What I like about tropical foliage is not just its rampant nature, but also its splashes of color. Here, red leaves and anthuriums stand out from the numerous shades of green.
Tropical foliage
Tag Archives: Anthuriums
Bicolor anthurium
The strong colors of bicolor anthuriums stand out against their green leaves.
These were at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. For more information about Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, go to htbg.com.
Anthurium cupulispathum
Anthurium cupulispathum is a large-leafed anthurium with a long, hanging spadex. The little dots on the spadex are seeds. The plant originally hails from Equador.
Anthurium ‘Miss Mini Purple’
Let’s face it, anthuriums are a little bit strange. But I’ve grown to appreciate them more, living in Hawaii, and they certainly are a richly tropical flower.
These were at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. For more information go to htbg.com.
Banana stalk flies mating
This is a pair of banana stalk flies (Telostylinus lineolatus) mating on a …wait minute, that’s not a banana stalk. In fact it’s the spadix of an Anthurium schlechtendalii or Pheasant’s tail.
I had to hunt around a bit to identify the insect, but found useful information at whatsthatbug.com. One thing I liked was where it stated, “With enormous eyes, this tiny, tropical, stilt-legged fly maintains a confident distance from human approach, by swiftly running around the blind-side of whatever surface it is on.” This made me laugh because that was EXACTLY what this pair did when I tried to photograph them.
Anthurium
I believe these striking plants are purple anthuriums, which I saw at the Hawaiian Tropical Botanical Garden on the Hilo side of the island.
For more information about Hawaiian flowers, go to wildlifeofhawaii.com/flowers/. For more information about Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, go to htbg.com.
Graham's Island 