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The Balata Garden


Return to Fort-de-France for lunch, then we join the Balata garden located 20 minutes north of the city.
"Started in 1982 by its owner, Jean-Philippe Thoze, thanks to his personal plant collection, it was opened to the public on April 19, 1986" © Wikipedia

In the Balata Garden - Martinique

Some bananaquits (Coereba flaveola) take advantage of the sugar water provided.

Tufted hummingbird in the Balata Garden - MartiniqueTufted hummingbird in the Balata Garden - Martinique

Hibiscus.

Hibiscus in the Balata Garden - MartiniqueHibiscus in the Balata Garden - Martinique
In the Balata Garden - Martinique
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At the Balata Garden - MartiniqueAt the Balata Garden - Martinique

Red ginger (Alpinia purpurata), and leaves of Fittonia albivenis.

Red ginger at the Balata Garden - MartiniqueAt the Balata Garden - Martinique
Red ginger at the Balata Garden - MartiniqueAt the Balata Garden - Martinique

A purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis).

Madera hummingbird at the Balata Garden - MartiniqueMadera hummingbird at the Balata Garden - Martinique

A porcelain rose (Etlingera elatior), also called torch ginger or emperor's staff.

Torch ginger at the Balata Garden - Martinique
Torch ginger at the Balata Garden - MartiniqueTorch ginger at the Balata Garden - Martinique

Hey, here comes a bananaquit again. On the right, the blur of a royal blue tropical water lily flower (Nymphaea elegans).

At the Balata Garden - MartiniqueWater lily at the Balata Garden - Martinique
Water lilies at the Balata Garden - Martinique
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An anthurium, a pink flowering banana (Musa velutina), and a bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia).

Anthurium in the Balata Garden - MartiniqueBanana plant with pink flowers in the Balata Garden - MartiniqueBamboo orchid in the Balata Garden - Martinique
In the Balata Garden - MartiniqueIn the Balata Garden - Martinique

Small course in the trees in the middle of the park.

In the Balata Garden - MartiniqueIn the Balata Garden - Martinique
In the Balata Garden - MartiniqueIn the Balata Garden - MartiniqueIn the Balata Garden - Martinique
In the Balata Garden - MartiniqueIn the Balata Garden - Martinique
In the Balata Garden - MartiniqueIn the Balata Garden - Martinique

A powder puff tree (calliandra) and a giant bamboo.

In the Balata Garden - MartiniqueGiant bamboo at the Balata Garden - Martinique

Nymphaea elegans

Water lily in the Balata Garden - Martinique





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