Tag Archives: Hawai’i Tropical Botanical Garden

Waterfalls

A view of Onomea Waterfalls at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens near HIlo, Hawaii
Onomea Falls at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Gardens.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Fountains and falls.’ See more responses here.

A view of a waterfall on the North Kohala coast, Hawaii
Looking up at a Kohala Mountain waterfall.
A view of a waterfall on the North Kohala coast, Hawaii
A waterfall on the remote North Kohala coast.
A view of Wai'ale Falls at HIlo, Hawaii
Wai’ale Falls in the distance from a bridge over the Wailuku River.
A view of the Wailuku River bed at HIlo, Hawaii
The Wailuku River bed with Pe’epe’e Falls in the distance.
A view of Rainbow Falls at HIlo, Hawaii
Rainbow Falls in Hilo. No rainbow and not much water falling because it’s been so dry here.

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.
Full Moon.
Hiking in Kahuku
On a guided hike at the Kahuku section of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Heliconia Colgantea.
Dwarf Date Palm.
A clerodendrum inerme flower in Hawaii
Clerodendrum Inerme.

The Numbers Game #80

A Coconut Orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden

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

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

A Spinner Dolphin doing its thing.
The firehose of lava entering the sea from Kilauea Volcano
A long exposure of the fire hose of lava.
A shedding anole.
Super blood wolf moon!
Hawaiian Zebra Blennies.
A Potter Wasp on a Tree Heliotrope.

Butterfly hut

A photo of the butterfly hut at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden

One of the new features at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden is a butterfly hut. In it are rows of chrysalises and, after the appropriate time, newly-emerging Monarch Butterflies. I took this photo to capture one such, but somehow, neither the butterfly or chrysalises can be distinguished. Instead, there’s reflections and layers of plants and mesh and glass at different levels, which I rather like.