Flowers & plants

23 August 2012

A few words and pictures about the vegetation here. It is a tropical lush environment, with plenty of heat, rain and sun. When the rain falls, it is often torrential, and gives the ground a real soaking… the drainage is very effective and the water disappears in the heat quickly during the day. But when it rains it pours!

I have included here a few images of the flowers, plants, and odd things that suddenly pop up overnight (the fungi) but the most spectacular lotus flowers surprise me each morning as fresh ones open – they are really magnificent. Given more time I would draw from them.

Close-up of a lotus blossom

Mushrooms

...oh, and between my passing at breakfast and dinner the mushrooms had been picked. There are many gardeners here.

Fruit tree

Chinese iris

Fresh leaves