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/