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Thursday, February 15, 2007
Mallow After the Rain
This was taken right after yesterday's photo of the day.
The rain had just stopped and the sun came out beautifully.
This shot is looking up at a couple of exceptionally tall branches of our small potted Mallow
tree. The drops of water are actually on the other side, the top of the flower.
It would probably be a good idea for us to prune it. But it blooms constantly
and if we had pruned it I would not have had the opportunity
to get this shot.
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Monday, March 20, 2006
Mallow Drops
Last year after a nice trip to Monterey
I posted a beautiful photo of a Sea Tree Mallow.
I loved it so much that we went out and found a tree at
Home Depot. This is a blossom on that tree during a recent rainstorm.
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Thursday, March 16, 2006
Variegated Mandevilla
There's more rainy weather comin'! I like the rain. :-D
This was taken last week during a rainstorm. This
is another vine we got to attract butterflies along
with our Passion Flower.
Incidentally, the tendrils in that passion flower photo
are actually wrapped around this Mandevilla plant.
My botanist (my lovely wife) tells me that some plants
bloom like crazy when they feel threatened. Makes sense,
the kids can carry on the species. And that explains all the
beautiful blossoms on this plant!
The other interesting thing is this plant had solid pink flowers
last year. I like the stripes!
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Tuesday, March 7, 2006
Drops of Passion
Well yesterday was a really gray rainy day.
It was starting to bug me. Then I took
my camera into the back yard. Rain
can be a wonderful thing for a photographer!
Recently, our Passion Flower vines
made an incredible come back. We originally
got them to attract butterflies and they
were almost wiped out by their own success!
The resulting caterpillars LOVED them.
This is an extreme close-up of one of the tendrils
the vine sends out to climb things. It seems to have an amazing grip!
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