• Dino goes roar.

  • Dinosaurs are invading the garden this weekend…and are staying all summer. Dinosaurs around the world 🌴 🌱 #dinosaurs

  • Time for another round of garden orchid photos #tropicalplants #orchids 🌱 🌴

    Vanda orchid flower &10;

  • One of my hobbies is growing and hybridizing hot peppers.

    This is one I lost the tag for but it looks very, very hot, with a wicked little tail.

  • One of the more interesting plants in my own garden, the Elephant Yam (Amorphophallus paeoniifolius) is flowering now. Pollinated by flies, it exudes a putrid aroma when the flower is open.

    🌱 🌴 #tropicalplants #aroids

  • Our King Crepe Myrtle tree is flowering again in the garden. Lagerstroemia macrocarpa is from Southeast Asia, and is a real show stopper in bloom.

  • Andy the Bobcat says Hi!

  • I haven’t posted here in a long time so to remedy that, here is an Orchid photo dump.

  • I taught my latest class today, this time on growing Mangos and other Tropical fruit. Attendance wasn’t very good but it was still a good discussion and we covered a lot of ground. Hopefully with increased promotion the next class will get more attendance..

  • Orchid Show is next weekend.

    Experience the beauty and diversity of orchids and bromeliads at the 42nd International Orchid and Bromeliad Show at Flamingo Gardens, presented by the Flamingo Gardens Orchid Society. read more

  • White Handkerchief Tree in bloom.

    While hard to capture in a photograph, our beautiful specimen handkerchief tree Cynometra browneoides Is blooming now in the garden Arboretum. It can be found behind the Backyard Birds enclosure. These blooms don’t last long. 🌴 #tropicaltrees #tropicalflowers read more

  • The catalytic converter thieves have moved to Broward county. My wife’s car just had the converter stolen. The dealer said they had 7 stolen cats this week.

  • Botanical Auctions

    The new biweekly auction is up at Botanical Auctions.

  • I was struck by the beauty of this pink-orange lichen growing on a Magnolia this morning. 🌱 🌴 #lichen

  • On display now in the garden: The Insect portrait macro photos of Levon Biss. www.microsculpture.net www.levonbiss.com

    Levon Biss micro sculpture Levon Biss micro sculpture Levon Biss micro sculpture

  • The Yellow Ashoka tree - Saraca thaipingensis is in full bloom now in the garden and is putting on quite the show. 🌱 🌴

    Yellow Saraca flowersYellow Saraca tree

  • PSA: this is a Brown Water Snake. It is not poisonous and is a Florida native snake that is not dangerous to people or pets. If you see one, please just leave it alone. It has an obvious rectangular brown pattern. They are often confused with Cottonmouth/Water Moccasin which has a muted striped pattern.

  • Plant of the day

    Suessenguthia (Ruellia) multisetosa -Bolivian Violet is a large, scrambling, flowering shrub from Bolivia. It has showy pink flowers and calyxes typical of the family Acanthaceae. 🌴 🌱

    Suessenguthia (Ruellia) multisetosa -Bolivian Violet flowersSuessenguthia (Ruellia) multisetosa -Bolivian Violet flowersSuessenguthia (Ruellia) multisetosa -Bolivian Violet

  • Some photos and a video from the Butterfly Conservatory this am. 🌴 🌱 🦋

    Monarch butterfly on Pentas flowersZebra butterflyMonarch butterfly

  • Our Brownea macrophylla - Panama Flame Tree has begun flowering. This is one of several related genera and species which are called handkerchief trees for the drooping new growth. 🌱 🌴 #tropicaltrees #tropicalflowers

    Brownea macrophylla flowerPanama Flame Tree flowers