Flowers in the Sentosa Flower Show 2009

This year, the display was a far cry from those of previous years but some flowers are still fascinating like these poinsettias. Until now, I have only seen red poinsettias, so these pink, purple and greenish poinsettias were something worth photographing.

Lilies and Coreopsis tinctoria

The floral displays were at two places - around the Merlion and on part of Palawan Beach.







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Purple flowers

I have the name of these flowers somewhere in a book and it will take some time to retrieve it. For now, these purple flowers are all I need for the new day.

Leucospermum cordifolium - Pincushion

A time for celebrating the start of the Lunar New Year and on the second day of these two days of public holiday, I am lucky to have some precious time to put these South African beauties up on my blog. Proteas! What a difference they would make to any garden. From a distance they look like mirages of sea anemones floating in front of me. Closer they are like pincushions (hence the common name) and once I was right in front of them I just could not stop taking photos. I must make a resolution to choose my subjects and take time to frame my photos and pay greater attention to lighting and focusing. Since time was unlimited, I took the easy out by taking shots the way one would devour food as if there is no tomorrow. Seriously, I should be more disciplined because the result of this runaway habit of mine is stores of digital images, half of which should never have been taken.

Then again, how could I have resisted nature's show of how life is celebrated through the flowering of plants like these.

Kniphofia - Red hot poker, Torch Lily

If flowers could light up your path in the dwindling light of day, then these must be the ones. I found them in Australia but they originated in the southern and eastern part of Africa. They have certainly come a long way across the oceans to another continent nearer to me and I am glad because Africa is so very far away and not a country that I could foresee visiting in my lifetime.

Flowers in Australia - Protea

This flower is a protea but because it has so many varieties, it gets rather complicated when it comes to trying to identify it accurately. For now, I am not going to overload my brain. This particular bloom and the bud below were photographed in the Tasmania Botanical Gardens in summer. These lovely flowers are found in South Africa and Australia.