Hibiscos Gemelos

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Taken in Bahia de Banderas, Nayarit (See more photos or videos here)

20°45' 08" N, 105°20' 01" W

Twin Hibiscus

Hibiscus is one of the most beautiful flowers of the tropics. It comes in a huge variety of colors and color combinations. When we planted our garden, I found a dozen different varieties from pure pink, yellow with red throats, red with yellow throats, white with red throats, etc etc. Two years ago we had a plague of Cocinea Rosada, a bug that was imported into Mexico because it is a source of red dye. It has gotten out of control and it particularly likes Hibiscus plants and hardwood trees. The government in order to save the hardwood forests had a very intensive eradication program and we had to cut down all of our infested plants, mostly our Hibiscus plants. Most never recovered, just two redish-pink plants and one red that were particularly strong. We haven't seen any sign of Concinea Rosada so we hope the plague has passed.

The other beauty of Hibiscus plants is that when the flowers close (they only last one day) you can pick them and dry them and use them to make a tea. They make a very tart red tea that is drunk all over Mexico as "Agua de Jamaica". It's very high in vitamin C and is an excellent diuretic similar to cranberry juice. Best served cold with a little sugar.

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Taken in Bahia de Banderas , Nayarit (map)
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