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Bougainvillea "Juanita." The brilliant color
is provided by bracts of secondary leaves. The flowers (one at
right) are very small, about 1/8" to 3/16" across. |
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Here I have zoomed in to a magnification of about 5 times. The closer one gets, the stranger the blooms (and the buds) become. |
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| This view magnified nearly 10 times. |
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Hawaiian Ti (cordyline terminalis). This one gets a lot of sun. A yucca elephantipes in background |
| This Hawaiian Ti spends most of its time in the shade and is, therefore, not as colorful as the previous example. |  |
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This is a plant I haven't been able to identify. It was given to me by a friend who received it from a friend . . . If you can help, please email me. The blooms are about the size of a dime -- maybe a little smaller. It acts like a succulent, requiring little water. |  |
Flash! June 6, 2000 -- Teri Epp of Northern Cal identified my plant as "Candy Apple." She tells me it grows wild on the roadsides there with virtually no water. It dies out with a frost but comes back "with a vengeance." I'm now in the process of trying to find the Latin name. Thanks a bunch, Teri.
Flash again! June 14, 2000 -- Maddy Lehmann of South Africa has supplied the botanical name of the plant. It is aptenia cordifolia, a member of the family Mesembryanthemaceae "Mesembs." The plant is native to the coastal regions of Western Cape Province, South Africa and grows as a ground cover in rocky outcropings. Muchas gracias, Maddy.
