As the saying goes, " All that I wanted were things I had before", OK, it's not a saying, I'm just quoting Slipknot. But this sentence has some relevance here. All the flowers that I want to have are the ones I had before.
The first one on my list is definitely the Alpinia purpurata
An alpinia purpurata bush, taken from here.
The alpinia purpurata is a tropical plant and very commonly available in Mauritius. I used to have it for several years until, I don't remember quite well what killed it. It must be noted that this plant takes 3 years to come in bloom for the first time, so I gotta be really patient this time.
Then comes the famous roses.
We used to have perfect pink and dark red roses until my mom decided that she did not like them. And when my mum does not like something, she considers it a general consensus without even asking the permission of others. So, we no longer have roses at home. Yeah, you can laugh now.
Next on the list comes the Strelitzia Reginae, commonly known as the bird of paradise (note the royal connotation in the word "reginae"). For me, this flower is the tropical plant par excellence.
Lovely isn't it? Taken from here.
Then comes the famous roses.
We used to have perfect pink and dark red roses until my mom decided that she did not like them. And when my mum does not like something, she considers it a general consensus without even asking the permission of others. So, we no longer have roses at home. Yeah, you can laugh now.
Next on the list comes the Strelitzia Reginae, commonly known as the bird of paradise (note the royal connotation in the word "reginae"). For me, this flower is the tropical plant par excellence.
Lovely isn't it? Taken from here.
The bird of paradise takes 5 years to start flowering when planted from a seed. In my opinion, it's definitely worth the wait. It's orange color and bluish touch, makes the bird of paradise a unique flower.
These are the flowers that I long to plant in my garden this year dudettes and dudes. Might be a promising event as well! (MBB joke) Hihi...
So long dudettes and dudes and my choosy aliens.
These are the flowers that I long to plant in my garden this year dudettes and dudes. Might be a promising event as well! (MBB joke) Hihi...
So long dudettes and dudes and my choosy aliens.
9 serious thoughts:
The bird of paradise is such a weird plant. Never seen it before. Five years, however, is a very long wait. But you've got time right? Are you planning on sitting by its side the entire time? :P
The bird of paradise looks like woody wood pecker... LOL
Great choice of flowers. :P They are beautiful. And the way you wrote this is great. :P And yeah you stole my idea. You know what I'm talking about. :P
they seem to be very unique flowers. I have a surprise to you on my blog.
aww, i wish i had these flowers on our garden too.
i love the bird of paradise. so very tropical. 5years! ouch. thats a long long wait.
i'm definitely gonna start planting too this year. well hopefully.
flower power!
I'm sending you a nice plant on facebook! I know how much you like 'em :)
Take good care of it, ok? :D
WOWOW! I remember when my living room was filled with all types of plants. With no garden, my mother turned her whole house into a garden. Man, that was well, paradise. Walking around the plants and sitting amongst them. However, when we continued with constructions, dust and everything else killed them all :( Nice to see that you can plant these flowers!
Wow....very beauty..
I like flower..
May i see ur all flower..
I like those bird of paradise. It's colorful and beautiful. Must be a kind of bird found in paradise :)
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