Wild flowers – Pinda shimaron

A small delicate yellow flower almost everybody oversees.

Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

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

Forests on the semi-arid ABC islands (4) – ‘Sexy’ forest: the Amazon

There is no tropical rainforest in the world as famous as the Amazon rainforest, an area of approximately 7 million square kilometres where more than half of all the rainforest in the world is located. This tropical jungle is spread over nine different countries.

Wild flowers: Yerba di lagadishi

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

Wild flowers: Blue porterweed

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.

Wild flowers: Castor bean

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.

Wild flowers: Milkweed

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

Wild flowers – Flaira

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.

Wild flowers: Erythrina velutina

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…

Wild flowers: Bini-bini

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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