A Little Piece of Florida

Today’s post features images I captured this week from a new, Plumaria plant we have growing on our back deck at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri.

Plumaria are a tropical species of flowering plant/tree. When we visited a friend in Florida this past February, she broke off a piece of one of her Plumaria plants and told us to bring it home and see if we could get it to grow.  Well, results are in … it’s now blooming!  Hoping to be able to overwinter it inside! I hope you enjoy this beautiful plant as much as we are!

Plumaria

Plumaria

A macro photo of one of the plant’s leaves:

Plumaria leaf

Plumaria

And as of this morning, four flowers … and counting!

Plumaria

Plumaria

What will the upcoming days bring?  I’ll report any significant updates.

 

Photographic Equipment Used:

  • Canon 5D Mark 3 body
  • Canon 28-135mm f/3.5-f/5.6 IS lens and Canon 180mm f/3.5 macro lens
  • Handheld, with IS “On” and on Bogen 3221 tripod/ball head (for macros)
  • ISO 200 thru ISO 800
  • Aperture variable
  • Shutter variable

 

 

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