Fuschia Thursday

A rather nice day weatherwise, long may it continue, especially since I have a day off tomorrow.

Here is a fuschia, I blipped on the way back from work this afternoon.

Fuchsia is a genus of flowering plants that consists mostly of shrubs or small trees. The first, Fuchsia triphylla, was discovered on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (present day Dominican Republic and Haiti) about 1696–1697 by the French Minim monk and botanist, Charles Plumier during his third expedition to the Greater Antilles. He named the new genus after the renowned German botanist Leonhart Fuchs (1501–1566).

Hope you have all had a nice day, nearly the weekend, hurrah.