Bad Weather Flowers

By Stephanie
Something exciting happened in the garden due to the bad weather. Yes I mean it! I even see hibiscus flowering. Well, there is certainly some sunlight after all... sunlight from my hibiscus, hehe... I am surprised by my Senecio confusus 'Sao Paulo' -- their blooms popped up all over the place. The vines love to stretch out far and flower freely. The flowers are like little torches in the evenings especially when the sun is behind the clouds :-D Calla lily? I hope so! Anyway, let's see how it goes as the sprout doesn't seem to grow bigger... Here comes two stalks of Eucrosia bicolor (commonly known as Peruvian Lily)! The bulbs have been sending out leaves and leaves and leaves... and now flowers!! Yippie!!! Are these old buds from my Christmas Kalanchoe? Well, I am not sure. Perhaps the cool weather we had a few weeks ago initiated the formation of these buds...  A small Torenia emerging from the pot of Selaginella. Cute little bloom... I like! Other cute blooms that I have spotted recently are the Kaempferia and Cryptanthus blooms. Also the Fittonia bloom... Fittonia does indeed flower!! I saw a tiny one popping up from this green bracts. I didn't have a camera at hand then. It must have dropped already :-( Anyway, it was hiding behind, so kind of hard to snap a pic even if I have a camera at hand. My Medinilla is finally sending out a few bunch of blooms again. They are however infested by mealybugs... yikes! Unlike the Anthuriums, they just bloom non-stop without any disturbance (from pest!). Love them to bits! Meanwhile, my Tillandsia bloom seems to have rotted :-(  Hope your garden is not affected by the rain. Have a wonderful day!