The Holy Land is full of beautiful vegetation. Here is only a smattering of some of the fun plants I've been able to get pictures of.
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| These come in pink, purple, red, orange and white. Someone told me they grow in abundance in the American SW, but they are absolutely beautiful here. |
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| The rosebushes outside my bedroom window. |
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| Much farther south in the Negev are these plants that hurt a lot when you brush against them with your leg. I wonder what they look like in the Spring.... |
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| Outside Tel Arad in the Negev. |
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| I obviously don't know my plant species, but there are a lot here that remind me of the aloe vera plant--fat, juicy, waxy looking leaves and stems. They are obviously very good at water storage. |
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| Cool polka-dotted cacti and purple-stemmed something else. |
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| More cactus varieties |
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| These cactus I call "subway tunnels" because as you can see in the picture below, people use them for graffiti. |
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| Passionfruit--the flower is very definition of exotic |
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| A picture from the top of Lachish in the Shephelah. |
1 comment:
The top plant is bougainvillia (sp?) and yes, they are beautiful. I love them. They're all over California and maybe other places nearby.
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