Twenty-two and nursing a gardening addiction in a little apartment while I figure out life. I prefer succulents and other weirdos of the plant world, but all plants are beautiful. Questions and comments are welcome. Suggestions are welcome if you have thought them through.
Monstera deliciosa leaf at the Huntington Museum of Art’s Conservatory.
When my parents were here the other weekend, they took me to Longwood Gardens. We only spent a few hours there (and we didn’t see half of it!) but I have a ton of pictures to share with you guys. (They will be interspersed, of course, with pictures of my own collection.)
We spent most of our time in the vast network of greenhouses. Here’s a few shots to give you an idea of the hugeness of some of the first ones. I don’t know how there aren’t any people in these shots, because there were certainly a gazillion people there.
I really liked the aeriel roots visible on this pretty purple orchid at the Huntington Museum of Art’s conservatory.
Baby pineapple! (Taken at the Huntington Museum of Art)
Hibiscus ‘Bessie’ (taken at the Huntington Museum of Art)
Pomegranate flower and fruit, conservatory at Huntington Museum of Art.
I wonder if pomegranates fruit and flower at the same time in the wild? Isn’t there a special word for that?
I liked the effect of the fruit that had split open on the vine, making visible the tasty seeds within.
Another orchid from the Huntington Museum of Art’s Conservatory (my photo).
Another orchid from the Huntington Museum of Art. I think this one is really cute. All the little dots!
Agave parrasana at the Huntington Museum of Art’s conservatory. (My photo)
Don’t worry/be warned, there are more orchids coming.
Orchids galore at the Huntington Museum of Art’s conservatory, Huntington, WV.
I finally got the chance to go up to the conservatory earlier today. It houses a small* but intense collection of orchids, succulents, tropical plants, and plants important to agriculture. I have a ton of pictures, but I’m starting off with some of the orchids (yes, there are more, and there were many I didn’t manage to photograph. At some point you have to stop taking photos and start looking.)
It was seriously calming to be in the midst of all that greenery, with the sound of the fountains flowing nearby.
Most of the plants were clearly labeled, but the different varieties of orchids just had half-buried hard-to-read tags behind the plants, so these must be nameless beauties.
*I’m questioning my use of the word “small” here. There were a lot of orchids, but I am under the impression that there are infinite varieties of orchids. The succulent collection was nice, but “small” fits there. They were clearly trying to get a little bit of everything in the tropicals and crops, but they were limited by space. It was awesome and made me happy, though.
