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Why are All of Puerto Vallarta's Bougainvillea Flowers White?

Bougainvillea, a strikingly beautiful plantseen on all these tours is the dramatic sight
seen in abundance in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico,of Bougainvilleas near every subject of
derived its name from Louis Antoine deinterest.
Bougainvillea, an admiral in the French Navy
that encountered these plants in Brazil inAnother tour where Bougainvilleas can be seen
1768 and described their beauty to his fellowat every turn in the road is the Home tour,
Europeans  when  he  returned  home.where visitors are escorted through selected
homes in Vallarta's finest neighborhoods. The
Bougainvilleas are rapid growing plants thatcobblestone roads, white and pastel colored
produce white flowers year round in sunnyvillas with their red tile roofs, the
warm climates and Vallarta perfectly meetsincredible hillside views of the city and
their requirements by providing approximatelyBanderas Bay, and of course the magnificent
320 sunny days per year with an averagetropical foliage with Bougainvilleas around
annual temperature of 78°F. Beingalmost every home, provide these tourists
deciduous, they do fine without much wateringwith  a  day  full  of  unforgettable sights.
during the seven month dry season in Vallarta
from November through May, when there isPuerto Vallarta currently has seven world
virtually no rain. As thorny vines, they seemclass golf courses with the construction of
content growing up, horizontal or evenan eighth course near completion. Three
hanging down and can reach out or up almostadditional courses are on the drawing board
40  feet.and will probably be built during the next
five years. They are all magnificently
It's almost impossible to go anywhere inmanicured courses, some rolling throughout
Vallarta without seeing bougainvilleasthe foothills of the Sierra Madres, others
growing profusely. They are everywhere alongalong the shore of Banderas Bay or the
the roadside, can be spotted on the SierraPacific Ocean. Aside from having absolutely
Madre hillsides, act as potted plants orperfect weather conditions for golf for eight
serve as ornamental shrubs around almostmonths of the year, these courses have one
every casita and villa, are all over the golfother thing in common; they are all
courses, and are around all public areas ofbeautifully adorned with strategically
interest. Bougainvilleas can be seen hangingpositioned Bougainvilleas. Typically, when
over walls, from terraces, and from windowvisitors play the golf courses around
sills in every Vallarta neighborhood. BecauseVallarta, they will take a number of
they are so dense with foliage and pricklyphotographs of the scenery and it will
thorns, they are ideal for and routinely usedinvariably include Bougainvilleas. The
as colorful hedges along walkways and betweenstandard comment is that it's exactly what
lots.one would expect to find in Paradise! Of
course, their comments may differ a bit
Now we ask, if all their flowers are white,immediately after spraying a tee shot out of
why are these plants so beautiful andthe fairway and into one of the magnificent
colorful? The answer is that it's not theirBougainvillea bushes with their thorny
flowers that have drawn our attention, it'sbranches and profusion of bracts and leaves
their bracts! All bougainvilleas have smallhanging down to the ground, making their ball
white trumpet shaped flowers in clusters ofvirtually  irretrievable!
three, surrounded by three or six brightly
colored bracts. These bracts are actuallyIncluded with the gorgeous and infinitely
modified or specialized leaves, generallydiffering evening sunsets, the Guadalupe
slightly smaller than the green foliageChurch, the sand sculptures on the beach, and
leaves and their purpose is to attractthe bronze sculptures on the malecon, the
pollinators. In the case of bougainvilleas,colorful Bougainvillea bracts are among the
these bracts can be pink, magenta, purple,most photographed topics in Vallarta. If you
red, orange, yellow, white, or a combinationbring a camera to this tropical Paradise,
of colors. Poinsettia is another example of amake sure you've got plenty of spare memory
beautiful plant, where the bright red coloror film because it's quite easy to get
that we're familiar with at Christmas time iscarried away taking pictures before you've
actually the Poinsettia bract and not aseen  it  all!
flower.
If you're fortunate enough to be one of the
In Vallarta there are numerous tours that are50,000 North Americans living here, the next
taken on a daily basis by thousands of cruisetime a visitor to the area comments on all
boat passengers and other visitors. Theythe beautiful Bougainvillea flowers, you can
include Safari tours, Canopy tours, Junglebe a real smart aleck by informing them that
tours, City tours, etc., all of which havewhat they're admiring are actually bracts;
many beautiful sights to see with "photo ops"that all Bougainvillea flowers are white!
galore. One common "photo op" that can be



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