The most wonderful thing about bougainvilleas is often their surroundings. They can obscure faults, serve as security and also as home to many creatures: possums, lizards, iguanas and my own cat. Here are some beautiful places that bougainvilleas exist in La Manzanilla:
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Carried away by its more flashy parts, sometimes we overlook the subtleties of nature. I found these shadow shots of bougainvilleas to be as intriguing as the flowers themselves.
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The wild tumble of bougainvillea actually forms a wall in my friend’s open-walled house. She lives about as outside as it is possible to live without actually living outside. Later on this week, I’ll show you her house, studio and art. I love the wildness of these intermixed vines, the shadows and the colors. Here’s another one for you, Cee.
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These honeysuckle sepals become their own stark bloom that is just as intriguing once their blossoms drop. (Click on first picture to enlarge and on arrows to see other two enlarged photos.)
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/12/flower-of-the-day-march-13-2016-grape-hyacinth/
In the tangle of this jungle garden, these morning glories shoved themselves to the foreground.
UQB: Unidentified Quiet Blossom
I think this is some sort of nut tree and the closest I could find to the leaf shape was a cashew tree. I found one picture that showed it with a star-shaped flower, but in other pictures, the petals were more rounded. I think my friend told me this was an almond tree, but it definitely isn’t an almond. Once again, if you recognize it, please educate me.
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This non-assuming little flower deserved some extra attention. As with most things in nature, close up, it makes more of a statement.
For more flower pix, go HERE.
Against this periwinkle blue wall, who could overlook these gorgeous flowers with its contrasting stalk of thorns?Hibiscus Schizopetalus
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Thanks to Steve Frowlne for identifying this flower found in my friend Carol Lopez’s garden.
Here is a bit more information about it, thanks to Wikipedia: Hibiscus schizopetalus is a species of Hibiscus native to tropical eastern Africa in Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique. Its common names include fringed rosemallow,[1] Japanese lantern, coral hibiscus, and spider hibiscus.
It couldn’t be further away from Cee’s tulip that is her flower of the day. To see hers, go here:
http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/01/flower-of-the-day-march-2-2016-tulip/
At first I thought this was two different plants, a thunbergia twining through another. But from the last picture, I can see that it is two different types of bloom on the same stem. Does anyone know what this beautiful plant is?
Chenile Plant: Flower of the Day
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To see more flowers, go here: http://ceenphotography.com/2016/02/26/flower-of-the-day-february-27-2016-lily/
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