The flowers are the small white part, the big colorful "petals" are actually "bracts" - specialized leaves. My father, after moving to Saskatchewan from living in East Africa for ten years, liked to say "man should not live where bougainvillea will not grow". I'm pretty sure he meant in the wild though.
While I'm at it, another interesting find today was this Greater Bee Fly. I saw one for the first time here in the spring on a crocus. This one was flying from lily to lily and pausing on the petals. If it was feeding, I'm not sure on what. Their diet includes both nectar and pollen.
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