Friday, September 28, 2007

Lilies In The Night...


Lilies in the night...sounds like a song from long ago...

This cool plant is growing in my yard over by my pineapple patch, I think it a variety of Lily? Anybody know?

It has a upright growth habit with numerous upstanding leaves radiating from a central base and the flower stalks come right up from the center about 18"-24" tall, before blooming out with 6-9 individual blossoms...they last for days-weeks on the plant and maybe two days cut in a vase. No scent at all. It has only started blooming now that we are getting more rain and cooler temperatures...

I almost pulled it out when I first bought the place! Boy am I happy now I didn't...

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Kupu Kupu Fern...

This delightful little fern caught my eye the other day, it's just starting to unfurl its leaves and the colors were so striking, especially the silvery green of the newest leaves yet to open...
This is called the Kupu Kupu fern in Hawaii and the Boston fern in other places...

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Rainbow Over Komohana!


What a nice surprise to see on a drizzly day! Driving into town yesterday morning it was raining buckets! (We are just heading into our wet season) When my son happened to look out the window and see this beautiful rainbow...it actually looked quite a bit brighter than it does in the photo...
This photo is courtesy of Brandon Williams...