03-29-08 to 04-04-08

Some more:

Allure

Amazone Queen

City Slicker

Eva Paoloni

Georgias Pearl

My very favorite yellow:

Lemon Life

Orange Lagos

Raggae Breeze

Rosalind

Silver Memories

Topaz Glory

another Topaz with a visitor (at the bottom of the flower)

Zoey


PS...it rained alot today. The hibs love this temp, mixed with rain and humidity. So, hopefully there will be some new ones tomorow, as well :)
Nite nite
Cat

Hello all,

Barry,
Magnifique is one from Dupont

Cat,
I am loving the silver memories. Mine is up ang going now full of buds and I cant wait to see it produce.

A set of triplets from Midnight Madness

Robert said
Barry, Magnifique is one from Dupont

Well, the ones Cat posted up above didn't impress me overly, but that one you grew and photographed has an awesome pile of petaloids, Robert. Seen that a lot? Good growing.

Cat, I liked your topaz lizard shot! I captured a green Anole like that on a white bloom and my friend Veronika rendered it in colored pencils for the inside back cover of the Tropical Hibiscus Handbook I edited for the Am Hib Society, back in 2003. Check it out if you have the Handbook . . Since we stopped using most poisons we have tons of lizards here. I squashed a caterpillar on a seedling today and a nearby lizard emerged and gave me a really dirty look. Stole his lunch, I guess.
Attached is a more recent menagerie.
Barry

Hello All,

Barry,
Thank you for the compliment on magnifique. She was very stubborn last year and I had more buds dropping than blooms. (Most likely my fault I am sure) However this year is completely different she is blooming like crazy and the blooms keep getting larger and better. Suprising enough I had to take the PIC with my phone because I was leaving and did not have the camera. Trusty back-up!!!

Robert

My magnifique was also stubborn last year. Not a single bloom. She is making up for it by the dozens.
So, Barry. Who won? The bee or the lizard, LOL!