CHOCOLATE COSMO FLOWER

Flower-Faced Bat

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Flower-faced Bat (Anthops ornatus) is a species of bat in the Hipposideridae family. It is in the monotypic genus Anthops. It is found in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera. The forelimbs of bats are webbed and developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums and colugos, glide rather than fly, and can only glide for short distances.

I looked up and drew a few ideas of the simple face painting drawings for our community gardens open house event. I also wanted to use little stamps for that(upper right corner), but maybe because they were one color, nobody chose any of them).
Snakes, plam tree, butterflies, and catepillar seemed to be the most popular.
And by the way, not even one kid wated their face painted - all wanted it on their hands and arms. Maybe because I didn't have a mirror...We had Alex face painting crayons, and those were useless, so we had to do with pastel snazaroo paints that we had, and those were great, just very light.

This is a plant we have in a pot outside our back door. It didn't do much all summer, but now has tons of flowers on it. Though the latin name is Cuphea Ilavea ...the more common name is bat faced plant as the blooms resemble that of a bat's face. This plant is an annual in our area.

The popularity of Mexican Heather exploded in the 1980s, and this plant, is still an excellent choice.
The first species that comes to mind is the bat-faced cuphea, or Cuphea llavea. Summer's heat will not stop these unique flowers that look like bat faces with scarlet red petals and little, purple mouse ears. The stems become slightly woody, arching and weather-tough. These are low maintenance, drought-tolerant, heat-loving plants. They also make great house plants or patio plants.
Height: 12"
Full sun
Proper name: Cuphea llavea 'Georgia Scarlet'

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