Flowers, Van Nuys CA 7/16/22

beautiful

Indeed!

Watch out for the thorns on that sucker. They can get two inches long.

beautiful! (i assumed u live in cali, and was correct!)

Noice

My ma had Bougainvillea vine in a pot. A hanging pot. A plain ol' regular lil' hanging pot, plant wasn't much longer than a foot after years.
Meanwhile, you saw how large they can grow in the ground in warmer climes,,,

Is that what this is?

It was a vine, right?

I can't remember

There it goes.

btw, the pink are actually sepals (modified leaves), not true petals, the flower is the little white one jutting out.

I've seen pics like in Malta, Greek Isles, etc, (looks like them white houses there), really something else.

"the pink are actually sepals (modified leaves), not true petals"

That's cool

When I looked up pictures of Bougainvillea online, the little white flowers they showed were divided into four parts. The ones in my picture are divided into five. Maybe it's a different type of the same plant

This and others show five as well.

Turns out there's a few species, and they're from South America. I just found out while looking up pics. I'm not too familiar with them, as it's mainly hardier wildlife plants I'm familiar with...

It's a flowering plant that I see all over SoCal