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

Bougainvillea, a strikingly beautifulbe seen on all these tours is the
plant seen in abundance in Puertodramatic sight of Bougainvilleas near
Vallarta, Mexico, derived its name fromevery subject of interest.
Louis Antoine de Bougainvillea, anAnother tour where Bougainvilleas can be
admiral in the French Navy thatseen at every turn in the road is the
encountered these plants in Brazil inHome tour, where visitors are escorted
1768 and described their beauty to histhrough selected homes in Vallarta's
fellow Europeans when he returned home.finest neighborhoods. The cobblestone
Bougainvilleas are rapid growing plantsroads, white and pastel colored villas
that produce white flowers year round inwith their red tile roofs, the
sunny warm climates and Vallartaincredible hillside views of the city
perfectly meets their requirements byand Banderas Bay, and of course the
providing approximately 320 sunny daysmagnificent tropical foliage with
per year with an average annualBougainvilleas around almost every home,
temperature of 78°F. Being deciduous,provide these tourists with a day full
they do fine without much wateringof unforgettable sights.
during the seven month dry season inPuerto Vallarta currently has seven
Vallarta from November through May, whenworld class golf courses with the
there is virtually no rain. As thornyconstruction of an eighth course near
vines, they seem content growing up,completion. Three additional courses are
horizontal or even hanging down and canon the drawing board and will probably
reach out or up almost 40 feet.be built during the next five years.
It's almost impossible to go anywhere inThey are all magnificently manicured
Vallarta without seeing bougainvilleascourses, some rolling throughout the
growing profusely. They are everywherefoothills of the Sierra Madres, others
along the roadside, can be spotted onalong the shore of Banderas Bay or the
the Sierra Madre hillsides, act asPacific Ocean. Aside from having
potted plants or serve as ornamentalabsolutely perfect weather conditions
shrubs around almost every casita andfor golf for eight months of the year,
villa, are all over the golf courses,these courses have one other thing in
and are around all public areas ofcommon; they are all beautifully adorned
interest. Bougainvilleas can be seenwith strategically positioned
hanging over walls, from terraces, andBougainvilleas. Typically, when visitors
from window sills in every Vallartaplay the golf courses around Vallarta,
neighborhood. Because they are so densethey will take a number of photographs
with foliage and prickly thorns, theyof the scenery and it will invariably
are ideal for and routinely used asinclude Bougainvilleas. The standard
colorful hedges along walkways andcomment is that it's exactly what one
between lots.would expect to find in Paradise! Of
Now we ask, if all their flowers arecourse, their comments may differ a bit
white, why are these plants so beautifulimmediately after spraying a tee shot
and colorful? The answer is that it'sout of the fairway and into one of the
not their flowers that have drawn ourmagnificent Bougainvillea bushes with
attention, it's their bracts! Alltheir thorny branches and profusion of
bougainvilleas have small white trumpetbracts and leaves hanging down to the
shaped flowers in clusters of three,ground, making their ball virtually
surrounded by three or six brightlyirretrievable!
colored bracts. These bracts areIncluded with the gorgeous and
actually modified or specialized leaves,infinitely differing evening sunsets,
generally slightly smaller than thethe Guadalupe Church, the sand
green foliage leaves and their purposesculptures on the beach, and the bronze
is to attract pollinators. In the casesculptures on the malecon, the colorful
of bougainvilleas, these bracts can beBougainvillea bracts are among the most
pink, magenta, purple, red, orange,photographed topics in Vallarta. If you
yellow, white, or a combination ofbring a camera to this tropical
colors. Poinsettia is another example ofParadise, make sure you've got plenty of
a beautiful plant, where the bright redspare memory or film because it's quite
color that we're familiar with ateasy to get carried away taking pictures
Christmas time is actually thebefore you've seen it all!
Poinsettia bract and not a flower.If you're fortunate enough to be one of
In Vallarta there are numerous toursthe 50,000 North Americans living here,
that are taken on a daily basis bythe next time a visitor to the area
thousands of cruise boat passengers andcomments on all the beautiful
other visitors. They include SafariBougainvillea flowers, you can be a real
tours, Canopy tours, Jungle tours, Citysmart aleck by informing them that what
tours, etc., all of which have manythey're admiring are actually bracts;
beautiful sights to see with "photo ops"that all Bougainvillea flowers are
galore. One common "photo op" that canwhite!



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