Here is a canna lily with relatively small flowers. I think the green balls make it up for the small flowers.

Photographed with a VG-110 Olympus Camera.

Trees: Madre de cacao, gliricidia sepium

Unfortunate that the soil in DSB in my sister's farm is acidic! But madre de cacao is a legume tree which thrives in acidic soild and is useful to prevent soil erosion!


The following photos of flowering madre-de-cacaos are from Patag,Silay.



The following photos were taken at Salvador Benedicto.

I havent seen them (Salvador Benedicto specimens) flower, but I hope to photograph that when that happens.

Plant	Plantae/Angiosperms|Eudicots|Rosids/Fabales/Fabaceae/Gliricidia sepium
Common name	Kakawate, madre de cacao,St. Vincent plum
Location	Negros Occidental, Philippines
Camera	Nokia C3 camera phone
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Reference	wikipedia,

Impatiens, a lucky orange-white hybrid

Here is a nice impatience flower, white with a orange splash. It probably is a a crossbred and the result is very nice to look at!

Plant	Ericales/Balsaminaceae/Impatiens wallerana
Common name	Impatiens
Location	Negros Occidental, Philippines
Camera	Nokia C3, 2 Meg phone camera
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto Adorio
Reference	Wikipedia

plant: calanus cajan, kadyos or pigeon pea

Plant	Fabales/Fabaceae/Cajanus cajan
Common name	Kadyos, kalios, pigeon pea
Location	Negros Occidental, Philippines
camera	Olympus VG-110
Photographer	Dr. Ernesto P. Adorio
Reference	wikipedia, stuartxchange

Canlaon City's famous Lunok Millenium tree

We visited Canlaon City pride: a very old fig or Lunok (balete) tree located in OISCA farms. The tree has no aerial roots.

The Millenium tree has been dated by Silliman University botanists to be 1328 years old!

I need to rotate the photo: the ground is not horizontal! Will fix this later.

August 12, 2013. Here is a result obtained from Shotwell straighten tool.

Hair plant, Moses beard, Spanish moss, tillandsia usnoedis

Plant	Poales/Bromeliaceae/Tillandsia(Diaphoranthema) usneoides
Common name	Moses beard, long moss, Spanish moss, hair or air plant, Old Man's beard, Moses beard, buhok ni Ester
Location	Australia
Camera	Panasonic Lumix S3
Photographer	Susan Estrope Dicker
Reference	Wikipedia, Stuartxchange

Image owned by Susan Estrope Dicker. Published with permission in this blog.

Two loving Australian Galah birds.

From our australian friend, here is an "amusing" and "touching" photo caught by Susan near her house with her Panasonic camera.

Bird	Psittaciformes/Cacatuoidea-Cacatuidae-Cacatuinae-Cacatuini/Eolophus roseicapilla
Common Name	Rose breasted Australian Cockatoo
Location	Australia
Camera	Panasonic Lumix S3
Photographer	Susan Estrope Dicker
Reference	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galah
Album	Facebook

Image owned by Susan Estrope Dicker. Published with persmission.