Category Archives: flowers of Mexico

Not Ready to Pop

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Not Ready to Pop

IMG_4142 Version 4 Version 8I 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!

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Datura: Cee’s Flower of the Day: 9/9/15

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Datura (also known as Angel’s Trumpets or Moonflowers)

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Go HERE to see other flowers of the day on Cee’s blog.

More Orange Bougainvilleas: Flower of the day

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                                                   More Orange Bougainvilleas

Okay, more orange bougainvilleaS, but this time with the real flowers : (Click on photos to enlarge.)IMG_4690 IMG_4695 IMG_4692 IMG_4691 IMG_4693Each 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/

Yesterday’s Hibiscus Flowers Opening: Flower of the Day 9/4/15

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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.
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http://ceenphotography.com/2015/09/04/flower-of-the-day-september-4-2015-tulip/

Hibiscus with Worst House Guest Scenario: Flower of the Day, 9/3/15

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Hibiscus with Worst House Guest Scenario

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Version 4 IMG_4021 (2) Some leaf predator has been busy on this hibiscus leaf, and the severed bud caught in it is a bit the worse for wear as well, but it makes for an interesting picture; and I think the bud to the right in the first picture has escaped devastation, at least.

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For more flowers, go HERE.

Silk Floss Tree–Cee’s Flower of the Day Prompt 8/19/15

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Here’s a closeup view of the  wonderful flowers of the Silk Floss Tree.   It is  ceiba speciosa- such an interesting tree that I’m going to do another posting on it, showing its trunk and large seed pods as well.)

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And, the tree itself.

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http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/19/flower-of-the-day-august-19-2015-bearded-iris/

Orange Thunbergia: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Orange Thunbergia: Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

Hard to believe that yes, this, too, is a thunbergia! I bought this plant years ago and had Pasiano plant it, but it was invisible–obscured by bougainvillea  and ferns.  I thought it had died out long ago, then yesterday I saw it  rising up from the thick undergrowth and twining up this wire at the entrance to my house.  Perfect!

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Now, go HERE for Cee’s perfect detail of an iris and flowers by others!

 

Hibiscus Incline: Cee’s Flower of the Day 8/17/15

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Hibiscus Incline

The ramp to my studio is lined with a new crop of hibiscus peeking through the guard railings.

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http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/17/flower-of-the-day-august-17-2015/

Cee’s Flower of the Day, 8/12/15

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Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge 8/12/15
Today I just wanted to play with a detail of one rather wilted Thunbergia blossom that I snapped a picture of.  I just wanted to use it in a painterly way to see how far the image could be stretched. I’m rather limited in my editing choices, but it was fun.


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http://ceenphotography.com/2015/08/12/flower-of-the-day-august-12-2015-ryan-c-dahlia/

Mexican Color:Cee’s Flower of the Day Challenge

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Mexican Color: Cee’s Flower of the day Challenge

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