Sunday, July 7, 2013

Mounts Botanical Garden

A miscellany of photographs taken at Mounts Botanical Garden this year.

Adenium obesum - Desert Rose with seed pods
Adenium obesum setting seed pods.

Aechmea 'Big Harv'
Aechmea 'Big Harv'

Aloe dorotheae
Aloe dorotheae, an aloe that can assume bright red, burgundy, and mahogany-red colors when stressed by cold weather or intense sunlight.

Alternanthera dentata 'Purple Knight'
Alternanthera dentata 'Purple Knight'

Medinilla cummignii 'Kinabalu' and Alternanthera dentata 'Purple Knight'
Medinilla cummingii 'Kinabalu' with Alternanthera dentata 'Purple Knight'
Medinilla cummignii 'Kinabalu'
Medinilla cummingii 'Kinabalu' is probably the easiest Medinilla to grow in south Florida.

Euphorbia punicea
Euphorbia punicea

Euphorbia punicea
Euphorbia punicea (I'm not sure what those white spots are about.)

Salvia elegans - Pineapple Sage
Salvia elegans, commonly known as pineapple sage, and with fruit-scented leaves.

Images and text © 2013 Rufino Osorio

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