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Tropical leaves

Foliage at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Leaf Peeping.’ See more responses here.

No color changes here, but lots of big leaves at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden and elsewhere around the island.

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

Foliage at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Foliage at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Foliage at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Foliage at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Foliage at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii
Foliage at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo, Hawaii

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.

Going green

The view from Waipio Valley overlook offers many shades of green and a good deal of blue.

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

Two horse in a pasture near Pololu.
A Northern Cardinal against a green background.
Lush vegetation in one of the many gullies along the Hamakua Coast.
Found this on the shore one early morning. A fisherman’s lure perhaps.
A green crab on the beach.
You know the U.S. has guns, but we have tanks too!

From a tropical garden

A Lennart Karl Gottling 'Hula Skirt' orchid at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
A splendidly named Lennart Karl Gottling ‘Hula Skirt’ orchid.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Plant Life.’ See more responses here. Since I went to Hawai’i Tropical Bioreserve & Garden a couple of weeks ago, it seems appropriate to post a few of those photos for this one.

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

A Gecko on a heliconia at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
Got to have a gecko in here, this one looking for bugs or a drink of water on a heliconia.
An Episcia plant at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
An Episcia plant, not sure which kind.
Bromeliads at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
A variety of bromeliads.
Tropical foliage at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
Sun and shade on lush tropical foliage.
A Philippine Ground Orchid at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
Philippine Ground Orchid flowers.
A Begonia brevirimosa subsp. exotica plant at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Gardens
Begonia brevirimosa subsp. exotica with its outrageous leaves and cute flowers.

How green are my valleys?

A view of the Valleys of Kohala Mountain in Hawaii
Valleys and waterfalls of Kohala Mountain.

This week’s Sunday Stills monthly challenge is ‘Green.’ See more responses here. Captions on photos.

A Green Anole on a green Ti leaf in Hawaii
A Green Anole on green Ti leaves.
A pueo flies over the pastures of North Kohala in Hawaii
A Pueo flies over the green pastures of North Kohala.
Tropical Foliage and shadows in Hawaii
Tropical foliage creates strong shadows…
Tropical Foliage and shadows in Hawaii
…that look like Venn Diagrams!
A view of Pololu Valley in Hawaii
A view up Pololu Valley in Kohala