Photo taken at Batangas, Philippines
Originally uploaded by MarkFe
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This pink hibiscus flower or gumamela in Tagalog is the most common flowering plant in our place in Batangas province. Almost every garden in our neighborhood have this kind of flower. Hibiscus has many color varieties like pink, red, yellow, peach and orange.

I do not know what is the real name of these flowers. They bloom from 9:00 to 11:00 o’clock in the morning. In Filipino or Tagalog language, we called it as “alas dyes” or when translated to English literally is “ten o’clock” because the flowers are open during that time and become withered at the afternoon. It really adds beauty in our garden. I googled out and it looks similar to pink california flowers. Can anyone tell me the name of these pink flowers?