Tag Archives: Tropical Foliage

The Numbers Game #126

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

Also posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

A Phalaenopsis Minho Princess orchid at the Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden — A Phalaenopsis Minho Princess orchid.

A pink ginger flower grows up between the leaves of a joey palm at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden. — A Phalaenopsis Minho Princess orchid.

A Hawaii Amakihi in Hawaii — An Hawaii Amakihi during its morning workout.

Tropical foliage illuminated by a shaft of sunlight — An Hawaii Amakihi during its morning workout.

The Numbers Game #121

The firehose of lava, in 2017, from Pu'u O'o vent at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park — The firehose of lava from Pu’u O’o vent during an eruption in 2017.

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

The top photo and the first gallery are photos that haven’t run on the blog before. I don’t know why I never ran the top one, though I had a lot of good photos to choose from that day.

Tropical foliage in Hawaii — Tropical foliage.

A Catatante Pacific Sunspots Orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden — Tropical foliage.

Nishimura Bay on the Big Island, Hawaii — Nishimura Bay on the Kohala Coast.

View of Mauna Kea from Pu'u Wa'awa'a bench — Nishimura Bay on the Kohala Coast.

Greenery

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge, guest hosted by Susanne at Cats and Trails and Garden Tales, is ‘Jade Green.’ See more responses here. Just the two this week, in part because of inclement weather and power outages.

Top is an underwater view at Two Step, a popular snorkeling spot in South Kona. Second is some dappled light in the greenery at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.

Peekaboo view

A view of the coast, through tropical foliage, on the east side of the island.

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.

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.