Blushing red bromeliads: neoregelia carolinae tricolor

This block of blushing red bromeliads are composed of neorgelia carolinae tricolor.

Plant	Kingdom(Plantae,Angiosperms,Monocots,Commelinids), Order(Poales), Family(Broomeliaceae), Subfamily(Bromelioideae), Genus/Species(Neoregelia carolinae) var tricolor
Camera	Samsung WB 150F digital camera
Date	December 15, 2012
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Location	QC Memorial Circle
Acknowledgment	Prof. Hermie G. Siroy (identification)
Reference	Wikipedia

Agapanthus flower by Susan Dicker

This photo was taken by my Australian based Facebook friend Susan Dicker using a Panasonic S3 compact camera. The clarity obtained by this consumer oriented camera in macro mode is remarkable.

Plant	Agapanthus
Location	Austalia
Camera	Panasonic S3
Photographer	Susan Estrope Dicker
Gardener	Susan Estrope Dicker
Reference	Wikipedia entry
Date posted	December 9, 2012

Image owned and copyright by Susan Dicker. Published with her permission in this blog.

Facebook is not showing some of my photos anymore.

We will have to do something about Facebook not displaying photos I uploaded to their photo site. I do not believe I broke any policy since Facebook advertises that you can share photos and that it is FREE for use all the time.

Here is a nasty example about a kataka-taka plant. I am still looking what date the photo posted up.

"https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/306583_3832814673190_596592817_n.jpg"

and I hope I had a backup. It is about Kataka-taka. If Facebook was situated in the Philippines, I can complain real LOUD, but at the moment, the best strategy for me is to simply use other photo hosting services.

Spathoglottis plicata., philippine ground orchid

Here is unusual orchid from the Philippines, which can grow on a plot, rather than as an epiphyte in tree trunks or branches.

Plant, Flower	Kingdom(Plantae), Unranked(Angiosperms, Monocots, Order(Asparagales), Family(Orchidaceae),Sub(Epidendroideae), Tribe(Epidendreae), subtribe( Laeliinae), Genus(Spathoglottis plicata)
Common Name	Philippine ground orchid, Large purple orchid
Location	Bacolod City, Negros Occidental
Camera	Olympus VG-110
Photographer	Ernesto Adorio, PhD.
Reference	Wikipedia
Acknowledgment	Al Claud (common name)
Plant owner	Rebecca Adorio

Pretty Aglaonema fiolage plants, Aglaonema Sp.

I easily mistook this as a colorful calathea, but it is in its own family.

Plant	Angiosperms|Monocots/Alismatales/Araceae|Aroideae|Aglaonemateae/Aglaonema Sp.
Location	Philcoa Bliss Diliman Quezon City
Camera	Samsung WB150F
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Acknowledgement	Ella Bernales Jacildo(species name)
Reference	Wiki entry

Forget me not flowers, plumbago auriculata

It is now a habit for me to visit my sister's school on Sunday for a cup of coffee. Along the way, I pass through teacher's village where home owners have planted near the sidewalks beautiful flowers. Here is one flower which attracted me along my Sunday walk.

Here is a new photo taken at QC Memorial Circle.


It shares the common name (in the Philippines), "Forget-me-not", with other flower plants, a problem with using common names for flowers! This flower is native to South Africa.

Plant/Flower	Eudicots|Core eudicots/Caryophyllales/Plumbaginaceae/Plumbago Auriculata
Common Name	Forget me not, Plumbago capensis, Blue plumbago, Cape plumbago or Cape leadwort
Location	Teacher's Village, Diliman, Quezon City Camera Samsung WB150F digital camera(1st photo),Fujifilm HS25ER(2nd photo)
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Reference	Wikipedia entry, butterflyhouse.com
Acknowledgement	Al Claud (common name), Dr. Romana de los Reyes(scientific name)

Click this for a wikipedia entry for Forget-me-not flower (Mysotis family)

Amazon lily with crown

I thought these were sweet scented camia, but they are actually Amazon Lilies, with white flowers and a crown with a subtle greenish tinge. They grow in Australia, Metro Manila and Bago City, Negros Occidental. The plant produces four plowers in a long flower stem or umbel and each flower has six petals.

Amazingly, they are not closely related to the true lily family!

Plant/Flower	Angiosperms/Monocots/Asparagales/Amaryllidaceae|Amaryllidoideae/Eucharis grandiflora
Common Name	Amazon Lily
Location	Philcoa, QC, Metro Manila
Camera	Samsung WB 150F Digital Camera
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
References	wikipedia entry