Gumamela or Hibiscus is the photographic cliche of tropical flowers. But this bloom is more than a cliche. It is significant for it blossomed in a mudpacked garden in Iloilo City on the first sunny day after Typhoon Frank. Iloilo is a city heavily damaged by muddy floodwaters when the typhoon passed north of the city last June 21.
"It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved" - Galileo