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Project News

2009-01-01

Happy New Year!

We wish everyone a happy New Year.  This may be a little late, but Merry Christmas to you as well!  All the staff at Alhajuela Project are inspired to continue our work in promoting our Project throughout this coming Year.  We also pray that our readers will be blessed with good health and happiness during the entire year.

In celebration of Christmas and the New Year, I would like to present some photos of the lovely flowers I found during my visits.

(Photo 1: left) (Scientific name: Brownea macrophylla, Common names: Mt. Rose, Rose of Venezuela)
This is a bright red flower that opens in the form of a pompon. You would be surprised if you suddenly saw it in the middle of a forest. It blooms on the end of branches, but also on the trunk, as in this photo. The diameter of the flower in this photo is about 12 inches. (March 5, 2008, Campo Chagres)

(Photo 2: right) (Scientific name: Tabebuia rosea, Common names: Pink Poui, Primavera)
The flowers bloom during the dry season when the tree has dropped its leaves painting the entire tree pink. The Yellow Poui (or Guayacan in Spanish) is of the same family, but with yellow flowers that create a magnificent golden tree in bloom.  It flowers during the same period as the cherry blossoms in Japan (between February and May). (March 4, 2008, Albrook area, Panama)

(Photo 3: left) (Scientific name: Passiflora vitifolia, Common name: Red Granadilla)
This is a vine like the passion fruit and other passionflowers. (8 de marzo de 2008, Victoriano Lorenzo community)

(Photo 4: right) (Scientific name: Stemmadenia grandiflora, Common name in Spanish: "Huevo de gato")
It has glossy leaves, like Jasmine, with yellow flowers.  The Spanish common name means "cat egg", which must come from the shape of its fruit.  (July 8, 2008, Quebrada Ancha community.)

(Photo 5: left)
It has relatively large flowers with thick petals, like magnolia, that bloom on the trunk.  I still have not found its scientific name. (May 23, 2008, Nombre de Dios communty)

(Photo 6: right) (Scientific name: Lagerstroemia speciosa, Common name: Crepe Myrtle)
The individual flowers that are beautiful in themselves bloom in clusters.  Since the cluster starts blooming from the base gradually moving outward, the blooming season lasts about a month. (June 18, 2008, El Cacao.)

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(Mr. Isao Sakai, Chief Advisor / Rural Development)

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