Heliconia Psittacorum
I have seen these both cultivated and growing wild here in Dominica.
Flowers
Food for the eyes, and sometimes for the stomach, too.
Lotus in Bloom
I made my first visit to the Montreal Botanical Gardens about nine years ago. It was early August and the lotus flowers in both the Japanese Garden and the Chinese Garden were in bloom. Two close friends had died the year before, just days after my birthday. We went to Montreal to get as far …
Unknown Cyclamen
Unfortunately, I did not record the name of this particular plant when I took its picture. Beautiful foliage, don’t you think? More Cyclamen: Dozens of Cyclamen Cyclamen hederifolium ‘Lysander’ ‘Laser Mix’
Dozens of Cyclamen
Meanwhile, over at Barry’s garden…. acres of cyclamen, each plant unique, are continuing to unfurl from dormancy to charm us with their unusual leaf patterns and delicate flower stems. Yes, all of that fuzziness in the background are dozens of tiny pots of unusual cyclamen — all grown from seed! Barry explained that they are …
Ceropegia Flower
I bought this strange, vining succulent, Ceropegia linearis ssp woodii, back in August at the Montreal Botanical Gardens. I’ll have to take some pictures of the leaves as well — they are interesting in their own right. The plant has suffered a bit of legginess over the past few months as I’ve grown accustomed to …