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I’m holding back one photo until after someone guesses correctly what flowers these are. A remarkable difference between them, but they are all the same flower. Can anyone name them?
For Cee’s FOTD
A few days ago, I showed a photo of a hibiscus and was unsure of whether it was getting ready to bud out or had already done so and the petals had fallen. Cee is pretty sure the second is true but Sam (Seen here as “Anonymous.” We know not why) was curious about size and wanted to have more info. If you want to see the original blog that raised all this activity, go HERE, and you can also see Sam’s query and my answer to him. All of this led me to go out and take the pictures above. After that, I saw Cee’s comment which seemed to bring an end to the mystery. You can see her comment on the link as well. I’ll try to remember to go out and take a photo after this hibiscus’s petals have fallen. Then we can turn our minds to further mysteries.
A bit of interesting trivia: Chinese Hibiscus is sometimes referred to as the ‘Shoeblack Plant’, or simply ‘Shoe Flower’. This is because its petals can double up as shoe polish! By rubbing the flower petals on leather shoes, you can bring out the shine and color in the material to breathe new life into your shoes in a completely natural way!
These flowers look like they’d be very showy, but they are actually easily overlooked. The first photo is a closeup. Later photos show how tiny they really are.
For Cee’s FOTD
My sister calls this flower Mexican Hat and although it is very different from other Mexican Hat flowers online, I did find one photo that identified it as such. I think someone will have an opinion about whether is is correctly identified or not. I’m open to suggestion. I think they look like Black Eyed Susans!
For Cee’s FOTD
A friend gave me a few of these plants from her garden before she moved back to the states. I soon grew to rue the day I planted them as within a year they had started to take over my garden. They formed borders around the gazebo and the back wall and the studio, but soon they started to spread to potted plants and every single inch of the yard where they could find a foothold, so . . . .(Click on first photo and then each in sequence to read the rest of the story.)
I just glanced at this flower growing in the pot where normally kalanchoe grow and went in to get my camera. It was only while I was transferring it into my photos that I realized those were definitely not kalanchoe leaves. I have no idea what it is or how it got there. Either I bought something I didn’t know the name of or it is a volunteer brought in by another plant. At any rate, it is thriving there and the kalanchoes all seem to be gone, so I will enjoy it as a mystery unless some kind soul tells me what it is. This entire bunch is about 2 1/4 inches across. Happy Solstice!
For Cee’s FOTD
Virginia Creeper (formerly a mystery plant.)
Eileen at Write Here: Write Now identified my mystery plant as a Virginia Creeper. I have tons of them, but could not find one example of the flower, which is actually the casing around the berry opening up to let the berry out! Thanks so much, Eileen. You are today’s heroine.
For Cee’s Flower of the Day, Jan 29, 2020
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These gorgeous little flowers were growing by the road. The largest was no more than 3/4 inch wide. Those are grass spikes behind them, if you want to guage their size. I’m holding the lower part of the stem so you can’t guage their size by my fingers as they are closer to the camera. My friend couldn’t understand what I was bending over and doing as I photographed them. Lovely miniature posies.
I admit. This is a made-up name. I have no idea what flower this is. It was photographed in a streetside stall on Valentines Day in La Manzanilla, Mexico. That’s all the clues I have to give.
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