Originally posted by Germaine: Don't tell me you have this growing in Calgary! I had one of these in my yard in Caracas and people used to ask to come over and see it. I'd forgotten what a brilliant color they are. |
Actually yes it was growing at the Calgary zoo. They have an indoor sort of rain forest and I was just there a the right time to see it bloom. Apparently it was the first time it has bloomed there. I went back about a week later and all thats there now is just the center vine. It was quite a nice flower to see and I'm glad I managed to shoot it. I saw this writeup on the zoo web page a short while after I shot it.
-dave |