This colorful flower, known in Venezuela as Flor de Navidad and similar names in Latin America, owes its scientific name to the fact that it is part of the plant family Euphorbia, whose sap contains latex and pulcherrima which means the "most beautiful". That is, it is the most beautiful of the plants that contain latex in its sap, did you know that? I found out while I was researching to add information to the photo.

This plant is of Mexican origin, and the Franciscan monks used it to decorate the altars during the Easter season and that is the reason for its popular name (Martínez, 2019).

I took this picture last December in the walkway that goes from the Hard Rock Cafe Hotel to the City Walk in Orlando Florida. I also share with you another photo where my beautiful son appears, but in this case you can see the plants with apparent red flowers and others with green flowers. But I tell you that these are not flowers, but bracts. These are modified leaves that actually protect very small flowers. For these leaves to turn red, they have to spend several months with most of the daylight hours in the dark, so it takes a process, isn't it interesting?