Could not resist clicking these clay laughing monks in Flower Market, Bangkok.
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November 8th, 2009Frangipani at Cosy Beach
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Shot this near the Swimming Pool at Cosy Beach hotel in Pattaya. I have never seen such big frangipani before.
Plumeria is related to the Oleander, Nerium oleander, and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of Euphorbia. Each of the separate species of Plumeria bears differently shaped leaves and their form and growth habits are also distinct. The leaves of P. alba are quite narrow and corrugated, while leaves of P. pudica have an elongated oak shape and glossy, dark green color. P. pudica is one of the everblooming types with non-deciduous, evergreen leaves. Another species that retains leaves and flowers in winter is P. obtusa; though its common name is “Singapore”, it is originally from Colombia. Frangipani can also be found in Eastern Africa, where they are sometimes referred to in Swahili love poems.
The Frangipani or Frangipane (”Breadbreakers”, from Italian frangere il pane) was a powerful Roman patrician clan in the Middle Ages. The family was typically Ghibelline in sympathy and thus often at odds with the papacy. During the twelfth century, the Frangipani were the chief adversaries of the Pierleoni family, whose cardinal Pietro was raised to the papacy as Anacletus II.
Plumeria flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them. The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar.
“Plumeria” species are easily propagated by taking a cutting of leafless stem tips in Spring and allowing them to dry at the base before inserting them into soil. They are also propagated via tissue culture both from cuttings of freshly elongated stems and aseptically germinated seed.
More on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frangipani_family
Pattaya Beach
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View of the Pattaya beach on the shores. This is a private beach owned by Royal Cliff Hotel and Cosy beach. This is a very secluded part of the beach in Pattaya. Most beaches are crowded so if you want a peaceful beach for yourself this is the place
pattaya beach
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Shot this from Cozy Beach hotel where we stayed during our trip to Pattaya.
The distant island you see is called Coral Island.
Shot this from the Bus on the way to Pattaya
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Beautiful skies in Bangkok shot from the bus which took us to Pattaya. The journey from Bangkok to Pattaya is 2-3 Hours and is pretty scenic . Gives a good glimpse of the nature around Thailand.
Pattaya Beach
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This is the view of Pattaya Beach from Cozy Beach hotel in Pattaya. Cozy beach is up on the hill and its a fantastic place . I would highly recommend it if you are planning to visit Pattaya.
The food also is reasonably priced and has variety in the restaurants and room service.
Sanctuary of Truth
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Sculptures inside sanctuary of truth , Pattaya ,Thailand.
Orchids at Noong Nooch Botanical garden
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Beautiful Orchids I photographed at Noong Nooch tropical Gardens in Pattya.
Opened to the public in 1980 , the garden was named “ Suan Nong Nooch ” in honor of Mrs. Nongnooch, as the word “Suan” means garden. In addition to continuing on her life’s work of the garden, Mrs. Noongnooch spends her time between Bangkok and the orchard in Chieng-rai as well as Nong Nooch camping resort in Prachinburi province, which made its debut in 2001. In order to maintain the gardens, management was than handed over to her son, Mr. Kampon Tansacha.
Presently, Nong Nooch Tropical Garden & Resort is well known to those who want to take in an impressive Thai Cultural Show and find the biggest and most beautiful botanical garden in Southeast Asia. More than 2,000 visitors from around the world visit our garden daily for their enjoyment. At Nong Nooch Tropical Garden, we’re always developing and improving the beautification process in order for the garden to look as it does today. Nong Nooch garden is also dedicated to education, preservation, research as well as the conservation of its vast palm collection and other tropical plants.
More on http://www.nongnoochtropicalgarden.com/en/index.asp
Orchids at Flower Market
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Orchidaceae (or Orchid family) is the largest family of the flowering plants (Angiospermae).[1][2] Its name is derived from the genus Orchis.
The Royal Botanical Gardens of Kew list 880 genera and nearly 22,000 accepted species, but the exact number is unknown (perhaps as many as 25,000)[3] because of taxonomic disputes. The number of orchid species equals about four times the number of mammal species, or more than twice the number of bird species. It also encompasses about 6–11% of all seed plants.[4] About 800 new orchid species are added each year. The largest genera are Bulbophyllum (2,000 species), Epidendrum (1,500 species), Dendrobium (1,400 species) and Pleurothallis (1,000 species). The family also includes the Vanilla (the genus of the vanilla plant), Orchis (type genus) and many commonly cultivated plants like some Phalaenopsis or Cattleya.
Moreover, since the introduction of tropical species in the 19th century, horticulturists have more than 100,000 hybrids and cultivars.
More on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchid
Lotus at Flower Market
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Nelumbo is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy, water lily-like flowers commonly known as lotus or sacred lotus. The generic name is derived from the Sinhalese word Nelum. There are two species in the genus, the better known of which, N. nucifera, or “Sacred Lotus,” is the well-known national flower of India.
There is residual disagreement over which family the genus should be placed in. Traditional classification systems recognized Nelumbo as part of the Nymphaeaceae (water lily) family, but traditional taxonomists were likely misled by evolutionary convergences associated with an evolutionary shift from a terrestrial to an aquatic life style. In the older classification systems it was recognized under the biological order Nymphaeales or Nelumbonales. Nelumbo is currently recognized as its own family, Nelumbonaceae, as one of several distinctive families in the eudicot order Proteales. Its closest living relatives are shrubs or trees (Proteaceae and Platanaceae).
These plants are unrelated to the bird’s-foot trefoils and deer-vetches of the genus Lotus.
More on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelumbo
