On our way back home from the gym, I spotted a brilliant flash of red in the bush. I told Barry to stop and back up. Sure enough it was my first sighting of the Wild Potato that starts blooming before Christmas.
Stunning red flowers on the Wild Potato also known as Ipomoea Microdactyla.
Also, the other day I spotted my first flowering wild orchid at Harbour Club Villas. Beautiful tall Encyclia Altissima with its yellowish brown petals and purple and white striped labellum. The labellum is the lip like part of the orchid which attracts those insects that pollinate the flower, and acts as a landing platform for those insects.
The tall, slender Encyclia Altissima orchid in bloom and such a heavenly scent too!
The Turks and Caicos Islands have so many different wild flowers that visitors can watch for as they enjoy their island holidays.
Marta