Expressions of Love - Plumeria

Beautiful cluster of Delfel Plumeria blooms in the tree,... more

by Karon Melillo DeVega

Title

Expressions of Love - Plumeria

Artist

Karon Melillo DeVega

Medium

Photograph - Photograph - Photography

Description

beautiful cluster of Delfel Plumeria blooms in the tree,
photographed near the beach of Keawakapu, Maui, Hawaii.
These flowers are gorgeous, white with a pink/lilac haze and yellow center.
Breathtaking to see in person. I took quite a few photos of them, I like this picture the best.
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"Plumeria (common name Frangipani) is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains seven or eight species of mainly deciduous shrubs and small trees. They are native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America as far south as Brazil but have been spread throughout the world's tropics."
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"Plumeria is related to the Oleander, Nerium oleander, and both possess an irritant, rather similar to that of Euphorbia. Contact with the sap may irritate eyes and skin. Each of the separate species of Plumeria bears differently shaped, alternate leaves with distinct form and growth habits. The leaves of P. alba are quite narrow and corrugated, whereas leaves of P. pudica have an elongated shape and glossy, dark-green color. P. pudica is one of the everblooming types with non-deciduous, evergreen leaves. Another species that retains leaves and flowers in winter is P. obtusa; though its common name is "Singapore," it is originally from Colombia."
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"Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, however, and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar."
(description quotes from: wikipedia)



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January 2nd, 2012