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Agave americana Variegata - common but I love the way the leaves twist |
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Agave multifilifera 'Chahuiqui' |
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Aloe ramosissima |
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Echevaria agavoides x E. olorata - love this but it just burns up in Palm Springs heat |
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Barrel cactus - lovely to see so many |
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What is this? An Agave? Update - Ananas comosus 'Variegatus' - the variegated pineapple - thanks Chad. |
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Opuntia littoralis var austrocalifornica |
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Opuntia microdasys |
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Stapelia - species? |
After the desert garden (and a very nice lunch) we headed off through the jungle and subtropical gardens and then briefly visited the Japanese and Chinese gardens.
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Grevillea - love it but couldn't find a label. Chad thinks maybe 'Moonlight' |
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Chorisia insignis |
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A small palm but what is it? Chad suggests Chamaedorea microspadix - thanks! |
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Love the reflections - I feel a painting coming on! |
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Love the sun hitting these and the Iresine below |
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Delighted to find a Monarch caterpillar on a milkweed, particularly as I have just planted some in my little yard. I now know what to expect. |
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The beautiful Chinese Garden |
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Sapium sebiferum - Chinese tallow tree - at last some fall color! |
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Camellia sasanqua flowering in various areas |
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Wonderful cones on these cycads |
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What is this pretty butterfly? |
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And finally Ginkgo biloba in fall finery! |
Good morning Ian,
ReplyDeleteI think the ‘What is this? An Agave?’ is Ananas comosus 'Variegatus' –the variegated pineapple; they don’t always grow the leaves from the top of the spike.
‘A small palm but what is it?’ is a Chamaedorea and C. microspadix is the most likely, but it isn’t a genus I know well.
There are a host of possible Grevillea with pale flowers. Is it likely to be a species? Or the more commonly grown hybrid ‘Moonlight’?
Thanks for posting plants again. In the UK the gales have stripped the garden here for winter. No frost yet though.
Chad.
Thanks again Chad for your comments and ID's. I did wonder about variegated pineapple but it just didn't look right. The Grevillea was part of a general landscape scheme so could be anything. Winter is coming here too - relative - nights down to 40's F. Need to watch for the occasional frost. We get a lot of wind where we are and its strips the flowers off everything but they come back again!
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