tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post7139192377593031869..comments2023-11-02T16:30:27.962+08:00Comments on Andrea's Plants, Photos and Travels: Drooping BeautiesAndreahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-24052438117137900682010-11-18T19:13:39.295+08:002010-11-18T19:13:39.295+08:00What wonderful plants, so exotic and strange. Tha...What wonderful plants, so exotic and strange. Thank you for sharing them with us. ChristinaMy Hesperides Gardenhttp://www.myhesperidesgarden.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-21891247089447430602010-11-18T01:04:36.223+08:002010-11-18T01:04:36.223+08:00Those blooms are beautiful and exotic! I never wo...Those blooms are beautiful and exotic! I never would have caught the mistake that you made in one of the photos.Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-9467649884932443462010-11-17T12:17:20.126+08:002010-11-17T12:17:20.126+08:00Very beautiful! The first kind, I have not see. Th...Very beautiful! The first kind, I have not see. The H. rostrata is most common around these parts. Loved your series of photographs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-69403656116334134752010-11-17T09:55:31.607+08:002010-11-17T09:55:31.607+08:00Noelle, Luna Miranda, Amy, Michelle of Rambling Wo...Noelle, Luna Miranda, Amy, Michelle of Rambling Woods, Poetic Shutterbug, Noel, EG Wow<br /><br />Thank you so much for your inspiring words and very kind comments. <br /><br />Bom - yes you can link with my post, and thank you.<br /><br />Birdy - you are very kind and it is a pleasure if i can in a way inspire you to have your own garden.<br /><br />Eliza - haha, yes they look like parrot beaks too. Beauty is really in the eye of the beholder. Maybe i love crab better than parrots though. thanks for visiting.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-69340143923762223452010-11-16T01:48:42.009+08:002010-11-16T01:48:42.009+08:00After your crab claw caption I couldn't see th...After your crab claw caption I couldn't see them any other way! Well, maybe they remind me of parrot beaks, too. Gorgeous!Elizahttp://www.appalachianfeet.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-6222573565396163752010-11-15T19:08:44.388+08:002010-11-15T19:08:44.388+08:00Flowers are always beautiful, but you present them...Flowers are always beautiful, but you present them in way in which they look even more beautiful. If I continue visiting your blog then one day I will start a flowers garden.Birdy Officialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16338449421666175344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-72095260144045315452010-11-15T05:23:07.049+08:002010-11-15T05:23:07.049+08:00Very beautiful, Andrea!Very beautiful, Andrea!EG CameraGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12803759124643467711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-83933345954092876112010-11-15T03:29:57.652+08:002010-11-15T03:29:57.652+08:00aloha andrea,
beautiful photos, love the display ...aloha andrea,<br /><br />beautiful photos, love the display one at the end, looks like a nice restaurant, i bet the dinner was great?Noel Moratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11457118286298824928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-87680206344702407222010-11-15T02:26:16.124+08:002010-11-15T02:26:16.124+08:00They are beautiful and so unique looking. What tr...They are beautiful and so unique looking. What tremendously rich coloring. Thanks for all the info as well.Joanne Olivierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01856998108256408734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-17843442527662595262010-11-15T01:13:35.804+08:002010-11-15T01:13:35.804+08:00I love these Andrea and they do look like animals....I love these Andrea and they do look like animals....MichelleRambling Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080120317890707767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-41136554015814353122010-11-14T07:54:46.057+08:002010-11-14T07:54:46.057+08:00Beautiful plants, Andrea!Beautiful plants, Andrea!Bomhttp://bom2plantchaser.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-85330320603568312162010-11-13T03:25:37.148+08:002010-11-13T03:25:37.148+08:00Stunning colors! Especially love that Heliconia ro...Stunning colors! Especially love that Heliconia rostrata! Only I am afraid Heliconia is a little bit too big for my my tiny garden. I currently grow a baby one in the pot.Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07744078497819915126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-40075633014450345082010-11-13T01:49:22.996+08:002010-11-13T01:49:22.996+08:00i saw lots of this flower growing in Davao.
Re Ku...i saw lots of this flower growing in Davao.<br /><br />Re Kublai Millan, yes, he's Filipino from Davao. his works are all over Mindanao.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970334007479646177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-26843262860211016142010-11-13T01:10:06.100+08:002010-11-13T01:10:06.100+08:00Oh, I do love flowers that have more then one colo...Oh, I do love flowers that have more then one color. What a beautiful contrast :-)Noelle Johnson https://www.blogger.com/profile/12198931083102476324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-85511795248512188132010-11-12T23:42:25.119+08:002010-11-12T23:42:25.119+08:00Rainforest Gardener - oh yes, i am very sorry ever...Rainforest Gardener - oh yes, i am very sorry everyone for this mistake. I was in a hurry posting this and since that photo is next to the file, i just assumed it is also a Heliconia spp. It was also not a very common flower to me so it slipped my sensitivity. Thank you very much for pointing that out and i will rectify it with a Postscript. My apologies.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-71874892722163037132010-11-12T23:35:57.750+08:002010-11-12T23:35:57.750+08:00A great post on my fave inflorescences. By the wa...A great post on my fave inflorescences. By the way, are you sure the fourth photo is of a heliconia spike? It looks a lot like a bromeliad flowerspike to me...Steve Asbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00095474295719758914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-72143461092230950222010-11-12T23:35:21.910+08:002010-11-12T23:35:21.910+08:00Autumn Belle - i've replied at your post earli...Autumn Belle - i've replied at your post earlier, i said i've been looking for my nice photos but can't locate them so made do with these 2nd rate photos. Yes we have serendipity, we are entertwined and we are ONE. And One is one with us too, haha!<br /><br />Ever Green Tree - i still envy your post, i cannot forget the beauty how the story unfolds and emerged as beautiful as the butterfly!<br /><br />Floridagirl - don't bother with this heliconia, you have other plants there which are of equal if not more beauty. <br /><br />One - you should have waited for us to post so we can have more effective twines and tendrils. Maybe that time you posted we are not yet very much related unlike AB and I. Now we can post at the same time coz we are now ONE!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-47654960205857412962010-11-12T22:53:29.700+08:002010-11-12T22:53:29.700+08:00Hi Andrea, Do you know that these plants are plant...Hi Andrea, Do you know that these plants are planted at the side of my house in abundance by the developer here? Heliconias are beautiful. The problem is with maintenance since they grow too fast. I am very fortunate...<br />http://onenezz.blogspot.com/2010/09/heliconia.htmlOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12919719601969345138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-4916210818377854952010-11-12T22:49:27.186+08:002010-11-12T22:49:27.186+08:00How wonderful to have such stunning tropical bloom...How wonderful to have such stunning tropical blooms growing with wild abandon! I love the lobster's claws, but they can't be found in my piece of Florida, I guess because they are more cold-tender than the parrot's beaks.Floridagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16357453320897720393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-23955553784484637232010-11-12T17:56:43.450+08:002010-11-12T17:56:43.450+08:00Lovely pictures Andrea. I have a soft corner for t...Lovely pictures Andrea. I have a soft corner for these drooping beauties. Magnificent ... aren't they?Ever Green Treehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13875223745416470064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-36933086022698900172010-11-12T15:32:13.078+08:002010-11-12T15:32:13.078+08:00Hey! I was typing the comment the same time you ar...Hey! I was typing the comment the same time you are replying the comments. Serendipity?Autumn Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818422090556602092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-3595676614618682092010-11-12T15:31:20.630+08:002010-11-12T15:31:20.630+08:00Andrea, I linked to you today. Thank you very much...Andrea, I linked to you today. Thank you very much for linking to me. Now, we are intertwined line vines, hehehe!<br /><br />I really like the centrepiece. The lamp seem to accentuate the ambience.Autumn Bellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00818422090556602092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-55389244771158690922010-11-12T15:29:32.160+08:002010-11-12T15:29:32.160+08:00Amy - yes they look like flamingos as other cultiv...Amy - yes they look like flamingos as other cultivars are called bird-of-paradise. thanks for your visit.<br /><br />Cindy - you are in temperate zones so this is unusual for you, it thrives in the dry humid tropics like Asia and Latin America. thanks for dropping by.<br /><br />SandyCarlson - you are so generous with your comment, please drop by again.<br /><br />Jen @Muddy Boot Dreams - thanks for your visit and reply about the camera. We also use them in big flower arrangements. <br /><br />James and Lotusleaf - you are very right it is invasive in tropical gardens and snakes and mosquitos tend to stay there, haha. That is actually the reason why i removed them in my garden and planted it in marginal area of the property. James i read your comment also in AB's and you're right because we have the same climate.<br /><br />Dorothy - thank you so much for the nice words and your advise about removing power lines. Nobody ever told me that before yet, i am very grateful.Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06044386271018560595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-50598334665059049362010-11-12T14:15:50.601+08:002010-11-12T14:15:50.601+08:00It is a strikingly beautiful flower, but it tends ...It is a strikingly beautiful flower, but it tends to become invasive in tropical gardens.lotusleafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02725791780240334964noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5003023115854661475.post-88546003363622790202010-11-12T12:35:03.719+08:002010-11-12T12:35:03.719+08:00So very beautiful!!! Thanks for your comment on m...So very beautiful!!! Thanks for your comment on my blog. On removing the power lines and pole, I did it in Picasa3. That is a free download and is so so sweet to use for pictures. Google it and check it out. I just used the remove button.Dorothyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798489606177883758noreply@blogger.com