I'm sorry I can't help with the flower identifications; my references are North American, and not in easy reach at the instant. The "shy blue flower" at first made me think of day flowers (that's a non-Linnaean name, of course, but googling on "Virginia dayflower" should get you a representative of the kind), but I can't find what you describe in the huge version of the top picture.
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Date: 2007-07-19 02:11 am (UTC)