Detail of Heliconia jdb photo 2018
Decided I’d get a bit more mileage out of my tropical coconut arrangement. Here is the flip side of the bouquet:
Heliconia, ginger, baby’s breath and Lily in a coconut.
Luckily, the weekly flower vendor sets up shop in the street directly across from the street entrance to my beach rental. Friday, I took the coconut I’d bought from a beach vendor, minus its coconut water, to the flower vendor and chose flowers and greenery and arranged it on the spot. Today my neighbor contributed the lily to polish it off. After spending two days out on the porch to soak up the sea air, it is coming inside so I can soak up the sight of it.
I still can’t figure out what flower this is that grows beside the stairs up to Martin’s Restaurant in La Manzanilla, Mexico. They are long sprays about a foot long. The single flowers turn pale brown and papery and can be used dried. I’d love to know what they are.
For Cee’s flower prompt.
Does anyone know the name of this beautiful flower?
By forgottenman’s suggestion, here is a photo of the entire spray of flowers. They are about a foot long. En mass and from a distance, they look like wisteria, but the flower is completely different.
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