On My Walk This Morning 3p

"Urn Plants / Bromeliads"

These Bromeliads are also Epiphytes - they live on another plant.  They do not hurt the

tree or eat from it, but they like the neighborhood.  Usually one or two flowers appear,

but this year, because of all the rain, we get lots of flowers.

 

"Queen Crepe Myrtle"

The "Queen Crepe Myrtle" comes in a variety of shades from deep purple to lavender

to blues.  This one actually looked sky blue this morning, but here in the picture, it

is more lavender.

 

After I saw the "Double Purple Ground Orchids," I wondered if they would produce

the other varieties.  Today I found the first answer - a "Double Mardi Gras

Ground Orchid."    Instead of the usual three or four flowerlets, there are clusters.

Now I shall watch for the yellow and white varieties.

"Orange Popsicle Heliconia."

They are planted in a shady spot beneath a giant ficus tree.  But as I came by, the

sun shone through the branches and lit up the flowers so they look like neon

The branches of this "Royal Poinciana" got so heavy from the masses of flowers that

they bent down far enough that I could get a good view of them.

The German lady is buying again.  These are three "Curcumas," which have just

begun blooming.

"Sweet Adeline" Phalaenopsis Orchid continues to open more flowers;

here we have six on the stalk.

I had not seen this before.  "Golden Showers" bloom before the leaves appear,

and this tree was splendid.  Then the golden petals dropped and leaves appeared.

But now the tree is putting out more cluster of "Golden Shower Flowers!"

This blessing of some rain every day does wonders.

Clusters of "Coral Pink Mussaenda"

"Aztec Gold Ixora"

A bush of "Yellow Alamanda."  The German lady has pink and red alamanda.

"Summer Daydreams" Orchids keeps putting out more flowers. and

a second stalk is adding new blossoms.

"Lucrezia Borgia" Vanda Orchid.  The orchids look like a dress Lucrezia is wearing

in a famous Renaissance painting.

"Pinwheel Jasmine" with lovely aroma

"Pinwheel Jasmine"

"Chinese Windmill Palm" in center.  It is a very decorative small palm.

"Samba Mama Croton"

"Red Ixora Hedge."  As long as they don't prune it, the hedge will look like this.

"Red Ixora Hedge."  A wall of almost solid flowers.  But gardeners will come by

in a few days and trim off all the red, and we will have a green hedge of leaves.

But the sidewalk will be clear.

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