I wanted to start a different thread to show you all the amazing plant life that's here. I keep coming across all manner of amazing growing things and I thought you'd get a kick out of seeing them. I'll keep the other thread going of my various adventures, but didn't want to mix up the two. Most of what I'm going to post here I have no clue of, don't know names, but I wanted to share anyway, because I thought y'all would find it interesting. This looks like a regular spider plant, but one on steroids!!!! It's as big as a tree, no kidding! No clue what these are, but they're hanging from all the palm trees. Colorful. These are all over the place too. Pretty flowers. I do recognize the hibiscus Ignore the wrinkled old hand I had to show you that comparison so that you'd see how enormous they grow here! I mean, each leaf is as big, or bigger than my whole hand!
Ronni your second picture is a date palm and, oh boy, I'd love to be there when the dates ripen!! Such wonderful plants and beautiful bright colours. I'm so glad you're taking such a great selection of photographs for us - keep them coming.
Just as lovely as can be. I certainly lurve tropical flowers. The beauty of your foto's bring back the memories of some of their fragrances. Keep them pics a-comin', please.
We walked about a mile along the beach to a local restaurant, and came across this!! Huge sea turtle!! And there are chicken, chickens everywhere!!! They are indigenous to the island. And as common to Kauai as squirrels are to Nashville! The trees are amazing!!! No clue what this is, but there are bunches of them overlooking one of the beaches. And more beautiful flowers:
There are fantastic flower arrangements in the Hotel lobby area that they change out every couple three days. Just gorgeous. More flora and fauna around the area: A teeny tiny snail one of thousands that cover the lava rocks on one of the beaches we visited. Lava rocks
Plantain or banana? Whichever it is, the ... flower?.... sure is weird! And more sea turtles. They're just sitting there, right on the beach. They're HUGE!! One of their flippers is about twice the size of my foot, to give you some idea of their size! This blows me away. This is a forest of trees. They grow to a certain size, and then the tops spread out and get flat! The tops of the trees are what you're seeing in the pic, and it makes a complete canopy. Even when it rains hard, I can stand under that kind of tree and not get wet. Amazing!
Love the turtle photos - they're beautiful creatures. Love 'em and wish I could see them on the beaches and laying eggs.
