Pink and purple flowers – Caribbean Footprint

One of the most conspicuous flowers you can find almost all over the place on all three islands of Aruba Bonaire and Curaçao is of the invasive plant called Beyisima, Beyísima or Coralita (Antigonon leptopus).

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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: 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: 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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Wild flowers: Bini-bini

maart 4, 2025

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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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Wild flowers: Passiflora foetida

februari 26, 2025

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A popular wild flower on the islands is the wild Passion flower, or Korona di la birgen as it is called in Papiamentu.

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Wild flowers- Banana di ref/rif

februari 13, 2025

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Along the entire northern coast of our island, in the saliñas and along inlets and inner bays, grows a small plant that we all walk over carelessly and hardly look at.

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Tag: Pink and purple flowers

Wild flowers – Beyisima

Wild flowers: Melocactus macracanthos

Wild flowers: Blue porterweed

Wild flowers: Milkweed

Wild flowers: Bini-bini

Wild flowers: Passiflora foetida

Wild flowers- Banana di ref/rif

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