Bromeliad or Ginger?

That is the question...

There were no leaves so it's not easy to identify.

I hope somebody can ID this flower.

Isn't that wonderful?  That feeling of not knowing too much about something...incomplete information, endless possibilities.  When you don't know much about something, it's the most exciting sensation.   ~ Erol Ozan

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Today's Flowers

Tangelo

A delicate but fiery beauty I spotted by the road while walking my dog on Christmas Day.  I remember this has a bright magenta variety.  The size and shape are similar to a Philippine Violet (Barleria cristata and Barleria repens) and Ruellia tuberosa.  I hope somebody can identify this flower.

“Passion. It lies in all of us. Sleeping... waiting... and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir... open its jaws and howl. It speaks to us... guides us. Passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love... the clarity of hatred... the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we'd know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank. Without passion, we'd be truly dead.” ~ Joss Whedon

Mirabilis jalapa, Four o'clock Flower, Marvel of Peru - thanks, Andrea!

 

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Mandarin Orange Monday

Heliconia

Heliconias are also called Fake Bird of Paradise or Wild Plantain. They are tall, spiky, with red-orange-yellow bracts with unique arrowhead-shaped petals. They are named after Mount Helicon, where Greek mythology placed the Nine Muses of science and the arts. A gift of heliconia symbolizes inspiration, intuition and divine guidance.

Photos taken at the park in Greenbelt.

 If you want to know the truth of who you are, walk until not a person knows your name. Travel is the great leveler, the great teacher, bitter as medicine, crueler than mirror-glass. A long stretch of road will teach you more about yourself than a hundred years of quiet introspection. ~ Patrick Rothfuss

 

 

 
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 Today's Flowers

Copper Leaf

Copper Leaf, Chrysothemis pulchella

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” ~ Albert Einstein

“I would rather have a mind opened by wonder than closed by belief.” ~ Gerry Spence

 

 

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Tecoma capensis

Cape Honeysuckle, Tecoma capensis

Taken one late afternoon when this fiery beauty was beginning to fade.

"It's sad to grow old, but nice to ripen." ~ Brigitte Bardot

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Santan

@ mirandablue
Santan, Ixora coccinea, Jungle Flame

Locally known as Santan, Ixora coccinea is an erect, smooth ornamental shrub, growing to the height of 2 to 3 meters.  Flowers come in yellow, pink, red, orange and white.  A native of India, it is cultivated here for ornamental purposes.  Roots, flowers, stems and flowers are also used in folkloric medicine---roots used as a sedative in the treatment of nausea, hiccups and loss of appetite.  It has antiseptic properties and flowers are considered as antimicrobial and used for dysentery and leucorrhea.  Poulticed fresh leaves and stems are applied to sprains, eczema and contusions.  Diluted tincture of roots for mouthwash and gargles for sore throat.  Flower decoction is used to treat hypertension, amenorrhea and irregular menstruation. 

 Growing apart doesn't change the fact that for a long time we grew side by side; our roots will always be tangled. I'm glad for that. ~ Ally Condie

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Guzmania Bromeliad

Guzmania Bromeliad, Pineapple Plant

Guzmania Bromeliads are native of tropical and subtropical forests of south and central America.  Their vivid colors brighten a garden, a room, or in this case, a mall.  Bromeliads are long-lasting bloomers, require lower light levels, and according to my aunt, easy to grow.

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.


~ Albert Camus

@ the Greenbelt 3 mall

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Cosmos, after the rain/Today's Flowers # 8

 

It is at the edge of a petal
that love waits

- William Carlos Williams

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Red Jade Vine/Today's Flowers # 7

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Red Jade Vine [Mucuna benettii]

What a desolate place would be a world without a flower! 
It would be a face without a smile, a feast without a welcome.
Are not flowers the stars of the earth, and are not our stars
the flowers of the heaven.

~ A.J. Balfour

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