Pics of the Week: Tropical Flowers

September 26th, 2011

Thanks to Medellin’s tropical climate, we are constantly seeing bizarre tropical flowers that look as if they came from some fantasy world.  Most of them can be found in the city’s fabulous Botanical Gardens.  Here are some of our favorites; our apologies in advance for not knowing what any of them are called!

This crazy flower looks like an artichoke on an acid trip.

We're convinced that these flowers are straight out of the movie Avatar.

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We don't even know where to begin in describing this flower!

Same goes for this guy, we think they're related.

This electric pink flower is certainly appealing to the butterflies.

These fuzzy flowers come in just about every shade of red, pink, yellow and orange. They are happiness in flower form.

Feria de las Flores Day 5: Orchids, Birds, and Flowers

August 25th, 2010

We are in the middle of the Feria de las Flores (Flower Festival) Medellin’s biggest annual festival, and one of the most popular in all of Colombia. Everyday we’ll be bringing you multiple blogs and videos about the events we’re attending, such as concerts, parades and exhibitions. Viva la Feria!

The event everyone recommended we checkout during the feria was Orquideas, Pájaros y Flores (Orchids, Birds and Flowers) at the Botanical Gardens.  We beat the crowds by attending in the early afternoon on a weekday but still had to compete for space to see the thousands upon thousands of gorgeous flowers.  I never realized how many varieties of orchids existed, but I’m sure I saw just about every single one of them after an afternoon at the gardens.  In addition to the orchids there were tropical flowers, roses, lilies, gerbera daisies, chrysanthemums, and I could go on and on.  Take a look at some of our favorite flowers and don’t forget you can see more on our Picasa page.

Check out our Picasa albums to see our Feria de las Flores gallery as well as pictures from our other adventures in Colombia.

Read more about Feria de las Flores here.