Tuesday 15 December 2015

POINSETTIAS

The poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a culturally and commercially important plant species of the diverse spurge family that is indigenous to Mexico and Central America. It is particularly well known for its red and green foliage and is widely used in Christmas floral displays. It derives its common English name from Joel Roberts Poinsett, the first United States Minister to Mexico, who introduced the plant into the United States in 1825.

This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Trees & Bushes meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.

8 comments:

  1. Glorious, Nick ... too bad Poinsettia's are poisonous for pets or I would fill my house with them every year :)

    Andrea @ From The Sol

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  2. Particular the red flowers lit up with its color this time of year. I have one red and one white.

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  3. Pretty poinsettias, lovely image. Enjoy your day!

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  4. So colourful! Actually I haven't any one this year. Hmmm.... Strange! I have to change that! :_)

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  5. I like the one up to the right - very unique poinsettia!
    Thanks for sharing at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2015/12/beautiful-saint-maarten.html

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  6. What a perfect Trees & Bushes post for December!!! Interesting info.

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  7. your post image says "christmas" to me :)

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