Bougainvillea ブーゲンビリア

Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。

This is bougainvillea. I have heard of the flower many times, but I first saw it last week. The color pink is so bright, catching my eye!! 

Bougainvillea ブーゲンビリア

Pink "bracts" ピンクの「苞」

Cream yellow "petals"! 薄黄が花弁！

I like flowers whose not petals but bracts are showy, like bougainvillea and flowering dogwood. 

Bougainvillea was named after Louis Antoine de Bougainvillea, and it's called in Japanese also "bu-gainbiliya," Japanese pronunciation of bougainvillea, but it has other Japanese names. One is "ikada kazura," meaning a "raft vine" after the shape of the pink bract looking like a raft and the cream yellow petal a boatman. Another is "kokonoe kazura" or "multi-layered vine."  

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ブーゲンビリアです！聞いたことはありましたが見たのは初めて。色がホントに綺麗です！で気づいたことが一つ。私、花弁より苞が好きなようです。ハナミズキも苞が綺麗です。

ちなみに和名は筏葛（イカダカズラ）、九重葛（ココノエカズラ）。筏葛は苞を筏に、花弁を船頭に見立てています。

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