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Nothing blooming in my house. My garden is mostly brown among the evergreens and snow.
Since nothing is blooming in my garden I thought I’d post some pictures of plants I saw on my vacation – sort of borrowed gardens. Anyway, here are some pretty colors.
I need help with plant identification. If you recognize any of these plants please let me know.
Can you guess where I was?
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What a splash of colors! I'm sure you were somewhere in the tropicals or sub tropicals. Later when I enlarged your pictures, they suggest you were in Hawaii!
ReplyDeleteCS,
ReplyDeleteWow, that didn't take long. You are correct. I was on the island of Maui. The scenery was fabulous.
Great blooms. The 4th photo looks like Red Ixora, the 5th photo looks like a type of Ginger, and the 6th, 7th and 8th photos, (not the tree) look like differents types of Hibiscus, to me.
ReplyDeleteDarla,
ReplyDeleteI was pretty sure of the Ginger and hibiscus. Thanks for the confirmation. I'll have to look up Red Ixora - Thank you!
The picture of the tree isn't very clear but it is a Painted Bark Eucalyptus. It was quite spectacular in person.
Where were you on Maui? My in-laws live in Hana part of the year. They just arrived there today, in fact! Fabulous garden being created by my FIL, he works like a maniac, not very laid-back Hawaiian of him! Hope the memory of those beautiful tropical blooms and the warmth of the sun is sustaining you through this cold cold time!
ReplyDeletePS I am not much of a tropical plant IDer but I'd say you have a few hibiscus there and also a some kind of wild ginger (5th down of the small pics, the spiky upright red flowers).
ReplyDeleteKaren,
ReplyDeleteI took a tour on the road to Hana. I was absolutely blown away. The scenery is awesome.
We couldn't go all the way around - the really rough part was still too muddy.
I envy your in-laws. Temp here tonight will be near zero.
Maholo
I was going to guess Hawaii. Lots of beautiful blooms there, I hear. Thanks for joining in for bloom day!
ReplyDeleteCarol, May Dreams Gardens
I believe the first picture is grape orchid. Any confirmation?
ReplyDeleteOops. Grape orchid is actually the second picture.
ReplyDeleteThe top picture is one of the largest bougainvillea I have ever seen, I think.