Category Archives: Flowers

The Numbers Game #31

A pueo snags a meal. A favorite encounter of mine, the original post ran here.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 152. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Lights on the water.
Hualalai seen over a sea of clouds.
The Super Blood Wolf Moon hangs over Hawi.
Thank goodness it’s parked!
The iceman cometh.
A Japanese white-eye perches on the stem of a Japanese aloe flower
A Japanese White-eye on a Japanese Aloe, another favorite photo of mine.

The Numbers Game #30

Kite flying over Upolu.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 151. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A Praying Mantis giving me the look.
A tiny fish wonders what the big lump is in its tide pool.
A gecko chilling at the Pepsi machine.
A Pacific Beetle Cockroach.
Clouds gather around a tree on the slopes of Mauna Kea.
An endangered Palila contemplates a snack.

The Numbers Game #29

Not a chocolate bar, but a mud-covered car. How did it get that way? Original post here.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 150. Apart from the top photo, it’s all about plants this week. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A Coqui Frog nestled in a ginger flower.
An orange and white orchid in Hawaii
Some kind of orchid I think.
A Bee approaches a mock-orange in Hawaii
A bee approaches Mock Orange flowers, already laden with pollen.
A gecko on a pink banana.
A Bubblegum Heliconia.
A Toothbrush Orchid.

I’m red, white and blue for you

A sign on a business in Kailua Kona Hawaii
The sign above the ABC Supply Company building in Kailua Kona. These letters always make me think of Elvis Costello’s song, Brilliant Mistake, which includes the lyrics: ‘She said that she was working for the ABC News. It was as much of the alphabet as she knew how to use.’

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Red, White, & Blue.’ See more responses here.

Here’s my selection this week with captions on the photos.

A Ring-necked pheasant in Hawaii
A Ring-necked Pheasant.
A Yellow-billed cardinal in Hawaii
A Yellow-billed Cardinal ready to take a dip.
A Hawaii Life Flight helicopter at Upolu Airport, Hawaii
Hawaii Life Flight helicopter training at Upolu Airport.
An inflatable snowman outside a store in Hawaii
It’s not too early, is it?
St Augustines Episcopal Church in Kapaau, Hawaii
St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Kapaau
Canoe paddlers practice in the waters off Hawaii
Canoe paddlers out on the blue Pacific.

From a tropical garden

A Lennart Karl Gottling 'Hula Skirt' orchid at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
A splendidly named Lennart Karl Gottling ‘Hula Skirt’ orchid.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Plant Life.’ See more responses here. Since I went to Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden a couple of weeks ago, it seems appropriate to post a few of those photos for this one.

For more information about Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden, go to htbg.com.

A Gecko on a heliconia at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
Got to have a gecko in here, this one looking for bugs or a drink of water on a heliconia.
An Episcia plant at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
An Episcia plant, not sure which kind.
Bromeliads at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
A variety of bromeliads.
Tropical foliage at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
Sun and shade on lush tropical foliage.
A Philippine Ground Orchid at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
Philippine Ground Orchid flowers.
A Begonia brevirimosa subsp. exotica plant at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
Begonia brevirimosa subsp. exotica with its outrageous leaves and cute flowers.

Rainbow Shower tree

The flowers of a rainbow shower tree in Hawaii

Rainbow Shower trees (Cassia x nealae) produce an abundance of flowers, varying in color from yellow to orange, pink, and red, often on the same flower. The color mix is due to them being a hybrid, which is also the reason they don’t produce seedpods

The flowers of a rainbow shower tree in Hawaii