Spent the afternoon at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Agog at the diversity of arecaceae. A different specie of palm at every turn.The vista of palms stretching into the distance seen from the lowlands is haunting.
A number of begonias too. The first one we met was none other than Selph's Mahogany. Looking a little beaten up by the sun-- as did some of the hot-house plants. Have they not been getting our rain? There is a huge bed of b. peleata by the greenhouse. Always a delight to see a large bed of begonias--cane or rhizome.
http://www.fairchildgarden.org/
Source of photo: Florida Center for Instructional Technology, Exploring Florida: Social Studies Resources for Students and Teachers (Tampa, FL: University of South Florida, 2009)
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