This Tabachine (Dwarf Poinciana, Flame Tree, Flamboyant) bush almost hurts the eyes. It was actually swarming with dozens of black swallowtails, but I managed to catch just one in my lens. They move fast.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/15/flower-of-the-day-september-15-2015-mango-madness-dahlia/
For my flower of the day today, I want to give you a link to an incredible nursery. You won’t believe what you’ll see there. Incredible! Here it is: https://freshcutky.wordpress.com/
Don’t miss this one by Cee, or the others who have links on her blog: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/13/flower-of-the-day-september-13-2015-bashful-dahlia/
Oscar and Carmen Play with Flowers
I think there were twelve of us in my full-sized van that day, off to see the wildflowers and rocks of Tapalpa. This series of pictures is all about Carmen and Oscar. Oscar is the little boy you saw diligently doing his English homework at my dining room table a few days ago. He is now nine. In these pictures he is two. Carmen is his sister and stylist.
Oscar was pretty happy with his handful of pristine white flowers
But Carmen had a better idea.
She looked beautiful in her cosmos garland, in spite of the sun in her eyes that gave her a wistful look.
But she had further plans.
And I’m not too sure how Oscar feels about his sister’s attempt to spruce up his look, but I thought he looked adorable!
For more gorgeous flowers, go HERE.
Not Ready to Pop
I love the seed pods on these flowers almost as much as the flowers. I earlier identified the flower as a heliconia, having found a picture of it with other heliconias, but I now think I am perhaps wrong. I Googled it and was so excited to find a picture that looked exactly like my big pot filled with these flowers. So, I was once again willing to be persuaded that it was an uncharacteristic version of a heliconia when I spotted the url for the flower. It was my picture! Ha. If anyone knows what this is I’d love to find out. It turns brown and pops open to emit very large shiny black round seeds. At any rate, I love these black and whites of what I guess are mystery flower ovaries!!!
For more black and white beauties, look here: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/10/cees-black-white-photo-challenge-what-is-beautiful-to-you/
This is what the flower looks like, for identification purposes only. Obviously not a black and white!
Datura (also known as Angel’s Trumpets or Moonflowers)
Both the seeds and flowers of the Datura plant are poisonous
Go HERE to see other flowers of the day on Cee’s blog.
Greens: Flower of the Day
I love the fragility of these green palm blossoms. Soon they will fall like rain.
Some leaves, such as these on jade plants and other succulents, imitate flowers. 
To view Cee’s flower and others, go HERE.
More Orange Bougainvilleas
Okay, more orange bougainvilleaS, but this time with the real flowers : (Click on photos to enlarge.)
Each of those little coral pistil-looking rods is actually a flower bud getting ready to open. Since my last bougainvilleas post, most of them have opened, giving the bougainvillieas a fluffier look! I like both stages–sparse and frilly! In Mexico, they are bugambilias and they have many namesakes: housing developments, shopping centers, movie theaters.
See more flowers here: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/06/flower-of-the-day-september-6-2015-dahlia/
First Blush: Bougainvillea– Flower of the Day Challenge
This bougainvillea has a different look from my others. I love its simplicity, color, and the three pistil-like protrusions. I know that literally, these are leaves, not flowers, but somewhere within their makeup they contain what will become flowers!
More flor: 5/09/05/flower-of-the-day-september-5-2015-orchid/
Yesterday’s Hibiscus Flowers Opening
Later in the day, I went out to see what yesterday’s furled hibiscus buds were up to. they weren’t fully unfurled, but still, looked very different from that morning’s tight buds.
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/04/flower-of-the-day-september-4-2015-tulip/
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