Monthly Archives: January 2013

Interplanetary Pink Profusion

Who knew that something could be so pink and interplanetary?  Well, leave it to the groovy glam of a little ol’ hybridized Australian native to deliver the goods.  Here we have one of my favorite martians in the plant world,

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The Quiet Storm

Look at this image.  Let it transport you to another place and time.  Let it envelop you in its brilliant blaze of youthful yellows, hints of opulent orange, and the slightest glow of amber.  Welcome to the center of the

Posted in Habitat, Plants, Style

Zig Zag And The Delicate Detailz

Nature is a pretty amazing designer and architect.  Crafting amazing forms, textures, and transfixing beauty.  Sometimes to witness the details you’ve got to come closer, stop, take a moment, and really observe as if what is before is the only

Posted in Inspiration, Plants, Style

The Foliage Forecast is…Sultry And Seductive – Calathea lancifolia

Remember the song “She Blinded Me With Science“?  In it Thomas Dolby has a voice that says, “Why Miss South America…You’re beautiful!”  When it comes to the luscious lance -like foliage of Calathea lancifolia I couldn’t agree more.  Calathea lancifolia

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Visual Vortex Of Voluptuousness-Vriesea fosteriana ‘Red Chestnut’

Feel yourself falling down the rabbit hole.  Let the foliage fascinate you.  So striking. So sumptuous.  This is what I love about the bromeliad family of plants.  Our model today, a member of this family, is Vriesea fosteriana ‘Red Chestnut’.

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