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There are several African Tulip Trees (Wikipedia Link) in Roca Verde which I have highlighted before with their bright orange flowers, but the one on the hill above me is such a bright spot, it is hard to not keep featuring it! 🙂 Another sign that summer is beginning.
Yesterday it was afternoon before looking for something to photograph. The morning blue sky and fluffy white clouds were gone, so I looked up the other direction behind my house, up the hill where others live and to the beauty of their gardens above my Monstera seen below! 🙂 “Look up on high, and thank …
I usually use my 600mm zoom lens to zoom in on a bird far away, but with no birds around this morning I was attracted by the bright red or red-orange blooms of the African Tulip Tree on the hill above me. Here’s 3 levels of zooming, 2 with my cell phone and one with …
On the hill above my little casita are blooming some brilliant orange African Tulip Trees (an immigrant or invasive species?) and above those the ever-present pink-to-purple bougainvillea which I see here through the limbs of my Guarumo or Cecropia tree. Having “colorful neighbors” can be a plus! And colorful flowers add to my happiness! …
Yes, I could say that things are looking up as the number of Covid cases has greatly decreased, more people are out without a mask and businesses seem to be doing a little better, but this time I’m talking about literally looking up from my garden or terrace and seeing the beauty I miss when …
Can you see it? In the fork of the guarumo tree on the distant hill. Red-orange.It is a spot of color I see every time I walk out on my terrace and it brings a smile.It is an African Tulip Tree I’m glad a neighbor planted!Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica It is a tree like …
From behind the big rock at Roca Verde entranceyou see the red-orange flowers of our African Tulip Tree.Atenas, Costa Rica African Tulip TreeZooming in on another tropical tree that blooms for about one month.Atenas, Costa Rica I walk about half a mile up a steep hill to Chef Dan’s house 2 or 3 times a …
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African Tulip TreeAlso called Flame of the Forest and Fountain TreeAt a neighbor’s house on the hill above me.Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica Yellow Bell TreeI have many of these around my house & just starting to bloom.Roca Verde, Atenas, Costa Rica My photo gallery FLORA & FORESTS Or more specifically MY HOME GARDENS
