Flowers of May there and here…
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Here and there May flowers
Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, tagged camellias, Cee's Flower of the Day (FOTD) challenge, Flor de mayo, flowers, frangipani, gardens, May Flower, Mexico, Mill Valley, Oaxaca, photos, plumeria on May 5, 2021| 4 Comments »
April flowers
Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged Cee's Flower of the Day, Flor de mayo, flowers, FOTD, frangipani, gardens, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos, plumeria, popular travel destinations on April 6, 2019| 2 Comments »
Tonight, the clocks in most of Mexico spring ahead.
However, the flowers are on their own time and the Flor de Mayo (aka, Plumeria, Frangipani) have already begun to bloom.
Cactus flowers
Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, tagged cactus, Cleistocactus, flowers, gardens, Mexico, Oaxaca, photos on October 9, 2018| 13 Comments »
Yesterday morning…
There are days when light and shadows paint the garden and I sigh at Mother Nature’s artistry.
May flowers
Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged Casita Colibrí, Flor de mayo, flowers, frangipani, gardens, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, plumeria, popular travel destinations on April 10, 2018| 4 Comments »
Plumeria (aka, Frangipani, Flor de mayo) currently bringing their fragrance to the Casita Colibrí terrace…
As the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers — even if it’s still April!
Flora & fauna
Posted in Animals, Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, tagged birds, cactus, flowers, gardens, hibiscus, lizards, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos on June 4, 2017| 4 Comments »
… from my rooftop garden in the city.
Beneath the sheltering leaves
Posted in Agriculture, Flora, Food, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged fruit trees, gardens, granadas, grapefruit, mango, Mexico, Oaxaca, photographs, photos, pomegranate, Teotitlán del Valle, trees on May 2, 2017| 4 Comments »
Cooking with Juana… Mangos ripening just out of reach.
Sunlight filtering through the leaves of the granada (pomegranate) tree.
A pomelo (grapefruit) waiting to drop.
There is something to be said for outdoor kitchens.
Orchid enchantment
Posted in Flora, Gardens, People, Science & Nature, Travel & Tourism, tagged flora, flowers, gardens, La Encantada, Mexico, Oaxaca, Oaxaca Garden Club, Octavio Gabriel, orchids, Orquideario, Orquideario "La Encantada", photographs, photos, plants, popular travel destinations, San Andrés Huayapam on November 13, 2014| 7 Comments »
Yesterday, I walked through an enchanted garden…
Along with about 25+ other people from the Oaxaca Garden Club, I made my way to an orchid garden in San Andrés Huayapam.
What a treasure the privately funded, Orquideario “La Encantada” is! For owner/gardener/collector, Octavio Gabriel, it is a 40+ year old passion and labor of love — and it shows.
The earthen pathways lead one up and down, through dappled light, along the slopes of a babbling brook. The orquideario is sanctuary to about 1,200 species of orchids, along with companion epiphytes, ferns, bromeliads, and even a bamboo forest.
Orquideario “La Encantada” is located at the end of a dirt road off to the right, about 1 km beyond the presas (reservoirs), towards the village of San Andrés Huayapam.
The 100 pesos admission fee helps finance the orquideario. I plan to return! Octavio Gabriel’s book, Algunas Orquideas de Oaxaca is available to purchase for 350 pesos.