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Wild flowers: Haematoxylum brasiletto

april 28, 2025

There are two (2) tree species on the island that have been the source of an enormous amount of discussions and disagreements between people because of their name; the Kibrahacha and the Brasia.

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Wild flowers – Pinda shimaron

april 21, 2025

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A small delicate yellow flower almost everybody oversees.

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Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

april 14, 2025

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The month of April marks the flowering of the Melocactus locally called Milon di seru or Bushi (Melocactus macracanthos).

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Wild flowers: Yerba di lagadishi

april 9, 2025

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This tiny little beauty is almost always overlooked as too many people classify it as ‘only a weed’ (onkruid).

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Wild flowers: Blue porterweed

april 1, 2025

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If you want hummingbirds in your garden you need this plant in your garden. The Blue porterweed is a much loved garden plant for all who want to attract hummingbirds and butterflies to the garden.

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Wild flowers: Castor bean

maart 24, 2025

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If you look closely at the flower cone on the photo you will see that it consists of 2 different kinds of flowers; creamy rounded ones on the underside and reddish ones on the upper side.

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Wild flowers: Milkweed

maart 20, 2025

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Meet the plant named Katuna di Seda, Katúnbóm, Mata di lechi (Calotropis procera) or Milkweed. It is an introduced plant on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao and all of the New World

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If there is a popular herb-like plant on the island it is the Flaira (Jatropha gossypiifolia). Either the variety with the green leaves, or the even more popular variety with the red leaves, the Flaira is one plant almost everyone wants in their garden.

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Wild flowers: Erythrina velutina

maart 10, 2025

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The month of March is a month of transitions. It is a month in which the dry season hits hard with occasionally a heavy rain shower that wakens nature for…

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Wild flowers: Bini-bini

maart 4, 2025

Michelle Pors-da Costa Gomez

The Bini-Bini was first discovered in the Caribbean by one Nicolaus Joseph von Jacquin in the period between 1755 and 1759. In 1773 the plant was found in Florida by William Bartram.

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Categorie: Wild flowers – Wilde bloemen

Wild flowers: Haematoxylum brasiletto

Wild flowers – Pinda shimaron

Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

Wild flowers: Yerba di lagadishi

Wild flowers: Blue porterweed

Wild flowers: Castor bean

Wild flowers: Milkweed

Wild flowers – Flaira

Wild flowers: Erythrina velutina

Wild flowers: Bini-bini

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