Plants

Senna alata

 

Our Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Brunfelsia panciflora)

 the “Mexican Petunia” 

Morning Glory Bush (Ipomoea carnea), San Juan Street, Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines. 

Peacock Flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), San Juan Street, Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines

Peacock Flower (Caesalpinia pulcherrima), San Juan Street, Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines

Flame Tree (Delonix regia) San Juan Street, Iloilo City Philippines

Acacia tree in blossom, March 2013, Bagumbayan, Tigbauan, Iloilo Philippines

Flame Tree (Delonix regia) San Juan Street, Iloilo City Philippines

Golden Shower Tree (Cassia fistula) Silay, Negros Occidental, Philippines.  In the Philippines known as Kanya Pistula, Lombayong or Bistula.

Guava, San Miguel, Iloilo, Philippines

Banyan Tree (Ficus benghalenis), Nogas Island, Antique Province, Philippines

Giant Balete Tree on Nogas Island.  Also called Ficus or Banyan tree – Lunok in Ilonggo. 

Dwarf Coconut trees line the Tigbauan-Leon Road, Tigbauan, Iloilo. Philippines

The dwarf coconut trees are amazingly fast growing.

Bougainvillea, Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines

Bougainvillea is named for the French navigator Louis de Bougainville who found the plant in Brazil during the 18th century.

 

Bougainvillea covered wall, Alta Vista, Cebu City, Philippines

Caryota or Fishtail Palm, Bacolod, Philippines

Manila or Christmas Palm

Screw Pine (Pandanus), Nogas Island, Antique Province, Philippines

Ixora (in the Philippines, Santan). Native to India. A very common low hedge in the Philippines.

 

Firecracker Plant (Coral Plant) Russelia equisetiformis, Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines.  Native to Mexico.

 

Heliconia, Hanging Lobsterclaw (Heliconia rostrata). Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines

 

Heliconia “Golden Torch”, incorrectly called “Bird of Paradise”? Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines

Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milli), native of Madagascar, Panay Island Philippines

Chalice Vine, Solandra grandiflora, Tigbauan, Iloilo, Philippines

 

Purple Allamanda (A. violacea), a close relative of the Golden Trumpet.  San Juan St., Molo, Iloilo City, Philippines

 

Desert Rose (Adenium obesum). Native to Arabia. Highly toxic sap. Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines

Golden Trumpet (Allamanda), a vigorous vine, very popular in the Philippines. Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines

Bengal Trumpet Vine (Thunbergia grandiflora). Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines, the only place I’ve seen this plant.

                            Hibiscus – called Gumamela in the Philippines.

Canna Lily, Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines.

Water Hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes),

Water Lily (Nymphaea capensis), Montebello Villa Hotel, Cebu City, Philippines

Pink Olasiman (Portulaca oleracea) aka Gulasiman, Sahikan or Ngalug in the Philippines. Guimaras Island

    Purple Wreath, Queen’s Wreath or Sandpaper Vine (Petrea volubilis).