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I, as is my habit, took a few pictures of flowers while in Panama. This post will focus only on said pictures.
Like usual, I know absolutely nothing about the flowers that I’ve photographed…
This one was almost everywhere…
A close up…
The white version…
Something else entirely…
This one was at the "zoo/nursery" in El Valle…
Dunno where I took this…
One of the places we visited was the Altos de Campana National Park. (Some nice landscape shots from that park later…) We took a hike through the cloud forest. Here are some flowers (and such) from that hike. (Regarding the first & second one, I couldn’t decide which picture I liked the best, so you get both…)
They’re all quite dark. Not much daylight penetrated the canopy or the clouds…
This looked a lot like a banana tree, although I didn’t see any bananas…
This one was so tiny it was hard to get the autofocus to behave…
Okay, it’s not a flower. But it is involved in the plant’s reproduction…
The flower itself got a bit washed out, but I liked the way that the "hairs" on the leaves are highlighted…
Back at the resort…
I was torn whether or not to include this picture, because it seems relatively boring, but what the heck…
I saw a lot of this type of fruit on the road when we went to El Valle. I also saw some people selling them along the road (although, why? They were all over the road…)
I popped one open and tasted a wee bit of the juice - quite acerbic. I wonder if they eat them raw or use them in some other fashion. I would google if I had any idea what they were…
Again, not a flower. These seed pods are about a foot or more in length. They’re almost feather-like when they "pop"….
We stopped by Gamboa on our last day. I’ve got a bunch of pictures from that portion of the trip. Until then, enjoy this flower from the edge of Gatun Lake…
Not much information, but hopefully some of you enjoy the pictures…
