Tag Archives: Clerodendrum

At the garden

A water lily at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii — A water lily.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Autumn or spring plant life.’ See more responses here. These photos were taken at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden at this time of the year.

A Dwarf Pineapple at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii — Dwarf pineapple.

A Hibiscus schizopetalus at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii — Dwarf pineapple.

A Ti plant at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii — Ti plant.

A Nodding clerodendrum at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii — Ti plant.

The Numbers Game #83

A Long-tailed blue butterfly on a tasselflower in Hawaii — A Long-tailed Blue Butterfly on a Tasselflower.

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 205. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Simply Red. See more responses here.

A brown anole keeps watch — Brown Anole.

Java Glory Vine

Java Glory Vine (Clerodendrum speciosum) hails from Indonesia. I saw this one tumbling from a wall on a hike along the South Kohala Coast.

Clerodendrum inerme

Clerodendrum inerme is a native of tropical Asia and the Pacific. It thrives in full sun and is salt tolerant so it’s a popular plant for landscaping in coastal areas of Hawaii, though it has the potential to become invasive.

Clerodendron and tropical foliage

Clerodendrum paniculatum flowers add a splash of color to the shades of green of various tropical foliage plants.

Clerodendrum paniculatum ‘Borneo Sunset’

clerodendrum paniculatum 'borneo sunset'

I ran a post on Clerodendrum paniculatum back in August. This ‘Borneo Sunset’ is a different one, more red than orange. Both were seen at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.

For more information about Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, go to htbg.com.

Clerodendrum paniculatum

Clerodendrum paniculatum flowers

Clerodendrum paniculatum is known as the pagoda plant. When I last visited Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden in mid July it seemed like there were fewer plants in bloom than when I’ve visited at other times of the year. But the pagoda plants were rampant and putting on quite a show.