south pacific flowers

South Pacific Flowers and Trees

There is no way I can do justice to the myriad flowers we saw. They were everywhere.
We know the names of a few.

Gail Anderson visited my page and Identified this one as "Dona Aurora"
She said that is named for the widow of Philippine president Manuel Luis Quezon

Lotus

Hibiscus

Ginger

Bougainvillea

Pineapples

A bromiliad

A Night Blooming Sirius

Morning glories

Lily

Philodendron

Elephant ear

The rest are currently unidentified.
If you know what they are please let me know by e-mail

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Orchids

Bouquets and decorations

Trees, their flowers and fruit
Papaya

Tamarind

Noni (no-nee)

Breadfruit

We don't know what this is.

A fan palm

These next three trees have unique ways of stabilizing themselves.
Banyon

Pandanus

Unknown

Other unknowns

Here are links to places we visited on this tour. Tahiti, Pitcairn, Nuku Hiva, Hiva Oa, Fakarava, and Moorea.
And links photos of the eclipse, eclipse photography, tikis, the ship, young dancers, food, fish, and flowers and trees we saw on the trip.

See other places we have visited here.

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