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The Numbers Game #72

Lava fountaining in the summit caldera of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii
Lava fountaining during the 21st episode of the current eruption at Kilauea Volcano.

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

The top photo is from two days ago, when I finally made it down to Kilauea Volcano to see the latest in a string of eruptions. Hopefully, I will get my photos sorted for a longer post about that in the next day or two.

A bee in a cannonball tree flower in Hawaii
A bee in the flower of a Cannonball Tree.
A Phalaenopsis violacea orchid.
A Pinktail Triggerfish.
Hapu’u Ferns.
Kahili Ginger and raindrops.
An old propellor on shore near the boat lauch at South Point.

Purple patches

A Manybar Goatfish in the waters off Hawaii
A guilty-looking Manybar Goatfish.

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge theme is ‘Purple.’ See more responses here. Captions on the photos.

Colored lines on a table fan in Hawaii
Lines on a table fan.
A purple orchid in Hawaii
A purple orchid
A bee on a Queen’s Wreath flower.
A purple Outrigger Canoe in Hawaii
Outrigger canoe racing.

The Numbers Game #67

A Japanese White-eye on a pink banana flower.

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

Sunset off Kohala.
Lesser Grass Blue Butterflies.
Vireya Rhododendron flowers.
Orchid Onc. Tsuiki Magueritte.
A Snowflake Moray Eel.
A lava breakout from the Kilauea lava flow.
A lava breakout on a 2016 Kilauea lava flow. The couple on the right hadn’t yet noticed it. Original post here.

From the garden

A Red heliconia at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
A very red heliconia.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘National Garden Month.’ See more responses here. I don’t really have a garden here, but I do enjoy a visit to Hawai’i Tropical Botanical Garden, so here are some photos from my most recent visit.

at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
Anthurium Schlechtendalii or Pheasant’s Tail.
A Fiery Spike flower at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
Fiery spike (Aphelandra aurantiaca).
Foliage in a pot at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
Foliage in a pot.
Panama Queen flowers at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
Aphelandra sinclairiana or Panama Queen.
Wishing well orchids at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
Orchids in the well. There’s probably enough money in there to cover the cost of admission!
Red Ti leaves at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
Red Ti leaves in the sun.

Favorite flowers in Hawaii

Flexibility is important in nature, as this mourning gecko demonstrates while drinking from a bird of paradise flower.
A Mourning Gecko takes a drink from a Bird of Paradise flower.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Favorite Flowers.’ Here are some of mine. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here

Maiapilo flowers in Hawaii
Maiapilo flowers start out white and change to pink as the day wears on,
Yellow and pink Hibiscus tiliaceus flowers in Hawaii
Hibiscus Tiliaceus, Hau in Hawaii, also changes color through the day.
An Hawaii ‘Amakihi with Mamane flowers.
A Wasp in an Ohia flower in Hawaii
A wasp in an Ohia Lehua flower.
Raindrops on Plumerias in Hawaii
Raindrops on Plumerias.
A bee forages through the blooms of a mock orange.
A bee on Mock Orange flowers.

And finally some photos from the Hilo Orchid Show last year. I’ve definitely become an orchid fan since moving here.

An Epidendrum Pacific Pastel orchid at the Hilo Orchid Show in Hawaii
Epidendrum Pacific Pastel.
A Paphiopedilum St. Swithin orchid at the Hilo Orchid Show in Hawaii
Paphiopedilum St. Swithin.
A Monnierara Millennium Magic 'Witchcraft' orchid at the Hilo Orchid Show in Hawaii
Monnierara Millennium Magic ‘Witchcraft.’

The Numbers Game #61

A gecko checks out the scene from the coin return slot of a Pepsi machine.

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

V22 Ospreys landing at Upolu AIrport.
The 1820 Mission building in Honolulu.
Papakōlea Beach, near South Point, is better known as Green Sand Beach.
A Praying Mantis peers down.
A Wild Turkey struts his stuff.
A Dendrobium secundum orchid.