Starting to Feel A Lot Like Christmas
Christmas in the tropics, like Christmas in Australia is different. I took this picture this morning about 1/2 a mile up the road. This is what Christmas poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) look like here. These are small and spindly because we have had drought this year, we are currently at less than 25% of our annual average rainfall.
Just a little further down the road this magnificent Pyrostegia venusta, or Flame Vine cascades over a bridge abutment.
Here is a close up of this rampant and invasive vine which can smother a full grown tree.
Another variety of Poinsettia sometimes called a small leaf Poinsettia or Snowbush is Euphorbia leucocephala. In the summer it is an insignificant green bush, but in wintertime . . .
Aloe Vera in bloom, we use the sticky sap from the leaves for sunburn and to heal just about any skin irritation.
and a close up of the flower
I hope you enjoyed the tour and
Y’all come back!
