Monday, May 15, 2017

May Blooms 2017

We are at the height of our Dry Season, it is actually not dry but hot and humid. The temperature together with the relative humidity gives a distinct feeling of heat measured as Heat Index. In the city where i live   the temperature today is 36°C and 37°C for the weekend. Those temperatures alone are so difficult to humans and HI gets to 41-42°C! We in the offices are a bit privileged as we have airconditioning units, and i don't leave for home until past 6 for the temperature at home to be milder.

I aborted my plan of going home last weekend for my plants. The conditions in going home will be very difficult, i decided not to risk my health now, as i have not been fully free from the allergic cough i got since last week. I actually had it when i joined the butterfly group in trekking and photographing butterflies, in 3 separate places! I am thankful that my resistance is not really very low, that i was able to go without aggravating my health condition.

I missed photographing my hippeastrum, my hoyas in bloom and other plants i know are blooming. Am glad my sister sent me even just phone shots of the hoyas currently blooming. Others i fully didn't see, but i know these plants are now showing their colors. Most of these i took the first week of May.

Hippeastrum puniceum, after the first typhoon which brought heavy rains in April

above is just a clump, and we had more hedges which are just starting

 
a clump in the hedges that i wasn't privilege to see blooming

again another portion of the hedges with emerging scapes
                                                                   
 More hippeastrum hedge, with late scape emergence. At the right is a bush of Ixora bracteata

a nice double umbel of Ixora bracteata

 Hoya pubicorolla ssp. anthracina still doesn't stop blooming, it has been blooming since February

 Hoya carnosa red gives lovely dainty umbels

 as usual, H pubicalyx never stops, it is one of the bigger umbels among the hoyas

 another form of Hoya pubicalyx with green rounded leaves, but a bit hesitant in flowering

 Hoya meliflua has one of the long lasting flowers, nectar ooze much brightening the color of the corolla. When it rains the color pales without the nectar.

 Hoya obscura, one of the nicest scents among my collection.

 Hoya merrillii, also lovely and diligent to flower, but doesn't give organized umbels

One of my favorite scents with citrusy smell, Hoya crassicaulis, the golf ball hoya

Hoya multiflora is not viny but erect bush, also very frolific in flowering, with many nodes sometimes all giving umbels.

 
Left is Hoya lacunosa, another sweet scented hoya. At the right is Hoya valmayoriana which managed to climb the lanzones tree. It escaped my watching eyes.

 
The above two are sent by my sister from a cellfone shot. Left is Hoya meliflua, which started flowering  for the first time in her care; at the right is the first flowering of Hoya elmeri, formerly Hoya mindorensis superba. It has a big very rounded umbel. 

As i said at the outset, i failed to photograph all the other flowering plants in the garden as i failed to go home last weekend. These are just handy because they are the first priority to photograph when i am home. They are also a little bit pampered, unlike the rest of the gang, which are mostly left on their own. 


13 comments:

  1. Wonderful sights, it's so nice to see everything grow and bloom, especially with these unusual looks and vibrant colors.

    Mersad
    Mersad Donko Photography

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  2. Some very interesting plants. All new to me here in England.

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  3. You did well that you did not go home if it would harm your health. Flowers are beautiful. I admire hoye, with us they can grow only in pots at home. Regards.

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  4. Hello, your flowers and photos are beautiful! I would stay in the air conditioning too! Take care! Have a great new week!

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  5. You always have so many beautiful blooms--what a delight to see them!

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  6. I love the Hippeastrum and Ixora. Wonderful plants! Happy Bloom Day.

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  7. I hope you do okay in that heat. I know at the height of summer when the humidity is at its worst, I don't do very well. Not sure how I would be if it were hotter. Your flowers are very exotic looking, lovely, beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing them.

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  8. Beautiful flowers Andrea and your hoya's so special. Hope you feel better soon and your weather turns a bit cooler for you

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  9. Wow what a beautiful photo's. I wish I could sent you some cold fresh air from Holland.
    Thanks for sharing your beautiful Hoya's.
    Have a wonderful day.
    Greatings from Holland.

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  10. Beautiful shots of your hoyas! That is hot! I'm glad your health is OK, and that you have air-conditioning at work.

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  11. I am sorry to hear of your allergies and I have them too and at times have a cough or a wheeze. I am glad you are feeling better and were able to share the beautiful blooms...Michelle

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  12. Hello Andrea, I hope you will be feeling much better soon! Thank you for the lovely photos. I especially like the close-ups of your Ixora bracteata and the hoyas!

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  13. Gorgeous shots of these beauties.

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