Grenadines 2018

Tuesday13February

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

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

Hibiscus.

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

A purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis).

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

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

An anthurium, a pink flowering banana (Musa velutina), and a bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolia).

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

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

Nymphaea elegans