adderley with John Coltrane, Wynton Kelly, Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb.

Charles R. Meyer

In 1935 against Notre Dame before a capacity crowd of 78,114 in Yankee Stadium, it was Meyer's 41-yard first-quarter TD pass and stellar performance in a 6-6 tie that brought him into the limelight.

Christine Chow Ma

Chow is presented as a stark contrast from her predecessor, Chen Shui-bian's first lady, Wu Shu-chen; Chow is known for staying out of the political limelight and has rarely joined officials' wives at social or official functions in the past.

Elizabeth Douglas-Home, Baroness Home of the Hirsel

She avoided the limelight in life, but by a curious coincidence her memorial service occurred in November 1990 at the height of the crisis which led to the resignation of Margaret Thatcher when she and all connected with her were holed up in 10 Downing Street – and her husband Denis Thatcher broke cover by going to the service.

Garo Sparo

This collection was followed by fashion shows at NYC nightlife venues Limelight, Webster Hall, Click+Drag and Jackie 60.

Gita Mehta

Although being the wife of Sonny Mehta, head of the Alfred A. Knopf publishing house, keeps her in the publishing limelight, she has emerged a writer in her own right.

Hakim Said

In 1964, Said came into public limelight when he gave rogue criticism to Lieutenant-General Vajid Burkie, then-Surgeon General of Army Medical Corps and then high profile officer leading the Ministry of Health under the government of Field Marshal Ayub Khan.

International isolation

The concept "falling off the map" was used by political writer V. S. Naipaul in reference to the growing international isolation of the Islamic Republic of Iran after being in the limelight during the times of Shah Rezā Pahlavi and during the first years of the Revolution.

Jim Geringer

London thanked Geringer on Larry King Live for catapulting her website into the limelight, even though it wasn't Geringer intention.

John Grochowski

He also had a moment in the limelight as a game show contestant, winning $125,000 in July 2000 on ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with Regis Philbin.

Josephine Chaplin

She has been in a number of films, including her father's Limelight and A Countess from Hong Kong, and Pasolini´s Canterbury Tales.

K. Vijayakumar

He came into limelight after successful encounter of Veerappan.

Kepi and Kat

Their track "Limelight" was featured in the Xbox 360 video game Perfect Dark Zero, in addition to being included on the limited-edition DVD and CD-soundtrack for the award-winning game.

Limelight

The earliest known use of limelight at a public performance was outdoors, over Herne Bay Pier, Kent, on the night of 3 October 1836 to illuminate a juggling performance by magician Ching Lau Lauro.

Marilen Espino

Marilen's first taste of the limelight came in 1988 when she won the right to represent the Philippines in the Supermodel of the World competition.

Michael Musto

He was the first to report Alig's firing from the Limelight club by owner Peter Gatien, and to allude to a missing club kid.

Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art

Milt Jackson at the Museum of Modern Art is a live album by vibraphonist Milt Jackson recorded in 1965 at the Museum of Modern Art and released on the Limelight label.

Nuranang Falls

It came to limelight when a song from the movie Koyla featuring Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit, Tanhai Tanhai Tanhai was shot here and at Sangetser Lake in 1997.

Pat Toomay

Their first rule, "Thou Shalt Not Seek Publicity", kept their members (Toomay, Blaine Nye and Larry Cole) out of the limelight.

Rudi Hansen

Although she was to start further training as an actress and had been admitted to the New Theatre's drama school, he withdrew completely from the limelight to follow Harald to Bologna in Italy where he played professional football.

Saketh Myneni

Saketh Myneni (born 19 October 1987) is an Indian professional tennis player who came to the limelight when h won 9 singles title in the 2014 ITF Men's Circuit.

Sallie Martin

The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times, Heilbut, Tony, New York: Limelight Editions ©1997 Edition ISBN 0-87910-034-6

Sensational Nightingales

Heilbut, Tony, The Gospel Sound: Good News and Bad Times Limelight Editions, 1997, ISBN 0-87910-034-6.

Serani

Serani is credited for helping bring into the limelight other Jamaican heavyweights such as Mavado, Alaine Laughton and Bugle with his catchy beats such as the Anger Management riddim on which Mavado voiced his landmark hit "Real McCoy".

Shoshana Damari

In the mid-1980s, Damari teamed up with Boaz Sharabi for a duet that brought her back into the limelight.

Shriprakash Jaiswal

Shriprakash Jaiswal who mostly stayed out of the political spats and media, came into limelight when the scam, Indian coal allocation scam got highlighted all over media through a leaked Report of Comptroller and Auditor General of India(CAG) in August 2012.

Sonia Agarwal

Featuring his brother Dhanush, the film became a huge success and she was widely appreciated for her performance as Divya in the film, which brought her to limelight and fetched her several awards, including the ITFA Best New Actress Award.

Sono un pirata, sono un signore

The album also contains "Abbracciami" ("Abrázame") and closes with a cover of the song "Limelight" by Charlie Chaplin, from the 1952 film of the same name.

St George's Roman Catholic Secondary School

Following the tragedy of Mr Lawrence’s death, the school went through many years of difficult transition and continued its spell in the limelight as part of the television drama Ahead of the Class which followed the headship of Marie Stubbs.

Syed Meesaq Rizvi

Rizvi came to the limelight when he earned a bronze medal in the 800 meters event at the National Athletics Championship in Peshawar in 1982.

Szandra Zácsik

She first found herself in the limelight against past year EHF Champions League winners Viborg HK: with only a few seconds left and trailing by one on aggregate goals, she hit a penalty shot, giving a dramatic and unexpected victory over their highly-rated rivlas on away goals.

Terry Tolkin

Terry was also known for his work as a DJ and booker at popular New York clubs such as Danceteria, CBGBs, and Limelight.


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