I was searching the internet for the international name of this very common colorful houseplant locally known as "San Francisco" here in the Philippines and luckily found it in better homes and gardens (bhg) plant encyclopedia. Her international name is "Croton" a colorful shrub with leathery leaves that grows from 1 to 6 feet tall and her special feature is her attractive and colorful foliage.
I thought this very common plant does not bloom, but on March 6, 2010 while spending the day at Taytay Swimming Pool, I came across bushes of croton and found them to be blooming with tiny star like flower. Good thing hubby and I brought our DIY macro lens and ring light and took a close-up shot of this pretty star flowers.
Here it is and hope you like how I took it...
This is my Mellow Yellow Monday and Macro Monday for today.
By the way this is one of the vast species of croton plant that I have took last year.
Enjoy!
I thought this very common plant does not bloom, but on March 6, 2010 while spending the day at Taytay Swimming Pool, I came across bushes of croton and found them to be blooming with tiny star like flower. Good thing hubby and I brought our DIY macro lens and ring light and took a close-up shot of this pretty star flowers.
Here it is and hope you like how I took it...
This is my Mellow Yellow Monday and Macro Monday for today.
By the way this is one of the vast species of croton plant that I have took last year.
Enjoy!
How pretty!
ReplyDeleteOy pareho na ang bulak sa amoa balay sa Pinas ba daghan mi ana. happy mellow yellow Monday Jan...
ReplyDeletewow, beautiful beautiful shot! looks like an underwater scene to me!
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Wow, jan palit diay ko ana na lens no ... cge lang ... wa pa koy wawart ... heheh! lovely dear!
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Great capture. Happy MYM!
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such a rare plant.beautiful shot indeed!
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I've never seen Croton plant bloom before, they are such a rare find!
ReplyDeletePretty photo of a neat plant.
ReplyDeletevery cool looking plant and your photos are great.
ReplyDeletemacro shots attracts me always. Hope can try having micro shots one day. Anyway here is my daffodils enrty. C yah!
ReplyDeleteHere in England I've never seen them bloom, so that flower is a complete surprise to me! It's very pretty! And you did a great job on the photography.
ReplyDeleteBoth of those are lovely. Looks like spring is well under way in your parts!
ReplyDeleteWow! That macro shot is just gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI have a lot of croton plants in my garden. here in Malaysia we call it "pokok puding" :)
ReplyDeletelove it sissy! another wonderful macro shots!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know they bloomed either. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteanong tawag nga dyan sa plants na yan sis?
ReplyDeleteSis, i love croton plant, i've planted here in OZ 10 pots, the winter comes, only 1 pot left,huhuhu plants here are expensive, they only grow on tropical weather,i hide inside the house but still, dont survive.
ReplyDeleteI was surprised at how many different varieties of croton there are... I have a few and they are all lovely!
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