In 35 years of growing bougainvillea, I have never seen the central flower bloomed out like this!
Here is how they usually look:
But, oops. I suddenly had a brainstorm and went outside to check again, and guess what? When I moved the bougainvillea branch aside, this is what I discovered:
That bloom was actually the bloom of this tiny succulent peeking through the bougainvillea. Another of life’s illusions shattered!
For Cee’s FOTD
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
Oh man. It just never ends, does it? 😉
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Ha..So glad I had the brainstorm before posting. I was thinking that they looked so similar to Jade Plant blooms, noticed the little succulent under the bougainvillea and went to double check.
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WOW Judy. They are saying thank you for taking care of us. 😀
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You need to look at all three photos and captions, Cee…for the rest of the story.
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I did get caught up by the beauty of your photos. You have two brilliant plants saying thanks. That is even more magical. 😀
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I was amazed too. Too bad it was a masquerader.
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Hah! I wondered when I saw the first shot if there might be some collusion between the two plants! But it really did look like the flower belonged to the bougainvillea! What a pretty flower the jade plant has!
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Gorgeous flowers! Doesn’t matter if one or two, they are so pretty.
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You are right. Great together or apart.
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