Tag: FOTD
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Flower of The Day
This is just one of all the plants blooming now in our garden here in Cyprus. Could it be a White Gaura? I don’t know for sure, but it is a pretty little flower. For Cee’s Flower of The Day
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FOTD – Wild & Ordinary
Just an ordinary wild flower, nothing special about that, although if you look a little closer you will find an exciting little beauty which often changes its appearance and takes on a different character. For Cee´s Flower of The Day
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Today’s Flower – Orchids
“Plant seeds of happiness, hope, success, and love; it will all come back to you in abundance. This is the law of nature.” —Steve Maraboldi Cee´s Flower of The Day
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FOTD – Tropical Flowers
Now I’ve dug deep into my archive again and found some plants that are typically tropical. All the plants seen here were photographed during my travels in Borneo, Malaysia. Above is the Clock Vine (Thunbergia mysorensis) that I found in Kota Kinabalu Park, Sabah. I have tried to identify the names of the flowers below,…
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Flower of The Day – Frangipani
“A flower blooming in the desert proves to the world that adversity, no matter how great, can be overcome.”– Matshona Dhliwayo Cee’s Flower of the Day
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Wordless Wednesday
Cee’s Flower of the Day
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Dagens Blomma – Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea, min favorit bland blommor. Vi har sjutton stycken i trädgården i olika färger och storlekar. Några av de som fanns där när vi köpte huset har vuxit sig riktigt stora. De har vassa taggar, växer fort och måste klippas ofta medan blombladen sprider sig överallt. Men vad gör det, även när jag sopat ihop…
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Today’s Flower & Insect
Wild Gladiolus Purple, a beautiful spring flower with a lovely colour. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day I’m not sure if the insect below is a White-spotted rose beetle, it looks too hairy and it doesn’t have so many white spots. Could also be a Mediterranean spotted chafer, I don’t know but anyway, it’s…
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Caper Flower Flinders Rose
Capparis spinosa, the caper bush which has edible flower buds and fruits that gives capers. I’ve only seen a few of this plant here in Cyprus unlike in Malta where it’s very common. The plant, also called Flinders Rose, is very useful. The buds and its fruit are usually consumed salted or pickled as a…
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Today’s plant – Thistle
Same thistle with various edits The photo below is not edited more than in size and slightly enhanced colors. Surely, even thistles can be beautiful and the real ones often the most beautiful. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Passion Flower
What a fascinating flower!! I have so many of these flowers in my garden that they are impossible to count. Imagine how many fruits there will be!!! I love passion fruit. How lucky I am!! Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day
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Pink Rock Rose plant
Google Lens says this is a pink rock rose plant, I think it’s purple but it doesn’t matter. It’s a common colorful wildflower of which there are many now out in the wild here in Cyprus. It also attracts insects. Cee’s Photo Challenge Flower of The Day