Gfpacificbee’s Insights & photography
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Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2026 Donna Phillips … All Rights Reserved.
Location: San Diego, California, USA
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Zephyranthes atamasca
Our area is currently under a Winter Storm Watch, probability is more likely for a severe ice storm rather than receiving much in the form of snow even though some is possible. Hence, I have chosen to share from my archives. Dreaming of Spring and the warmer weather it will bring and the blooming of Spring flowers.
These are from a hike in April of 2022 at Landsford Canal State Park. I captured these on the way to a spectacular lookout point for Spider Lilies.
The scientific name for this species was originally placed, by Carl Linnaeus, in the genus Amaryllis using the epithet “Atamasca” in 1753. In the second edition of Species Plantarum, Linnaeus changed the spelling to “Atamasco,” the Native American name for the species. The most recognized name for these flowers is Zephyranthes atamasca.
The Zephyranthes atamasca is native to the Southern United States of America. It tends to grow in swampy forests, and coastal prairies. Its blooming season begins in March or April. The blooms pictured grow along the shores of the Catawba River in Landsford Canal State Park. They can be seen while hiking along the Canal Trail.
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Terri’s The Flower Hour #14 – 2026.01.23
Also posting in remembrance of …
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
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The Plumeria is the perfect example of the finest quality of flowers one can find in Hawaii. They are often used in making leis. They come in a variety of colours and shades including white, yellow, pink, and red. The flowers sweet fragrance and delicate beauty are characteristics that make it a favourite among the locals and tourists alike.
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Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2026 Mandy Powers Norrell … All Rights Reserved.
Location: North Shore, Oaho, Hawaii, USA
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Madagascar Periwinkle is a flowering perennial that has glossy leaves and flowers similar to phlox flowers.
Interesting Note: Catharanthus roseus, aka Madagascar Periwinkle contains vital medicinal properties which are used in treating diabetes, kidney, liver, cardiovascular, and other life-threatening diseases. Its potent anticancer compounds are used in chemotherapy, alongside traditional uses for diabetes, hypertension, microbial infections, inflammation, and wound healing.
Also posting in remembrance of …
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Bren’s Floral Friday
God Bless. Admire the Flowers and the beauty found in nature. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Camellia japonica, a beautiful flower located in Glencairn Garden. These are from a visit we took to the gardens in January 2023.
Terri’s The #Flower Hour #13-2026.01.13
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: Canon EOS Rebel T3i with Canon EF-S75-300mm lens
Location: Glencairn Garden; Rock Hill, South Carolina, USA
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Uniola paniculata, aka sea oats, seaside oats, araña, and arroz de costa, is a tall subtropical grass which is an important component of coastal sand dune and beach plant communities in the southeastern United States of America, eastern Mexico, and some Caribbean Islands. The Sea Oats help protect beaches and property from damage due to high winds, storm surges, and tides. Interestingly, it provides food and habitat for birds, small animals, and insects.
Sea Oats are a crucial component of the area’s hurricane defense strategy. They have helped to thwart damage from tropical storms. (Tropical storms and hurricanes typically hit the Myrtle Beach area before or more so than in our area of the Carolinas.)
Sea Oats are a protected grass in several states along the southeastern Atlantic coast. Think twice before picking or disturbing Sea Oats, that action is punishable by fine in Georgia, South Carolina, and Northern Carolina.
Also posted in Remembrance of Bren & Cee.
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2025 -2026 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Cameras: 1) Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max; 2-3) Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens & Altura UV Filter attachment.
Location: 1) Crazy Sister Marina; Murrells Inlet, South Carolina; 2-3) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Wishing y’all the best life filled with love, peace, and joy in 2026. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment
Location: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
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Terri from Second Wind Leisure Perspective is the host for The #Flower Hour. I am posting my last 2025 Floral images (December 31,2025) as my first Flower Hour post for 2026.
Also posting to Remember …
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: By Dinopark; Broadway at the Beach; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Wishing y’all the best life filled with love, peace, and joy in 2026. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.
Location: Gibson House; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
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Viola x wittrockiana
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS Rebel T7 (2000D) with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.
Location: Gibson House; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a bright beautifully terrific week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Revisiting Christmas Florals
Terri from Second Wind Leisure Perspective is the host for The #Flower Hour #11. This week she is giving us a Last Chance to share our Holiday Florals. Having already posted several Holiday Florals I dug deep into my archives to reshare some Christmas Florals with all of you.
Poinsettias are a popular Christmas floral, however, you probably don’t see this one around your everyday Christmas displays.
Let’s now take a look at a different Christmas floral known as the Christmas Berry. The Christmas Berry is a compact shrub with dark green elliptic leaves, but are crimson red when young in early spring. The shrub tolerates moderate shade and grows in well drained soil.
Next, we are admiring a succulent known as the Christmas Kalanchoe, a popular house plant known for its vibrant, long-lasting flowers in colors like red, white, pink, and orange. It is a succulent that thrives in bright, indirect light and well-drained soil, making it a great festive gift for the holidays.
And finally, we are changing colours from red to green for our Christmas florals. This plant was seen at Anne Springs Close Greenway’s garden at the Stables Entrance. It is a Helleborus orientalis, often referred to as Christmas Rose, or Lenten Rose. It is a winter-blooming, broadleaf evergreen, clumping perennial in the Ranunculaceae or buttercup family.
Also posting for:
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2023-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
God Bless. Have a very Merry Christmas Holiday Season. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
American Beautyberry is a woody deciduous, perennial shrub native to the southeastern United States including the Carolinas.
Clusters of small flowers bloom on the late spring and early summer. However, what you are seeing here are clusters of vibrant purple berries in the Carolinas that peak in late summer through autumn (August to November). The vibrant berries often persist into early winter providing significant food for birds and wildlife, making it a quintessential fall shrub for the region. The colors vary; most common is the vivid purple, though white and pink varieties exist.
The American Beautyberry offers many ecological services. How might you ask does it work? Its seeds and berries provide an important food source for a tremendous amount of songbirds of America. Some of those include American robin, brown thrasher, northern bobwhite, purple finch and eastern towhee. It is also a nectar source for butterflies and has fragrant foliage.
What I found interesting is that the American Beautyberry has been used by farmers successfully since at least the early 20th century to repel biting bugs from mules and horses by rubbing it on their coats and under harnesses. Why did I found this information so fascinating? The location of this particular American Beautyberry shrub is located near the horse stables at Anne Springs Close Greenway.
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Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Canon EOS 2000D with Canon EF-S55-250mm lens and Altura UV Filter attachment.
Location: Greenway Horse Stables; Greenway Stables and Farm Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a fantastic week. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Yesterday, on December 12th, people celebrated National Poinsettia Day. It is an annual celebration commemorating the death of Joel Roberts Poinsett, an American diplomat that introduced the Poinsettia plant to the United States. It honours its deep ties to Christmas traditions, especially the Mexican legend of a poor girl whose humble gift of weeds bloomed into the beautiful “Flower of the Holy Night.”
Red Poinsettias
National Poinsettia Day is a day for spreading holiday cheer with the Red-leafed plants. Churches line them up in front of pulpits & many are donated by members in honor of loved ones no longer with us. Poinsettias are often given as gifts during the. Christmas holiday season.
Terri’s The #Flower Hour #10-Festive Holiday Florals and Decor
Also posting for:
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit:©️2023-2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
God Bless. Have a very Merry Christmas Holiday Season. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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Cee’s Flower of the Day
Photo Credit:©️2025 Deb L. Waters… All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Photo Credit:©️2024 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: CB Huss Recreation Complex; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
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Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Greenway Stables Entrance; Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Admire Nature’s Beautiful Flowers. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Camellia japonica
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit: ©️2025 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 16 Pro Max Fusion
Location: Old Town; Riverside Community; Cramerton, North Carolina, USA
God Bless. Admire Nature’s Beautiful Flowers. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Remembering:
Bren’s Floral Friday
Cee’s FOTD
Photo Credit:©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
Camera: Apple iPhone 14 Pro Max
Location: Anne Springs Close Greenway; Fort Mill, South Carolina, USA
God Bless. Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Interesting fact: Pansy flowers are edible and have a mild, slightly sweet flavor. They can be used as a garnish, in salads, or to decorate cakes and desserts. Care for a taste?
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Admire Nature’s Beautiful Flowers. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
Cee’s Flower of the Day (FOTD)
Photo Credit: ©️2023 Deb L. Waters … All Rights Reserved.
God Bless. Admire Nature’s Beautiful Flowers. Have a great weekend. Thank you for visiting and sharing your time and thoughts with us. I appreciate y’all very much.
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