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.
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
The Elaphidion irroratum, is a well known beetle species from the islands of Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao that will often be attracted to artificial light.
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.
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…
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.
Almost all year round this mini butterfly, the Tropical striped blue (Leptotes cassius) can be found on the flowers of the Wayaca, the Banana di ref, the Wabi, the Beyísima and many other flowering plants.