Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
Well, I was there again last Saturday with some visitors, and although January is a bit of a "slow month" for blooms it still was just lovely. They have a vast collection of orchids so they change out the display in the greenhouse to show off the ones that are blooming. (wish I had enough orchids to do that . . . I usually have two or three bloomers)
Statue with bromeliads at the entrance to the gardens. Koi pond (me and my brother). Lots of big koi.
Golden chalice vine - the flower was 20ft. up so this is the best we could get. Wish mine would bloom! Thunbergia, a nice big planting blooming well.
Lots of wonderful bromeliads
The egret let us walk almost right up to him, he's used to people obviously. He was hunting geckos in a border of bromeliads and he caught one while we were watching.
Hundreds of gorgeous, fragrant orchids! Will just post a few here, with a funny story - second picture is a Dendrobium I've seen many times and could never quite recall what it reminded me of - my brother's girlfriend who is not a plant person but is a foodie, (great cook) said "Hm. those look just like deep fried calamari to me." Oh yeah!!
Elaine
"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
