Actually, for the last past 2 weeks there are intermittent drizzles! I am really puzzled by this, as it never happened in the past except last year. Probably, the ultimate culprit everyone always mention is indeed the reason, Climate Change. It is a very famous phenomenon on Earth! Whew! And i personally experience the changes in my own personal environment.
The saddest immediate response i envision is the also intermittent flowering of my hippeastrum. It happened last year when the small drizzles were enough to teminate the dormancy of the bulbs, sending some to blooming. The outcome is not my expected simultaneous hedge blooms i am visualizing and waiting for the whole year! OMG, it could be a repeat of last year, i am so frustrated. I feel great yet i feel sad, two competing emotions for two different reasons. Happiness is a choice so i am still happy.
the ever gregarious bougainvillea that is happy with heat, welcoming everyone at our gate
in the family of justicia or shrimp plant, though am not sure of exact ID
Ixora javanica, a tree ixora, a new plant we got from the tree that was uprooted
to give way for the garage. It is happy also with the heat.
the real flowers of bougainvillea with satin-like petals
the 4 o-clock plant, Mirabilis jalapa
close-up of Mirabilis jalapa
Portulaca oleraceae, ornamental for us, but salad vegies and medicinal for others
forgot its name, Genus ? australis
Turnera ulmifolia and Turnera subulata, which both blooms only until noon, favorite of some bees especially the stingless bees.
My ever reliable and self-supporting purple Vanda, towering against the blue sky. At right is "kasupanggil" or Clerodendrum intermidium, food of butterflies
Celosia argentea 'Cristata' or C. cristata, with their wavy tops, i just realized i also a nectar plant for some butterflies. From now on i will always plant it just to pacify them.
The sweet scented Sansevieria trifasciata, whose inflorescense opens at early evening sending us their delightful aroma.
The most responsive among my collection of hippeastrum. My hedges are orange but the different color collections are in pots, just like this one. I have already asked around FB and groups the ID of this, but somehow the exact one is still coming. There still are 6 spikes already coming out last week, which i might not see the bloom because i am not going home this weekend. I hope my nephew will send me a nicer picture of their blooms, as most of them are first time bloomers. They are from seeds.
