Shy red flower

These beautiful red flowers were growing in the wild all over Tulum. I asked a local girl about them and she told me they are called the "shy flowers" as they close up at night and don't re-open until mid morning!

[Simon]

Great shot Danny, i love these tropical looking flowers

[Rosie White-Hlouveraki]

Beautiful flower, vibrant colours. They remind me of Hibiscus.

[Livia]

Lovely hibiscus flowers. The red is so vibrant. A wonderful capture. 8)

[Rashella]

Love the flower and thanks for sharing the name. That is a great detail.

[☯ Sarah ☁]

Lovely colours & great story :)

[Danny G.]

@simon0128 Thank you, Simon - I love them also!
@rwhite Thanks, Rosie!
@myautofocuslife Thank you, Livia!
@worthitall Thanks, Rashella!

[Danny G.]

@sjodell Thank you, Sarah!

[Marie]

They look like hibiscus. Very beautiful capture.

[Danny G.]

@marieooi Thank you, Marie. I think you, Rosie and Livia are correct - it must be in the hibiscus family.

[Jessika Jane Gilker]

Gorgeous capture & flower! Love that red! The focus & detail are stunning :)

[Danny G.]

@jgilker Thank you so much, Jessika - these were tricky flowers to capture as the Nikon had all kinds of trouble focusing on them.

[Peter H]

Striking colours, there!

[Jens]

Very nice flower portrait. What a splash of colour :)

[Danny G.]

@peadar Thanks, Peter!
@zoo_m Thank you for the nice comments, Jens!

[Jobi]

The green leaves look just as pretty as the flower.

[Rob]

Nicely captured!

[David]

Striking colours Danny and so nicely composed.

[Junan Heath]

Gorgeous shot! Beautiful!

[Danny G.]

@obiwan Thanks, Jobi - I like the leaves also!
@jdr4690 Thank you, Rob!
@yrhenwr Thanks for the nice comments, David!

[Danny G.]

@paintdipper Thank you, Junan!

[Bronwen]

Nothing shy about it during the day, stunning colour!

[Sandra]

Really nice capture, beautiful!

[Janelle]

Lovely colours Danny

[Danny G.]

@brontosaurus Thank you!
@sanfil Thanks, Sandra!
@stuckinoz Thank you, Janelle!

[Disha Parekh]

Beautiful vibrant red hibiscus flowers. I love their stamen!

[Danny G.]

@dishaparekh176 Thank you, Disha - I do too!

[Anna]

Beautiful flower!

[Danny G.]

@nyusha Thanks, Anna!

[ChrissyM]

This is beautiful, I saw similar ones in different colours in the Maldives...I never did know what they were :)

[Danny G.]

@chrissym Thanks, Chrissy - I think the flower experts have decided this is a member of the hibiscus family!

[ChrissyM]

@soboy5 They do look like it for sure, I am not so good on flowers but, just recall that they were so big. Thanks for the lovely reminder :-)