This little woodpecker wakes me up most mornings, pecking away 80 feet or more up one of my palm trees. This morning it brought a gift by bringing my attention to these beautiful palm blossoms that I usually only notice floating in my pool.
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Since it is almost Easter and since lilies always remind me of Easter and my mother, this post is for her. Both my mom and dad loved flowers and trees and every house in the somewhat arid little town where I grew up always sported trees, petunias, pansies, trumpet vines, tulips, peonies, sweetpeas and roses––but never lilies. They were for Easter, as a potted plant to be thrown away after the blooms faded. I don’t think it ever occurred to us that they could be planted.
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http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/20/flower-of-the-day-march-21-2016-tulip/
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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http://ceenphotography.com/2016/03/18/flower-of-the-day-march-19-2016-magnolia-tree/
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/
Euphorbia Milii: Flower of the Day
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