Showing posts with label beautiful flowers of Baguio City. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beautiful flowers of Baguio City. Show all posts

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Succulent Plants with the Most Beautiful Flowers


Succulent Plants are also known as Succulents or Fat Plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climates or soil conditions. Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems, and roots.


A Rebutia muscular

Here’s a list of succulent plants with the prettiest flowers in the world.

1.) Window Plant


Window Plant or Fenestraria rhopalophylla is a leafless succulent plant with pretty flowers. It is also called Babies Toes and on each leaf there is transparent window-like area at the top, it is for these window-like structures that the plant is named.

2.) Cone Plant


The unique Cone Plant is succulent plant from Africa. It bears a beautiful yellow flower. It is also known for a variety of common names such as Button Plant, Conos, Dumpling, Knopies, Sphaeroid and Waterblasies.

3.) Pigface


The lovely Pigface, which is also known as Ice plants, is a ground-creeping plant with succulent leaves and large daisy-like flowers. The name refers to the edible fruits. It comes from the Greek "karpos" (fruit) and "brota" (edible).

4,) Stapelia pulchellus


The leafless Stapelia pulchellus is a succulent plant endemic to Africa and Asia. It bears a very large and uniquely-patterned flower – one of the largest of flowers to be found on any species of succulent.

5.) Shindel Makudi


The pretty Shindel Makudi Frerea or Frerea indica is a small succulent native to Maharashtra, India. This Indian plant is grown as a greenhouse plant by succulent plant enthusiasts. It blooms from August to September.

6.) Chain of Heart


Chain of Heart or Ceropegia woodii is a flowering plant endemic to South Africa and neighboring area. This evergreen succulent trailing vine is also known for a variety of common names such as Collar of Hearts, String of Hearts and Rosary Vine. Its leaves are shaped like hearts.

7.) Duvalia corderoyi


This succulent plant with uniquely-shaped flower can be found in South Africa and Tropical Africa. It is well defined by disc-like corona and stipitate gynostegium.

8.) Edithcolea grandis


Edithcolea grandis is a leafless succulent plant that bears a large uniquely colored flower. It is distributed in many African countries like Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen in Asia.

9.) Trichodiadema densum


Trichodiadema densum is a succulent plant that bears beautiful pink flowers. It originated in the Cape Province in South Africa.

10.) Dewflower


Dewflowers or formally named Drosanthemum speciosum is a succulent plant that bears brightly colored and beautiful flowers that look like daisies. It is endemic to southern Africa and is also commonly known as Vygies.

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Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Beautiful Flowers of Baguio City Philippines


The Beautiful Flowers of Baguio City Philippines

Baguio City is the coolest city in the Philippines. The weather is good and the scenery are fantastic. In addition to its splendid charm and beauty are hundreds of different colorful and pretty flowering plants that scattered anywhere else in the city.

On your way up to Baguio City either via Kennon Road, Marcos Highway or Naguilian Road, you’ll already witness thousands of Everlasting flowers cascading from the mountain slopes and alongside the roads.

Although Baguio City is not the “flower capital” of the Philippines, it is the major supplier of flowers for Central and Northern Luzon aside from the fact that it is the “vegetable capital” of the country.

Feast your eyes with the “Gallery of Beautiful Flowers” from the summer capital of the Philippines – Baguio City.

 Flaming beautiful flowers...





The yellow and red flaming flowers above were photographed in front of Baguio City Cathedral, one of most recognizable landmarks of this "city in the sky".




These bouquets of flowers are commonly named as "Lucky Money Plants". These plants are believe to bring luck to the owner.

A beautiful variety of Daisy



These Giant Drooping Bell flowers were taken near "Lourdes Grotto" one of the most popular tourist destinations for those who believed in the "Blessed Virgin Mary".

Red flowers of a flowering tree

This flower is locally known as "Kalatsutsi"

Most of these lovely flowers were photographed around "Burnham Park" which is located at the center of the city. Boating is one of the most popular activity on this beautiful park with plenty of beautiful flowers.





These flowers were photographed in a lagoon at Wright Park which is located near "The Mansion" - the official residence of the President of the Philippines in Baguio City.


 Red Roses



Pink and White Carnation

A Red Anthurium









There are also numerous souvenir items and “dwarf cacti” in Baguio City.

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