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.
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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.
More Orange Bougainvilleas
Okay, more orange bougainvilleaS, but this time with the real flowers : (Click on photos to enlarge.)
Each 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
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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Hibiscus with Worst House Guest Scenario
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.
The culprit causing all this damage is a little worm hidden in this foam.
But this bud and these blooms that will unfurl as soon as the sun is fully out seem to have escaped damage.
For more flowers, go HERE.
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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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!
Now, go HERE for Cee’s perfect detail of an iris and flowers by others!
