{Our Adenium obesum Desert Rose Surprise}

On May 28, Pieter had a surprise for me in the greenhouse. The Adenium obesum Desert Rose was blooming! We used to have this on the window sill in the bay window area but since it is a poisonous plant for pets, it had to go to the greenhouse... As much as I love plants; I love our felines even more! In Africa its toxic sap from the roots and stems is used as arrow poison. It is native to the Sahel regions, south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), and tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia. 

As a matter of fact, Travel - Fashion - Lifestyle blogger friend Tammy Lau from Edgymix did show them in their natural environment in one of her posts: The Most Alien Place on Earth-Socotra  isolated from mainland Yemen you can view them in the top photo, above the subject line.

It is happily blooming inside our greenhouse! Quite a Surprise...

They do have lovely flowers!

Related link:
Adenium obesum | Wikipedia

{Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis 'Snow Queen' - Variegated}

On August 6, I did capture a few photos of our flaming red Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis 'Snow Queen' - Variegated. Let me show it to you:

Tropical Hibiscus Variegated Snow Queen

See link below post from Emerald Goddess Gardens

Now you can see our white picket fence underneath the red blossom... The Southern Magnolia tree is to the left.

We view this from our bay window area and it is in a pot.

You also find them in the link from Almost Eden Plants, below this post.

Here you clearly can see the picket fence and the magnolia trees. The Japanese magnolia tree to the right and its leaves above in this photo. Our Southern Magnolia tree is to the left...

Do you have a variegated hibiscus in red?

Related links:
Tropical Hibiscus Variegated Snow Queen | Emerald Goddess Gardens
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Snow Queen' | Almost Eden Plants
{Our Luna White Hibiscus or Rose Mallow} | previous post by me
{Our Hibiscus syriacus 'Diana' - Rose-of-Sharon 'Diana'} | previous post by me

{Our Pink Hibiscus Syriacus 'Aphrodite' - Aphrodite Rose of Sharon} | previous post by me

{Our Hibiscus syriacus 'Blushing Bride' from Quero, Belluno in Italy} | previous post by me
{Our Hibiscus syriacus Jeanne D'Arc & Our Life in Italy} | previous post by me
{3 Hibiscus Varieties 'KONA' - 'CONFEDERATE ROSE' and a RED variegated} | a previous post by me

{Our Zephyranthes Candida - Rain Lily}

Zephyranthes flowers are very similar to Habranthus flowers and both are called Rain Lilies. Zephyranthes flowers tend to be star shaped and Habranthus have somewhat irregular flowers. Read more in detail below post under Zephyranthes. 

Also our Zephyranthes Candida Rain Lily, commonly called Fairy Lily is a member of the Amaryllidaceae family. Blogger friend Sarah from HYACINTHS FOR THE SOUL did show us her Habranthus Rain Lily in pink. Just scroll down on her blog. 

 Our Zephyranthes Candida is native to Argentina and Uruguay

Here I did arrange them in a silver vase on a tray and also showing you two buds and two of its leaves in the back.

They do look a bit like Crocus... and are also a flower bulb.

On a tray in the gazebo in daylight.

Zephyranthes flowers point straight up and have equal stamens.
Habranthus flowers point upward BUT at an angle and have unequal stamens.

Here you can actually count the 6 equal stamens. 

Lovely greenish center...

All photos are taken on August 29, when we had our first summer tea in the gazebo after cleaning up the mud.
In the back you see our pond...

Proof of sunshine after all our summer rain! 
This is at 18:00 o'clock...

Here is how they grow, beside our gazebo...

Hope you enjoyed this unique summer blooming bulb!

Does any of you also having these? Or in a different color?

From those links below you can check other colors.

Related links:

Zephyranthes | pacificbulbsociety.org with photos and detailed information

Rainlily, Zephyranthes and Habranthus spp | University of Florida showing all different varieties - scroll down

Zephyranthes | Wikipedia