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Bleeding hearts are among the most delicate of all flowers -- their transparency remind me of our own hearts. We can easily see the teardrops forming and falling amid the elegance and tenderness of the heart. My bleeding heart plants are at least 20 years old now and every year I look forward to their blooms with increased anticipation. They grow more lovely with each passing year -- just as our own hearts seem to become more beautiful with time, age, and priceless wisdom! A very beautiful day to all!
Pearl, Ontario
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there's something about spring flowers that gets me excited. i think 'cos they are solid proof that summer is close.
Bleeding Glory-bower/bleeding-heart vine(Clerodendrum thomsoniae)
Clerodendron thomsoniae is a species of Clerodendrum native to tropical west Africa from Cameroon west to Senegal. It is an evergreen liana growing to 4 m tall, with ovate to oblong leaves 8-17 cm long. The flowers are produced in cymes of 8-20 together, each flower with a pure white to pale purple five-lobed calyx 2.5 cm diameter, and a red five-lobed corolla 2 cm long and diameter.
Gallicolumba luzonica
Bleeding-heart pigeons are endemic (native) to Luzon, and the neighboring small Polillo Islands, in the Philippines.
They spend most of their time on the forest floor searching for seeds, berries, insects and other invertebrates. When disturbed, they usually fly only a short distance and then finishes their escape on foot.
No one is sure why this bird's markings resemble a bleeding heart. Most agree it probably is related to courtship and mating.
Pigeons follow similar courtship patterns. Males coo loudly, displaying before the females. These displays sometimes go on for days followed by nest building. Males choose their nesting site and gather twigs, roots and other materials, which are set in place by the female. These birds are monogamous and tend to mate for life.