12/29/09, 06/05/20 |
St Croix - Page 27 B |
These photos were taken during my November to December 2009 trip. |
Lizard on a stick |
Eight pigeons holding a meeting on a wire. |
Butterfly |
Falcon perched on top of a palm tree |
Two mountain doves, taking a break from the sun. |
An egret resting in the shade. |
The same egret (gahlin) having lunch, a mouse! |
A pelican taking a rest after a dive. At right a pelican in flight. |
Tamarind |
Pomegranate flowers |
Pomegranate (Crucian - Pomgrana) |
Pomegranate - almost ripe. |
Two varieties of avocado. |
Two varieties of sugar apple. |
Pigeon peas |
Inside a sugar apple (green variety). |
Inside sugar apple (purple variety). |
Pigeon peas flowers. Yellow flowers usually produce green peas while the red flowers produce purple or spotted peas. |
Inside a pomegranate |
Passion fruit (Parcha, Spanish) |
Flowers, flowers, and more flowers. Many are wild flowers. |
The seed pod from a Mahogany tree. When it matures it opens and the seeds fall. The seeds rotate like propellers as they fall to the ground allowing them to land at different distances from the tree. |
After it rained. |
This small blue flower is from a wild grass. |
Beautiful flowers from a vine that can be annoying; tends to strangle other plants/trees. |
Wild flower |
Wild flower |
Vinca. Ma called these "playeras". They come in various colors. Center can vary in color from flower to flower. |
Hoya. Ma called it "miosoti" |
Ma had these growing mostly in the back. They grow quickly and spread rapidly. Hard to get rid of. They opened in early morning but would close as soon as it became too hot. |