August 7, 2011

Yellow, White and Red Flowers Nearby

Here are three flowers species I managed to capture on-the-run over the hectic period of our move to our new home.

This Kampanilya or Yellow Bell (Allamanda cathartica Linn) adorned the gate of our old house. 


These Kalachuchi flowers, aka Temple Flower or Frangipani (Plumeria acuminata), grow on a magnificent tree in front of our new neighbor's house. 


And finally a macro of a flower in a Flame Tree (Delonix regia) outside the court we played tennis last week. To see an entire tree in bloom, see my earlier post here

 Manila, 2011

Check out the stunning flowers at Today's Flower and fabulous macros at Macro Monday. I'm also linking with the blogging communities at Mellow Yellow Monday and Ruby Tuesday.

27 comments:

Cecilia Artista said...

Lovely flowers! I especially like the last one with the brilliant colors!

Leckeres für Mensch und Katze - Goodies for a pleasant life said...

Very nice flowers! Have a great week. :) LG Tina

Luna Miranda said...

terrific shots! i love the fire flame tree--they're vibrant and beautiful. but be careful, there are itchy worms on fire flame trees. i hope you have settled in your new home.

joo said...

All are lovely, but yellow are special with the drops of rain on:)
Hugs
Joo

jabblog said...

The frangipani flowers look so beautiful, almost unreal.

Leckeres für Mensch und Katze - Goodies for a pleasant life said...

I think, you follow me and will always get the newest information on your dashboard. :) So I will like to see you on Friday for WEF! Have a great week! LG Tina

DeniseinVA said...

I remember the scent of the frangipani from my trips to Hawaii, incredible perfume. Your bottom flower is something I have never seen before, so exotic looking. Your first flower is also very beautiful. Thanks for sharing them with Today's Flowers Francisca, and have a great week.

cieldequimper said...

They are all pretty with the last one bordering on stunning!

Carola said...

All so beautiful. The water drops on the first shot makes this my favorite. In nature I love Frangipani, for me a sign of the tropics.

Anonymous said...

These are lovely Francisca. The first is my favorite.

Thanks for your visit. The time consuming aspect of making a photo book is choosing and preparing the images. I finished three books and ordered them last night. The grand total including shipping and tax was a mere $39.50 for all three. Now I must wait patiently while Adoramapix processes and mails my order. Hope they do a nice job.

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

Lovely flowers to remind me of the land of my birth.

We are lucky, Auckland is not that cold, and we have different seasonal flowers. The Cherry trees haven't bloom yet.

Rajesh said...

Beautiful macro shots of the flowers.

Kala said...

The color in that last photo is fabulous!

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

I was thinking about our discussion about living dangerously and risk taking,

I thinking, for the former, there is a high percentage of some thing will go wrong, as for risk, may be something will go wrong.

As for Mr, Senior, I don't know why the propeller fell off.
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It is the people he left behind who are suffering, his widow and two young kids, aged 10 9.

My husband knows him personally.

Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪 said...

Today, we have an accident which shouldn't happen. An aeroplane engineer was sucked into the engine of a plane and was killed. In a small country like New Zealand, this death is big news.

~✽Mumsy✽~ said...

So many beautiful flowers! The second photo grabs my attention since I don't see that flower around here.

Karen said...

Such gorgeous flowers. Frangipani are one of my favorite blooms.

Kim, USA said...

The first two flowers are very familiar to me and they are gorgeous the Kalachuchi smells good too. The last one can't place it in my mind where I see this one. Great shots Francisca. ^_^

MYM

Macro Monday

Fashion Momma said...

These are beautiful.

Hope you'd find time to visit me here.

EG CameraGirl said...

Such gorgeous blossoms, Francisca! I especially like the Frangipani!

Chubskulit Rose said...

Those are gorgeous!

Hope you can visit my mellow yellow, thanks!

Anonymous said...

There is such a elegance in each of these.

Halcyon said...

Bright and beautiful!!

genie said...

Your shots this week are so amazingly clear and crisp..great captures. The yellow is gorgeous. Your pictures always give me great delight. Genie

Magical Mystical Teacher said...

Oh, that flame tree flower is a sassy one, isn't it?


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Pat Tillett said...

Although they are all beautiful, I always lean towards Plumeria. It is by far, my favorite smell on earth (well, that and frying bacon). When I smell plumeria, I am immediately transported to a tropical place. We have two plants growing here, but they don't do as well...

Unknown said...

The Flame Tree is amazing but the Frangipani is still a favourite of mine. I brought two stems from Myanmar, one died and the other has already bloomed but it doesn't look very healthy lately...