Posts Tagged ‘Flowers’
Saturday, June 5th, 2010
What do you think this is a photo of?
I was cleaning up the pool area today and discovered my desert rose had a large seed pod that had just burst open. There was a little bit of a wind today so I had a great opportunity to take photos of the seeds before catching the wind and being dispersed.
The seed has fluffy, dandelion like tufts on either side of the seed itself
Brownish casing with seeds ready to burst out
The Desert Rose has bean-like seed pods. When the seed pod is fully ripe on the plant, it will split open revealing seeds with beautiful “wings” so that seeds can blow away.
The seeds were just waiting for the wind to blow them away.
Desert Rose with seed pods holding a large mass of seeds
Here's one of my large Desert Rose bushes when it was in full bloom a month or so ago.
Marta
Tags: Desert Rose, Desert Roses, flower, Flowers, seed pods, seeds
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Sunday, May 23rd, 2010
You should see my Frangipani right now........beautiful blooms and the scent is divine!
Outside our bedroom window, my Frangipani is blooming to beat the band. A profusion of white blossoms with yellow centres.
Several commercially cultivated Frangipanis grow here bearing beautiful pink, cream or red flowers
There’s a stunning pink Frangipani out at Da Conch Shack in Blue Hills. These next photos were taken there a few years back.
Such a pretty combination of pink blossoms with yellow centres
The Frangipani is also known as Plumeria
Last but not least is our local Plumeria Obtusa or Frangipani which has smaller, white and highly fragrant flowers that appear in clusters at the end of the branch. Usually the frangipani grows to the hight of a small tree or shrub reaching about 4 meters.
Local Frangipani or Plumeria grows wild with beautiful clusters of white flowers
We have several wild Frangipanis growing at Harbour Club Villas. They are drought resistant and have large seed pods which burst open releasing winged seeds.
Seed pod on a wild Frangipani
Wild Frangipani flowers have oblong petals that are five lobed and with yellow centres
Frangipanis bloom in the spring and summer and as you drive around our island be sure to look in the bush. You’ll surely sight numerous trees covered with white blooms. Be sure to stop and smell these fragrant flowers.
Marta
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Tags: Flowers, frangipani, plumeria, Plumeria Obtusa, Wild flowers
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Friday, May 14th, 2010
Beautiful yellow blooms on an Opuntia Cactus at Harbour Club Villas
All this dry weather and no rain has been ideal for our large Opuntia Cactus also known as Prickly Pear Cactus. It is blooming to beat the band with large bright yellow flowers.
A dried Almond leaf reveals two lizard or anole eggs.
A dried almond leaf was caught up in the spikes by the flower I wanted to take a picture of. I gently pulled it out of the way and discovered two eggs hidden inside the curled up leaf. I can’t tell whether they are anole eggs or those of the curly tailed lizard.
Close up of the centre of the Opuntia Cactus flower
Take time out during your day to see some of the natural beauty around you!
Marta
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Tags: Anole, Cactus, Curly Tailed Lizard, flower, Flowers, Opuntia, Opuntia Cactus
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Sunday, May 9th, 2010
- To all you beautiful and special Moms out there…….HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY!
Wishing Moms everywhere a sun shiny day filled with love and laughter and a rose or two. Our Desert Roses here at Harbour Club Villas seem to be thriving in the dry weather we’ve had of late. They are loaded with beautiful pink and deep pink blooms.
Happy Mother’s Day!
Marta
Tags: Desert Rose, Desert Roses, Flowers, Harbour Club Villas
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Tuesday, April 20th, 2010
The beautiful Bay Bean grows and flowers along the shoreline
A big THANKYOU to my wonderfully caring family and friends that have supported me these past few months.
I love you all !!!
My experience these last few months with breast cancer has really thrown me for a loop and been a true wake up call. It showed me the strength in having a loving family and just how lucky I am. All those tough days back and forth from Provo to Miami……tests and more tests and my breasts feeling like pin cushions. Barry was unable to come with me but kept a great sense of humour by reminding me that I was getting a two for one deal. He coped so brilliantly here at Harbour Club although it was really rough going and very busy with guests. My sister Eve and our three kids Tina, Mike and Ania rallied around and took turns staying with me in the hotel so I wouldn’t have to face things alone. They sat in on every appointment, asked questions and absorbed all the information so that they could explain things to me as well as to Barry and they waited patiently while I went through all the tests, surgery and radiation. My sister Anna (a breast cancer survivor) sent me encouraging emails every day and suffered along with me having been through it all herself.
It is soooooooo good to be back home and everyone now realizes that we all need to make the most of every day…..enjoy life to the fullest and worry less.
SO, TO ALL THE LADIES OUT THERE ……… PLEASE GO AND HAVE THAT MAMMOGRAM DONE TODAY.
Marta
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Tags: breast cancer, cancer, flower, Flowers
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
Orchids blooming with the marina entrance in the background.
This Tall Encyclia orchid was growing on the rock ridge overlooking the entrance to our marina. The days have been so gloomy and so I decided to see if the rain had made our local plants bloom. The Encyclia Altissima orchids are growing all over and flowering at this time of year. This one was quite showy with vivid purple striped lines on its petals.
The Marina channel and Cooper Jack Bight were perfectly calm creating a pastel backdrop of colours as the sun tried to break through the clouds.
We have been waiting for days to see the sunshine and today was the day……….and it lasted all day!
Marta
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Tags: Encyclia, Encyclia Altissima, flower, Flowers, Marina, orchid, Orchids
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Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
Every year before Christmas, I watch for the Ipomoea vine growing in the bush.
Finally, after weeks of looking I spotted this showy, red flowering vine on my neighbour’s property. I’ve been watching out for the Ipomoea vine also known as the Christmas vine and or Wild Potato. I’m thinking this last week has been rainy and cool and all of a sudden, I’ve noticed bright splashes of red adorning the tree tops and in this case, on a Poisonwood tree. Perhaps the rains coaxed the blossoms to open.
A brilliant red flower and a mass of buds on this Ipomoea vine.
Usually, the Ipomoea blooms for the holiday season starting in October but as I said, I saw my first one only the other day while travelling down Venetian Road. I wandered over onto my neighbour’s property this afternoon to take pictures of orchids and found this Wild Potato growing on a tall poison wood……a little difficult to photograph as I didn’t want to touch the poisonwood.
The Ipomoea grows throughout the Turks and Caicos Islands and is one of the prettiest with brilliant red flowers.
Watch for these flowering vines as you travel the roads of Provo…….it’s impossible to miss with those bright red flowers that stand out amongst the green foliage.
Marta
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Tags: Christmas vine, flower, Flowers, Ipomoea, vines, Wild flowers, wild potato
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
Merry Christmas everyone and A Happy New Year
Wishing you all the very best at this special time of year.
Marta and Barry
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Tags: Christmas, flower, Flowers, hibiscus, Island Christmas, New Year
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Saturday, December 19th, 2009
Wild Poinsettias grow throughout the islands and we're fortunate to be able to see them growing wild.
The wild poinsettia is found throughout our islands. It has leaves that are shaped like a lance and are often tipped with a deep red towards the centre. This cluster of red leaves gives the impression of a flower but the actual flower is found at the centre and in the photo the flowers have grown into green seed pods. Poinsettias are a favourite at Christmas time and many will buy the cultivated variety.
A floral bouquet of wild poinsettias and wild plumeria or frangipani in the gardens of Harbour Club Villas.
These beautiful wild flowers are found growing wild almost everywhere you go. The milky sap from the poinsettia is used as bush medicine and is a remedy for warts and corns.
Marta
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Tags: Bush Medicine, Christmas wild poinsettia, flower, Flowers, frangipani, plumeria, poinsettia, Wild flowers, wild poinsettia
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Tuesday, December 8th, 2009
Tiny purple flowers on a vine that I found today.
I’m not sure what made me look down on the ground but I’m glad I did. We have a rocky bank by the villas that we cleared some weeks ago and now there are many tiny clumps of creeping vines that are like a ground cover. Miniature little flowers with pointed petals are blooming all over and they are so pretty.
These little flowers are really quite lovely and if you didn't look closely, you'd miss them
I haven’t been able to come up with a name for them. I also found what I think is a variety of Creeping Day Flower in a very pretty blue. Some seeds must have blown in and they started to grow under one of my coconut palms.
Tiny, unique looking blooms of the Creeping Day flower.
Several months ago, I came across a plant with pale white flowers at Harbour Club Villas that I identified as a Creeping Day Flower. This one has blue flowers and the same leaf structure so I’m assuming it is a variety of the same plant. Again such small flowers that under normal circumstances you’d miss.
Amazing how many small low to the ground vines there are here in the Turks and Caicos Islands
Keep a close eye out for these miniature flowering vines. They are exquisite with their delicate blooms.
Marta
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Tags: flowering vines, Flowers, vines, Wild flowers, wild vines
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