Aloe Bloom
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I love the fragile waxy bloom of the aloe. In a cluster, they look rather scraggly, but individually, I think they are exquisite–both in their variegated and subtle coloring and their simple fluted style. I was experimenting with placement. Chances are you’ll see a few other “posings” tomorrow!
http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/22/flower-of-the-day-september-22-2015-maarn-dahlia/
Yolanda tells me she thinks this beautiful insect is a “Chinche” and that it has a strong odor. I took pictures of it for several minutes and even somehow disengaged the flower it was on so it fell to the ground and it still didn’t present its odor, so I can only guess it enjoyed the attention. This is one to enlarge. Just click on it! Oh, Of course the flower is the ubiquitous bougainvillea! I have them in every color and size all over my property!
More gorgeous flowers! http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/21/flower-of-the-day-september-21-2015-dahlias/
Heliconia Details
I became intrigued by playing with little details of this picture. Here are a few results:
More flowers HERE.
Heliconia Embrace
I don’t know what vine this is that is twining so sensually around the heliconia flower, but I love the intimacy of its caress!!
In Mexico, Dia de los Muertos is synonymous with marigolds, which are sold by the truckload! 
For more flowers, go here: http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/16/flower-of-the-day-september-16-2015-inland-dynasty-dahlia/
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/
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.
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