Bougainvillea ブーゲンビリア（筏葛）

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

This is Bougainvillea. As Cornus kousa and Cornus florida, the bright deep pink parts that look like petals are bracts and the tiny, pale yellow part is the flower. The Bougainvillea in this place didn't produce many flowers last year. I'm happy for the tree😊. 

Bougainvillea　ブーゲンビリア

Bougainvillea　筏葛

Red Bougainvillea At December End 年末の赤いブーゲンビリア

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

I wrote about bougainvillea before, but that was pink. This time I found red ones in my neighborhood. 

Red bougainvillea 赤いブーゲンビリア

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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