Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea, 九重葛 our most commonly seen roadside plants.

We see them everywhere; even as a child we knew them. In insignificant places, by the roadsides, pedestrian bridges, flyovers, beside lamp posts and bus stops, they flowered and withered unnoticed.

Upon closer look, these little flowers too reveal much beauty.

As my primary school teacher once pointed out to us, the actual flower of the plant is small and generally white, but each cluster of three flowers is surrounded by 3 or 6 colored leaves, which can comes in pink, magenta, purple, red, orange, white, or yellow.

It's an all year blooming plant, especially thriving in these weeks of blowing hot and cold (rain) climate.

This was the beautiful sight i chanced upon my way home today - a bed of violet blossom in the evening sun.