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April flowers

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 6, 2019| 2 Comments »

Tonight, the clocks in most of Mexico spring ahead.

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However, the flowers are on their own time and the Flor de Mayo (aka, Plumeria, Frangipani) have already begun to bloom.

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Cactus flowers

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, tagged , , , , , , on October 9, 2018| 13 Comments »

Yesterday morning…

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There are days when light and shadows paint the garden and I sigh at Mother Nature’s artistry.

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May flowers

Posted in Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 10, 2018| 4 Comments »

Plumeria (aka, Frangipani, Flor de mayo) currently bringing their fragrance to the Casita Colibrí terrace…

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As the saying goes, April showers bring May flowers — even if it’s still April!

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Flora & fauna

Posted in Animals, Casita Colibrí, Flora, Gardens, tagged , , , , , , , , , on June 4, 2017| 4 Comments »

… from my rooftop garden in the city.

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Opuntia – April 2017

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Lizard on the terraza – June 2017

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A feathered friend watching from a distance – June 2017

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Hibiscus flower this morning – June 2017

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Beneath the sheltering leaves

Posted in Agriculture, Flora, Food, Gardens, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , 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.

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Orchid enchantment

Posted in Flora, Gardens, People, Science & Nature, Travel & Tourism, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 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.

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