The yellow flowers of the Devil’s Tongue Barrel Cactus have been coming out in our patio garden for several years. A few weeks ago, we bought another Devil’s Tongue we saw in the garden shop. Although we knew that the Devil’s produced pink flowers, we did not know until just this week that the new cactus was going to have pink flowers. Click on the image to enlarge.
This beautiful flower opened up today on our patio. It’s a ‘Santana‘ hibiscus, a miniature (4 inches/10cm diameter) version of Hawaii’s state flower. Click image to enlarge.
It looks as if my Santana hibiscus likes to bloom late summer and hopefully into the fall.
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This beautiful spotted maroon phalaenopsis (moth) orchid has been dormant on the patio since it bloomed last year, but is now back in all it’s glory. Click image to enlarge.
She lit on the hibiscus, posed for just a second and fluttered off. Not before I got this photo, though. Click to enlarge.
The big Devil’s Tongue barrel cactus in the back yard is again in bloom. The appearance of the beautiful flowers attracts honey bees who brave their way through the spikes and spines to gather nectar. Click on the image to enlarge.
These came home with us from the supermarket today. They are sunflowers but with very fluffy petals. Quite pretty. Click image to see the big picture.
