Flower In The City

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I live in a condo several stories up. This flower grows atop a concrete plant box outside our kitchen window. The plant box is mostly cement with tiny, one-centimeter holes bored through them, enough soil to keep plants like this alive.

 

The halo around the bud comes from the glimmer of a car parked across the street. The circular frame are the steel grills of our windows.

 

Its a holiday here in the Philippines. So a long weekend has begun for most people including me. Am starting to feel a bit better, but am still having a tough time breathing. Hopefully all this improves in time for the weekend. I wish you guys all the best. Here's to having a wonderful time doing the things you love with the people you love!

 

Oh and if anyone would be so kind to help me identify the flower. I would be more that appreciative so that I could put that in the notes here.

 

UPDATE: IDENTITY REVEALED! My sister Joanna just posted a message in the comments with the identity of this flower. Its' scientific name is Jatropha Podagrica more commonly known as a Buddha Belly Plant or Gout Plant. You can check the Wikipedia entry here.

 

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