Wild Flowers of Barbados

[angela]

Here are a few of the wild flowers that bloom at this time of the Year (Christmas) in Barbados.
The First Pic. is "Pride of Barbados". It is our National flower, and appears on our Coat of Arms. Barbados celebrated it's 45th year of Independence from Great Britain on the 30th Nov. 2011.
The others are blooms from the wayside.

[angela]

First one is commonly called "christmas Candles"

[Cjcorner]

One of the reasons I used to love to go to Jamaica was the amazing plants. If I were still able to fly, i'm thinking Barbados would be on my list of "places to visit". Your flowers are lovely!

[Clivedude]

What beautiful flowers...just love the colours to...

[pavel]

Love that yellow flowered one!

[ang709]

Wow! I love the colors.

[cdayinflorida]

All lovely Angela

I have a couple of small trees of "Pride of Barbados" and just love them and so do the hummingbirds.

[Cjcorner]

The last picture...those little flowers would be in my garden. Very pretty! Is the "Pride of Barbados" a type of Hibiscus? That would look great in my backyard!

[pavel]

The last picture...those little flowers would be in my garden. Very pretty! Is the "Pride of Barbados" a type of Hibiscus? That would look great in my backyard!

Connie, Caesalpinia pulcherrima, is actually a member of the legume family.

Beautiful flowers, Angela!

[angela]

The last picture...those little flowers would be in my garden. Very pretty! Is the "Pride of Barbados" a type of Hibiscus? That would look great in my backyard!

Connie, that would be a BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGG mistake. those pretty little purple-pink flowers would take over everything, you would never get the rid of them.
The "Pride of Barbados" is not of the Hibiscus family. Botanical name Caesalpinia Pulcherrima- of the Pea family. As children we would pick the pod, take the outer skin off the pea and eat the inside.