Thursday, July 5, 2012

Something Old, something New!

At last, at last! Thank you very much for the big Low Pressure Area that hits our province, we already got the needed rain. Even if it is our rainy season already, we still don't get rain unless there is a typhoon or a low pressure area, and once in a while the intertropical convergent zone (ITCZ). Typhoons bring scary strong winds with rain. LPA brings only rain without the strong winds. So we are blessed now, and we can now plant crops and ornamentals. I hope the rain doesn't stop there. Previous experiences sometimes gave us rains in very distant successions, which is not also good for newly planted plants.

Blooms which are carry-over from the dry season are still here. And totally new ones arrived!

Zinnias are left overs from the dry season. It was affected by powdery mildews, hopefully the rain washed them out.



 This can be a cousin of Celosia or cockscomb, 

 Orchids try to recover too, they still show the dry season stress.



Bamboo orchids dry season crop, this might not flower again until new vegetation is produced

Remnants of the blood lily (football lily-Haemanthus multiflorus). I've tried observing those seedheads last year, but they didn't mature enough for propagation. It bloomed from a single unusual rain in May, while we are still at the dry season.


This looks like a flower arrangement too. I hope many of you will be able to identify what it is. I know what it is, just want to give you some puzzle. Happy guessing for those from the temperate climes!

P.S. ... I am putting here the name of the last photo as i promised. Those from other tropical countries very well know it. I also posted it at my other blogsite at the same time as this post. A full post is done there for coconut. The above photo is already the very young  coconut fruits in the bunch.

Thanks everyone for joining my little puzzler!

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45 comments:

  1. beautiful flowers! the last pic is fascinating. no idea, what kind of flower it is :)

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  2. Pretty flowers and beautiful photos, Andrea. So many flowers that are unusual too.

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  3. Hi Andrea, you've certainly got this temperate climate dweller foxed. Ding! Give up! Re the post below, that house is my dream house too. I would love a hammock, but haven't worked out where to put one. And I've put a platform in a tree for the little children - not as high up as yours - and I'll post a photo of it soon. cheers, catmint

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    1. Thanks Catmint, you are using a little Oz slang on me huh! hehe. No worries i will answer my puzzle in a little while. I will wait for the photos of your platform and hammock.

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  4. So glad you got the rains! Here's hoping for a pleasant rainy season still to come!

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    1. The world has been experiencing a lot of changes, which might not be cured by human intervention or individual changes alone. Let's pray for a miracle.

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  5. Hi Andrea, You had me all confused this morning ---trying to figure out who knew me and my love for waterfalls, whom I had never met... Then I read your profile.... Can't believe you have time in your life for two blogs.. I barely have enough time for one!!!!!!! ha

    Beautiful photos... The flowers are FABULOUS... As you know, I'm a huge fan of orchids!!!
    Hugs,
    Betsy

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    1. Oh, i am sure you will not remember many of your followers or constant commenters because you have the foremost blog which receives the most number of comments, and i am also awed by that. So i think i know you so well, haha, waterfalls, uniform hiking shirts with George, a music teacher retiree married to a former physics teacher, have 3 big sons, fabulous photos, wonderful garden and house and now a fan or orchids! Did i get you right?

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  6. the blooms that are celosia like can they be used as cut flowers? can they last long as cut flowers?

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    1. Hi Photo Cache, their vase life is very short, maybe they can last for one day though! BTW, i always see and read your comments in ironwulf, a friend and sometimes travel buddy.

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  7. i love the colorful zinnias--they're delightful! i wonder if zinnia flowers all year round, i seem to see them all year round.:p

    how do you call it, coconut buds? LOL my lola used the dried coco twigs as a broom.

    Aster

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    1. Hahaha Luna you are just like someone from the temperate climes, unaware of the many things about coconut! That one used by your 'lola' as a broom is the midrib of the leaflets, after the leaf blades are stripped off. They are bundled to make a broom. They are not twigs. Only trees or dicots have twigs or branches. That's a little seminar for you, haha!

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  8. I like the second zinnia picture - the pink ones against the fence. The last thing...the palm trees that produce the little orange oil nuts. That is a branch of the immature nuts :) At least that is my guess! I am your newest blog follower!

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    1. Sorry - the blog comment was meant for something I was commenting on on my IPhone...I am trying to do too many things at once. I already follow this blog!

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    2. Thanks Libby, actually your comment is really for this post.I know how difficult it is to be commenting via mobile phone. Your guess is somehow near, but the work 'orange oil nuts' is maybe far from it.

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  9. I know what is the last picture but am not telling. Let the guessing continue, hehehe!

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    1. Yes, let the guessing continue! Let them have a little fun, or shall I say 'let me have fun'?

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    2. Hahaha, the clue is in Andrea in this Lifetime blog!

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  10. Such a lovely variety of floral colours. Happy Floral Friday!

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  11. Beautiful shots. I love zinnias it has different colors. ^_^
    Mary, MI

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  12. The orchids are lovely! You are an excellent photographer!

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    1. Oh Beth you are so kind, not that yet, still have a lot to eat before i am one!

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  13. All of those orchids are wonderful...so colorful...so beautiful! I hope the storms are not too destructive.

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  14. Beautiful flowers! The first one it's so delicate! have a nice weekend!

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  15. wonderful pictures - love the orchids

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  16. Gorgeous shots and lovely textures!
    Thanks for sharing.
    Hope to see you on my blog:)

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  17. OH! So now you've got the rains in Batangas... Sayang for me and my swimming plans, but superb for the thirsty plants. The vibrancy of zinnia are superb and what's not to like about these gorgeous orchids! I like the cockscomb and will have to remember that name, as I have a series to post on them, too. And yup, I recognize that last shot...

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  18. Hi Andrea, yes I am a Filipina my home province is Mis. Occidental in Mindanao. Nice to meet you here I am a new follower. ^_^

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  19. Lovely collection of flowers! and I know that last flowers too.

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  20. thanks for sharing your beauties with us! :)

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  21. How wonderful that you had rain for all your flowers....love the zinnias...mine are not happy without the rain.

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  22. I welcome you very warmly.
    I am happy that you visited my blog and left a comment.
    I am very pleased.
    Your post shows a lot of wonderful flowers.
    Images are fantastic.
    I send you greetings from distant Polish.
    Lucia-Maria

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  23. I have NO idea what that is! Weird, but really cool too.
    LOVE your orchids!! Hope you get the rain you need. :)

    http://amellowlife.blogspot.com/

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  24. So many lovely photos! Thank you for posting them.

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  25. We kinda now know what monsoon weather is all about Andrea - as all it does is rain here in the UK. I'll be ending up with mildew aswell on plants due to overwatering. Your plants seem to have recovered very well after their dry spell.

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    1. Thank you Rosie, my ever loyal and kind friend from the other side of the world. Actually, there are two mildews here, the powdery mildews surface during the dry season, while downy mildew appears on the rainy season. Both are fungus.

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  26. Thats a lovely post with so many beautiful pics. Thanks for sharing! Have a nice weekend.

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  27. Thank you for sharing your flowers. I can grow zinnias as annuals. I love seeing the orchids. I assume you can grow them outside in soil, not in a pot. We can only grow orchids as house plants here.

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    1. Thanks also Mary for your visit. Most of the orchids are epiphytes, meaning they grow on air not in soil. They can be placed in a pot but instead of soil there is just some organic media for root anchor. We really grow them here outside directly in contact with the elements. I guess you also have orchids fitted for your climate.

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  28. Growing up in the Philippines, those young coconuts remind me of my Lola!

    Andrea, thanks for the concern, I hope to be able to blog very often.

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  29. Glad you the rain! Lovely shots.

    Thanks for taking part in Floral Friday Fotos.

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  30. Glad you got rain. Your plants look very happy to me. Those zinnias are so colorful. Your bamboo orchid looks like ones I have which are Vanda Miss Joaquim aka Papilionanthe Miss Joaquim. I don't have a clue as to where I got this or when, it grows like a weed and I love it.

    I love your cousin to Celosia blooms.

    I've become a follower of this blog of yours also. I love reading about and seeing photos of what grows in other parts of this great big world of ours.

    Happy Gardening ~ FlowerLady

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    1. Thanks for coming over FL, and for being a follower of this blog. Actually that bamboo orchid is V Miss Joaquim, it got famous as cutflowers decades ago in Singapore. It also grows like weeds here now, they also thrive on neglect but I am glad it can survive our dry season!

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