I have a strong connection with this vegetable, and although I don't have photos of the old fruit that my mother usually used to cook for the family, I have the other part of the vegetable for you to enjoy today. It is mostly because this vegetable is very easy to find, it is also very tasty, and you can guess it is very healthy. My family was just barely doing ok when I was a kid, so my mother used to cook this vegetable quite often.
Looking at it now, I think that I was eating a lot more healthier food back when I was a kid compared to what usually have nowadays as a grownup when I opt for easy-to-cook food or fast food. And then When I checked on Google about the origin of this vegetable, I was surprised to know that this vegetable which I think was native to the area, actually came from Central to South America. very interesting fact.
I will start with the very young fruit that is still in early development, you can also see part of the flower is still attract at the end of this young fruit.
Here you can see the beautiful young flowers of this plant, it seems that they are clustered. No wonder it was so easy to harvest them when I was a kid. hahah The young leaves of this plant are also very tasty, so sometimes my mother also harvests them and cooks it for our meal.
Guess what happens when the fruit becomes too abundant or too old? my mother used to collect them and use it for feeding the pig or the cow.
The plant is a creeping vine with no hardwood in it, so to be able to grow upward, they will try to get help from the other woody plant. With the help of their tendrils like the one below which act like a gripping hand, they will try to reach for the higher part of the host plant, and then cover them so that they can get more sunlight for themselves.
I really love to photograph this part of this plant or most of the creeping-vibe type of the plant. it looks so beautiful isn't it?
And then to close the post, I have a few photos of the dried tendrils, which might not be very useful or already losing their grip as they dry up. I edit them in a black and white version, and it turns out quite nice.
| Photo Style | Macro Photography | Accesory | 50 mm Canon lens + adapter + Extension Tube | |
| Location | Bali, Indonesia | Lighting | External Flash | |
| Gear | Olympus Omd Em5 mark ii | Diffuser | Cekrek Diffuser |
 | I am a Balinese man, a father of a toddler son, working in the hospitality industry, who has recently found a passion for macro photography. I want to share the photos that I've taken here on Hive. I appreciate any comments or feedback you leave on my posts and kindly invite you to be part of my journey in this vast Hive Ocean. Thank you very much |
