Friday, May 29, 2009

Hibiscus

















Bolt




Puff




A pop can, a tattooed arm and a smoke




Tourist POV




Gibraltar of the North






Maureen's Corner: I harvested two and a half pails of these tasty, mild onions.




Corn and Bananas!






Garden By The Sea





Azure





Pastel




Paratourist (another word you won't find in any dictionary except mine)




Angelina's Pond: This beautiful cedar bridge was built by my dad. For my part, I planted the hills purple!









Porcupine



Clear water - don't pollute

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

My String of Hearts


Ceropegia woodii (String of Hearts Vine)






Umlaud




Palm Trunk




Orange Dew





Nepenthes thorelli




The Invasion





Kaempferia bloom




Touchstone




Sublime




Braille




Some of you were surprised that the Venus Flytrap flowered. It does. But I was surprised at how the small, year old plant, flowered. Compare the size of traps on the tiny plant in bloom and the more mature plant to the right. See, this blog is educational.









Downtown




Teal





City Hall ( a little less gritty)




A fox, a raccoon?

Friday, May 22, 2009

The Orchid Tree

Bauhinia monandra.





Both these differently colored flowers are on the same tree!






Bauhinias (Orchid Trees) have a characteristic butterfly shaped leaf (perfect for those of us with butterfly dogs).




Lux aeterna




Sisyrynchium seed pod





Reptilian respect



Astrophytum strikes again



Galaxy





Van Gogh



Four




Adenium obesum (one of my favorites)







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