Hibiscus

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Went to the Garden Centre on Saturday. Saw a stock of Hibiscus in the exotic section. This plant always reminds me of Oranjemund, Namibia. My OPS (Oranjemund Private School) days come flooding back. As kids we’d pick a hibiscus bloom and like you’d pull the petals off a dandelion in a ‘Loves Me, Loves Me Not’ game, we’d play ‘Lady’ and strip the flower down to the carpel. Childish behaviour. We did not know the true significance of what we were doing.

[Link:] Hibiscus.

Oranjemund seemed to be inundated with Hibiscus. Everywhere I went, I came across a bush of it in someone’s gardens or at the CBD - wherever, there always seemed to be a Hibiscus nearby.

So I bought one and have repotted it and it is growing rapidly in my conservatory. In fact it has done so well in a few days, it is now going to flower!

So I thought I’d diarise the flowering by way of photographing the blooming progress each day until the flower is in full bloom.

Aaah!

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Hibiscus