Delicate "ginger" lily blooms

Our Australian Facebook friend has posted a clear and stunning photo of a "ginger" lily like plant on her Facebook page. The buds look like nipples full of milk, I joked that it should be named nipples flower.

Here are some photos I took in Salvador Benedicto with my trusted HS25EXR camera.

Plant	Languas speciosa, Zerumbet speciosum
Common name	Shell ginger, langkawas na pula,
Location	Gladstone, Australia
Photographer	Susan Estrope Dicker
Camera	Panasonic S3
Date	Feb.18,2012
Reference	stuart xchange
Attributions	Common name: Ella Bernales Jacildo

First image owned and copyright by Susan Estrope Dicker.Linked with permission from SED.

Aloe vera flower from Australia.

I have seen the flowers of century plants, but here is one from a humble aloe vera, courtesy of our friend S.E.D. from Australia.

Taken with a Panasonic S3 Lumix digital camera.

Image owned and copyright (2013) by Susan Estrope Dicker. Linked and published with permission in this blog.

Silver dollar aquarium fish

This pet fish has become large! It killed its former smaller companion by simply bumping with its mouth.

Photo taken at Fairfield School with a Samsung WB150F camera, ISO 320, f/7.7, 1/20s,3008x2256.

A rare sighting of the Philippine Pygmy Woodpecker in an urban setting.

This is an unknown small white spotted bird with a long beak. I photographed today,December 30, 2012. Taken with the Samsung WB150F 18x zoom digital camera. Photo taken at Fairfield School compound.

It is strange but am happy to find it in an urban setting. According to the wiki, it is found in subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests! It is currently classified as of Least Concern.

Bird	Dendrocopos maculatus
Common Name	Philippine Pygmy woodpecker, Anluage(Kapampangan)
Camera	Samsung WB150F digital camera
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Acknowledgement	B (for Identification), Daniel Adorio(contrast enhancement)
Reference	wikipedia

Variegated Resurrection Lily

Here is a nice variegated specimen of a Kusol,

Plant	Kaempferia galanga Linn.
Common name	Resurrection lily, Galanga, Dusol, Kusol,Gisol
Photographer	Al Jr. Ferrer Claud
Reference	Stuart Xchange
Album	Facebook by Al Claud : Wild

Photograph courtesy of Al Claud. Published with permission.

A cross between blackpepper and betel wrapper vine?

This photo was eye-catching. First I thought it was a princess vine, but Al, my FB friend identified this as Wandering Jew, but mentioned it was called a buyo-buyo.
On second viewing, Al think it is still a buyo but crossed bred, probably with a blackpepper vine.

For more details on "Piper abbreviatum Opiz" or buyo-buyo: Stuart Exchange.



Photograph courtesy of Al Jr. Ferrer Claud, taken with a Samsung ES-110 digital camera. Hosted on Facebook and linked with permission by the owner.

A pretty Dahlia flower

Here are front and back views of a dahlia flower, belonging to the sunflower family.

Plant/Flower	Kingdom(Plantae), unranked(Angiosperms,Eudicots,Asterids), Order(Asterales),Family(Asteraceae), Subfamily(Asteroideae), Tribe: (Coreopsideae), Genus(Dahlia Spp)
Location	Don Salvador Benedicto
Camera	Olympus VG-110
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Acknowledgement	Dr. Lynette Adorio-Arce(common name)
Reference	Wikipedia entry
Album	Facebook: Flowers and a few butterflies, October 28, 2012