Tag Archives: Orchids

A purple patch

An orchid tree flower in Hawi, Hawai
An orchid tree flower.

This week’s Sunday Stills monthly color challenge is ‘Diamond, Quartz, Crystal and/or Purple.’ See more responses here. I’m going with purple because I have nothing for the others! I was going to do another flower array, but then I had a wander around beautiful downtown Hawi and came up with these photos.

A water dispenser in Hawi, Hawai
A water dispenser in Hawi.
A screen in Hawi, Hawai
A screen at the Hub in Hawi.
A store door in Hawi, Hawai
The door of a store in Hawi.
Part of a sign in Hawi, Hawaii
Part of a sign in front of a building.
Can you figure out what the full sign says?
An abandoned theater in Hawi, Hawai
A sign at the front of an old theater in Hawi.

April flowers from March showers

Water lilies at Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden
Water lilies.
Painter's Pallette Anthurium at Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden
Painter’s Pallette Anthurium.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘April Flowers.’ See more responses here.

Looking through my files, I found a dearth of flower photos taken in April, except for one visit to Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden a couple of years ago. These photos are from that visit.

A Phalaenopsis Orchid at Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden
Phalaenopsis or Moth Orchid.

Some ‘flowers’ aren’t flowers at all. These are the bracts of the plants, which are far more showy than the small flowers that emerge from them later.

Heliconia Pogonantha at Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden
Heliconia Pogonantha
A red Heliconia at Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden
Red heliconia
Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia at Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden
Hanging Lobster Claw Heliconia
Beehive ginger plants at Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden
Beehive ginger

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

Cattleya Labiata orchid

A Cattleya labiata orchid at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Garden
A Cattleya labiata orchid at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Garden

There are many things to like about this orchid. It’s a beautiful flower. It’s an epiphyte, growing on the trunk of a tree. It hosts a small hover fly, which I didn’t notice at the time. And it has a handy tag attached, identifying what it is, which I also didn’t see until later.

There’s an interesting story about the discovery of this flower here.