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Hibiscus: Flower of the Day, May 20, 2016
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Category Archives: Flowers
Hibiscus: Flower of the Day, May 19, 2016
Flower of the Day, May 18, 2016
Crown of Thorns: Flower of the Day, May 17, 2016
Dahlia: Flower of the Day, May 15, 2016
This surprise awaited me in my garden today. These colors of gold and burnt orange surround me. They are the colors of the outside of my house and studio as well as my bedroom.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/15/flower-of-the-day-may-16-2016-iris/
Royal Poinciana and Bromeliads: Flower of the Day, May 15, 2016
I love this shot of poinciana blooms backed up by telephone lines swathed in spherical bromeliad plants seeded by the sticky seeds clinging to the feet of birds who perch on them.
Tillandsia Recurvata is the name of this bromeliad often found on telephone lines in my area of Mexico.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/14/flower-of-the-day-may-15-2016-daffodil/
Bougainvillea: Flower of the Day, May 14, 2016
The Floral Occasion: Flower of the Day May 13, 2016
I loved this street scene–with everyone walking right down the middle of the street. Sidewalks in Mexico seem to be used more for sitting, setting up little mom and pop stores and for courtship rituals. Everything else seems to occur in the streets. Cars stop in the middle of the street for their drivers to talk to passing friends, kids play ball there, dogs hobnob, trucks or cars with loudspeakers drive oh so slowly, blasting their news, fruit trucks or gas trucks or water trucks distribute their wares, garbage trucks park while their workers run to neighboring houses to pick up garbage. Construction workers pile huge mountains of sand and brick there, and the recently bereaved erect tents they fill with chairs for mourners, blocking off the entire street. Sometimes it seems as though the passage of traffic is of the least consideration.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/12/flower-of-the-day-may-13-2016-rose/
Calla Lily: Flower of the Day, May 11, 2016
This is the second flower brought to me by the hummingbird lady. I can’t get over the pattern on the front part of the flower and I’m wondering if it was caused by being wrapped around the pistil. The other part of the flower doesn’t seem to have the pattern on it, so perhaps it was wrapped around it on the outside. I’ve never noticed this in any other flower before and it makes it look artificial, but it isn’t
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/10/flower-of-the-day-may-11-2016-bearded-iris/
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Single Flower
The hummingbird lady brought me this bloom when I was manning the information booth at the Lake Chapala Society. I once knew what it was and I remember it has a sinister association, but I can’t remember what it is. It is an exotic and for some reason I associate it with a Venus flytrap..Perhaps a flower that puts out an odor that attracts flies and then devours them? This is all on the edge of my mind, and I may be totally wrong, but in any case, I think it is interesting against the blue of the counter and the blue of the wall. If you are curious about the hummingbird lady, click on her name above.
5 minutes later––Ha!! Mind like a steel trap! I was right! This flower is a STAPELIA GIGANTEA–one of a few flowers that smells like rotting meat and so attracts mainly flies. The purpose, however, is not for the flower to feed on the flies, but rather for the flies to pollinate the flowers.
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