Hibiscus as Gumamela - Yellow Red Color

Hibiscus as Gumamela Plant in Yellow Red color.

Here in the Philippines, Hibiscus is popularly known as Gumamela. It is best described as Island Flower Plant since it grows anywhere across the country. This type of flowering plant belongs to mallow family, Malvaceae and has over 200 known species. Accordingly, the leaves of this flowering plant are alternate, ovate to lanceolate, often with a toothed or lobed margin while the flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more petals, color from white to pink, red, orange, purple or yellow, and from 4–18 cm broad. Above photo is an example of Gumamela in yellow color petals with red spot in the center of the flower.

Usage of Hibiscus are the following: landscaping, paper-making, beverage, food, and symbolism & culture. One of the species of Hibiscus, Hibiscus syriacus is the national flower of South Korea.

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Dendrobium-Cattleya WhiteViolet Orchid

 Dendrobium-Cattleya WhiteViolet Orchid

I've just wanted to share with you peeps the new member flowering plant in my mini garden, the Dendrobium-Cattleya WhiteViolet Orchid. I bought this orchid for about P150.00 pesos only from one of the flower gardens in 2012 Mother's Day Flower Exhibits at SM Cebu. Accordingly, the name Dendrobium is from the Greek dendron ("tree") and bios ("life"); it means "one who lives on trees". Dendrobium is a huge genus of orchids and grows in diverse habitats throughout much of south, east and southeast Asia, including the Philippines, Borneo, Australia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands and New Zealand.

Potter Dendrobium-Cattleya WhiteViolet Orchid

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Gerbera as African Daisy

Baby Pink Gerbera /African Daisy

One summer day, my family and I went to Ardent Hot Spring in Camiguin Island, Philippines. We're there to celebrate the 3rd birthday of my cutest son, Rain and 6th birthday of my eldest daughter, Tara. The weather in the island in that day was very fine and it's very conducive to soak ourselves in the hot water spring of around 70 degrees Celsius. While they're busy swimming in the hot pool, I walked around the place and found there a newly constructed Butterfly Garden. Along the way to the Ardent Butterfly Garden, I've seen different kinds of flowering plants and I shot each one of them.

As you can see above, that's a Baby Pink Gerbera which is commonly known as an African Daisy. Accordingly, Gerbera is the fifth most used cut flower in the world after rose, carnation, chrysanthemum, and tulip. It's very popular and widely used as a decorative garden plant or as cut flowers. Gerbera is a perennial plant that bears a large head(known as capitulum) with ray florets in yellow, orange, white, pink or red colors.

For more info about Gerbera, you can visit this wikipedia link : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbera