Wednesday, November 30, 2011

A New Kind of Purple


I have no idea what this plant is but the purple flowers are lovely.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Early Morning Rain


It's a cold wet morning and the peregrinas have not woken up. Even the sky is grey.

Monday, November 28, 2011

Friday, November 25, 2011

Geisha Girl


The geisha girl doesn't really look like a geisha. The golden dewdrop isn't golden. But those are the common names of the plant, the Duranta erecta.

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Periwinkle

The perwinkle, Catharanthus roseus, is a small plant, growing to heights of three to four feet. The flowers have reddish centers and the rest of the five petals come in different colors.

Refreshing after a rainy day, the periwinkles are relatively easy to grow and maintain.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Interesting Purple


The Green Aralia or Osmoxylon lineare is a bush with long spiky leaves.

It looks rather ordinary until the buds, flowers and fruits appear. The buds appear like a ball of pearls attached to one stalk.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Pink


I am running out of shades and hues. Here's a pink peregrina (Jatropha integerrima.

They are little flowers that grow out of hardy shrubs with waxy leaves. I believe it's the contrast between the yellow stamens and the petals that make them so exciting.

Monday, November 21, 2011

Green on Blue

Little ferns grow wherever they can find space - out of a crack in a painted log.

Really need to get a good macro lens.

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Bachelor Buttons


Known by various names, here the Gomphrena globosa is also called the Bachelor Button. Lovely little plant.

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Bright and Yellow


So wonderful to see the flora world in the splendid hues. Here's a yellow to the collection. This is the Turnera ulmifolia or yellow alder.

Life to be Shared


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Thursday, November 17, 2011

New Plant


The biodiversity around here is so rich! I am finding lovely flowers and not having a single clue what they are. Here's another of my finds.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Ugly Duckling


Out of the buds, a lonely young peregrina (Jatropha integerrima) flower peeps out.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Water - Life


Everything in life should be about moderation. Water included. I believe this plant is known as the Wrightia religiosa.

Saturday, November 12, 2011

Red


Scarlet and strong against the morning rain.

The Ixora coccinea is a genus of flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It consists of tropical evergreen trees and shrubs and holds around 500 species.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Weed


Even weeds look pretty if the light and angle are right. What more about people?

I don't know what these plants are.

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Another White Out


The fairy lily (Zephyranthes candida). I love it when there are pinks and yellows and whites in the same spot.

Green



Green in the rain, green in the sunlight. Different light, different perspectives.

Rainy day



It's raining again...but the peregrinas don't mind.

Monday, November 7, 2011

Sunday, November 6, 2011