These palm blossoms are so high up that I usually overlook them until they start falling by the thousands in my swimming pool. At times, in the wind, they fall like golden rain. Click on photos to enlarge.
Don’t miss Cee’s flower posting today. It is incredible. Find it here:
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/08/flower-of-the-day-may-9-2016-bearded-iris/
Which do you prefer? A non perfect image can still be fun to play with.
For more flowers: https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/06/flower-of-the-day-may-4-2016-bearded-iris-2/
Birds of Paradise share center table with baby’s breath and the first papaya of the new tree. Unfortunately, these papayas are not as flavorful and sweet as the papayas were from our last tree. Hope they improve with age.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/05/flower-of-the-day-may-6-2016-bearded-iris/
These are the bougainvilleas that are flourishing beneath the royal poinciana tree this year. I can see the ants carrying away the petals that have fallen on the cobblestones. I’d like to believe they’ve been blown down, but there are probably trusty cutter ants up above, using their incisors to lop off the leaves and petals. If I don’t do something to wage a war, the bushes and tree will be stripped in a week. Hate to do it, but this really is war against the cutter ants.
( Please click on photos to see much larger views.)
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/05/01/flower-of-the-day-may-2-2016-rhododendron/
Royal Poinciana Trees (Flamboyan or Flame Trees)
I posted closeups and flower clusters of this tree for the past two days and now here is the tree itself. I couldn’t decide which pic I liked the best so I chose a few. I love this tree. Messy but gorgeous. Last year the leaf cutter ants pretty much ate all the leaves and flowers but this year it bloomed in all its glory.
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https://beccagivens.wordpress.com/2016/05/01/sunday-trees-233/
Yesterday I showed individual Royal Poinciana flowers. Today I’m showing clusters and tomorrow I’ll show the entire tree. Some say the African Tulip tree is the most beautiful flowering tree on earth, but I say the Royal Poinciana is.
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Do click on these photos to enlarge them. They are so incredible this year! I couldn’t pick just one, so here are four shots of the day. Tomorrow I’ll show the tree.
See also: https://ceenphotography.com/2016/04/29/flower-of-the-day-april-30-2016-bearded-iris/
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My entire house is yellow orange! As is my living room and bedroom and studio… all different hues. I have been so busy that I hadn’t noticed that everything is blooming. The Royal Poinciana is the fullest I’ve ever seen it. I’ll show more of it tomorrow!
https://jennifernicholewells.com/2016/04/29/color-your-world-yellow-orange/
Beautiful but deadly. I’ve just discovered that the peace lily is highly toxic to dogs and cats, so sadly, it must go. Also a good idea not to have it around small children!
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/04/28/flower-of-the-day-april-29-2016-rhododendrons-and-buds/
Thank you Cee for giving me an excuse to go into my garden and look closely at everything I might otherwise overlook. I had no idea that my Royal Poinciana was blooming so beautifully , nor that my bougainvillea had grown up to intertwine with it. I took a few dozen shots of things I would have missed out on if I hadn’t decided to do your daily flower prompt. I know how many hours a day you must devote to your prompts and connecting with each person who enters your challenges. I’m sure others must feel as I do. It is nice to have a prod to exit our computer screens and to get out to commune with nature.
This Spanish Dancer Hibiscus has been giving me luxurious and gorgeous new blooms every day for weeks. I stopped taking photos of them because I’ve photographed them a number of times before, but today I just had to record their beauty one more time. This closeup was one of my favorites. You’ll see others in the days to come.
https://ceenphotography.com/2016/04/26/flower-of-the-day-april-25-2016-bearded-iris-2/
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