Monthly Archives: October 2012

Creamy Dreamy Cups of Kaleidoscopic Kool

Look closer.  Something about those lines makes me want to fall inside and be swept away into the karmic beauty and cool kaleidoscopic vibe of Solandra longiflora’s bloom.  Solandra longiflora also known as the Chalice-Vine or Cup-Of-Gold Vine is a

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Crowned Whirling Dervish Whiplash

Whirlpools of powerful pink petal-like bracts present tiny yellow flowers in a display that mesmerizes with mystery.  Really, that teeny tiny yellow thing is a flower?  In the world of Euphorbias that is a ‘yes’.  Today, I present to you

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Slivered Silver Sceptres Burgeoning With Buttercup Bloom

Desert plants have such a mystery about them.  To the average viewer they can look like the bones of plants that once were.  It’s when nature does its thing that these dead plants take on a new dimension.  Suddenly they

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Flaming Desire Setting Souls On Fiya

Step closer.  You may need to shield your eyes from the cherry bombin’ stardust of Calliandra tweedii also known as the Brazilian or Trinidad Flame Bush.  Can you feel its horticultural heat? This shrub is native to Brazil and Uruguay.

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Luridly Luscious Lipstick Lovin’

Remember when we were in Java or that time in Thailand?  Well, if you don’t, I’m here to remind you of the beautiful plants that you did or didn’t know come from those exotic destinations.  In all of its gorgeousness,

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  • Is It Time To Slip Into Something...More Comfortable? - Phragmipedium schlimii
  • Goldfinger...The Plant With The Midas Touch - Juanulloa mexicana
  • Kiss That Frog - Tricyrtis a.k.a. The Toad Lily
  • The Voluptuous Verve Of A Summer Sun - Cosmos sulphureus
  • It's About Altitude Not Attitude - Fuchsia boliviana 'Alba'
  • Are U Experienced? - Nelumbo nucifera
  • Pelica Psychedelica - Aristolochia gigantea
  • Love Mysterious - Epidendrum parkinsonianum
  • The Exhilarating Ecstasy Of Exotic Love - Mina Lobata
  • Vivacious Violet Beauregarde Beauticiousness - Tomato 'Bosque Blue'
  • The Water Walking Wonderment Of Wow - Hymenocallis caribaea 'Variegata'
  • Everything You Do Is A Balloon - Platycodon grandiflorus
  • Succumb To The Scarlet Sumptuosity - Hakea archaeoides
  • Lookin' Like Lemon Louis Vuitton - Calceolaria tomentosa
  • The Surrealist's Shaving Brush - Pseudobombax ellipticum 'Album'
  • The Velvet Touch - Anigozanthos 'Amber Velvet'
  • Purple Powder Majesty - Cheirolophus canariensis
  • Lipstick Cherry All Over The Lens As She's Falling - Quisqualis indica
  • Otherworldly Alpinism Absolute - Pachystegia insignis
  • The Delicate Deliciousness of Exotique Eleganza - Strophanthus gratus
  • The Business We Call Show - Gloriosa superba 'Rothschildiana'
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