Has anyone ever seen this before?

heirloomtomaguy · October 15, 2015

So this is my light orange bougainvillea with variegated foliage. For the first time it decided to blow my mind and throw out a variegated flower that has the light orange, dark orange, and pink coloring on it. I have never seen this before and am amazed at how beautiful this flower is. Has anyone ever seen this happen to a bougainvillea flower?

ginger2778 · October 15, 2015

Did you know the colored part is actually a leaf bract. The flowers are the tiny white tubular things in the center of the bract. So it is still a variegation of the leaf, but
I never saw that before. Really quite stunning.

heirloomtomaguy · October 15, 2015

Wow i did not know that. I too have never seen this before. Now i will be keeping a closer eye on this plant.

AlittleSalt · October 15, 2015

It is beautiful.

30 years ago in 1985, my girlfriend and I pressed some leaves, flowers, and butterflies in a Photo Album.

30 years later, the leaves, flowers, and butterflies still have their color, and my soulmate and I look at them as if it were yesterday.

I'm not sure if photo albums are still sold or not? I would save that leaf in some sort of laminate.

30 years goes by fast. Year zero, you are referred to as your name. Year 30, you are grandpa. Looking at those leaves, flowers, and butterflies - 30 years later - it brings back more than memories.

heirloomtomaguy · October 16, 2015

Thats an awesome idea Robert i may just have to do that. Thanks.

heirloomtomaguy · March 11, 2016

Looks like it may be happening again.

October 15, 2015	#3
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	Wow i did not know that. I too have never seen this before. Now i will be keeping a closer eye on this plant. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

October 16, 2015	#5
heirloomtomaguy Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2013 Location: glendora ca Posts: 2,560	Thats an awesome idea Robert i may just have to do that. Thanks. __________________ “Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it."

October 15, 2015	#2
ginger2778 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10 Posts: 9,283	Did you know the colored part is actually a leaf bract. The flowers are the tiny white tubular things in the center of the bract. So it is still a variegation of the leaf, but I never saw that before. Really quite stunning.

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AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	It is beautiful. 30 years ago in 1985, my girlfriend and I pressed some leaves, flowers, and butterflies in a Photo Album. 30 years later, the leaves, flowers, and butterflies still have their color, and my soulmate and I look at them as if it were yesterday. I'm not sure if photo albums are still sold or not? I would save that leaf in some sort of laminate. 30 years goes by fast. Year zero, you are referred to as your name. Year 30, you are grandpa. Looking at those leaves, flowers, and butterflies - 30 years later - it brings back more than memories.