{"id":7465,"date":"2013-02-07T03:55:12","date_gmt":"2013-02-07T10:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=7465"},"modified":"2026-03-21T05:20:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:20:29","slug":"a-flaming-hibiscus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2013\/02\/07\/a-flaming-hibiscus\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flaming Hibiscus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-172691 size-full\" title=\"Flame Hibiscus, USF Botanical Gardens, Hillsborough County, Florida\" src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hibiscus-flame-mia-mcpherson.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hibiscus-flame-mia-mcpherson.jpg\" alt=\"Flame Hibiscus, USF Botanical Gardens, Hillsborough County, Florida\" width=\"800\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27625%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20800%20625%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27800%27%20height%3D%27625%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hibiscus-flame-mia-mcpherson-200x156.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hibiscus-flame-mia-mcpherson-400x313.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hibiscus-flame-mia-mcpherson-600x469.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hibiscus-flame-mia-mcpherson-768x600.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/hibiscus-flame-mia-mcpherson.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><span style=\"color: #888888;\">Flame Hibiscus<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m lucky. 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For awhile when I look at this I can forget the fog building outside my window and the snow on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>It was a happy day but THIS is a happy day too despite what the weather might hold.<\/p>\n<p>Mia<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/flower-and-tree-images\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my flower, tree, and shrub photos.<\/p>\n<p>*This was taken with a point and shoot camera, I don&#8217;t have the techs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This flame-colored Hibiscus takes me back to a warm, sunny day in Tampa at the USF Botanical Garden, for awhile when I look at this I can forget the fog building outside my window and the snow on the ground. 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