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PLANTAS & FLORES

January 6, 2015 by Allan Stephenson

GARDENS, PLANTS, FLOWERS and BIRDS.

 They say you can shove a stick in the ground here and they say it will turn into a bush.

(It does not.)

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Every tree has it’s month of blooming. In March it’s the blue  Jacaranda. A native tree. This was a colder than normal winter so this year they bloomed in April.

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yellowtreesAbove- In February its the yellow Primavera tree.

RedTreeAbove– In April -May it’s the bright red “Flame tree”.

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March- now the Amarylis has been in bloom since early February.

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DSC_0038Below– The trunk of a Washingtonia Palm tree.

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Below– The new shoot of a Filipendula type plant here in the garden

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birdoofp2The ubiquitous Bird Of Paradise flower.

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Below– We know the birds mostly by their calls and we have not matched the calls to the colours.

A female Great Kiskadee I am told.

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Below-A Vermillion Flycatcher

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