Showing posts with label Alcanterea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alcanterea. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Butchart Gardens March 14, 2010

Indoor garden

Pretty blossoms.

Magnolias again.

Rhododendron bud.

Yes, you can see gerbera daisies at the florist, but they add a nice bit of colour here.

The Alcanterea revisited

You may remember this unusual plant and the picture of the sign I posted back in January.

Well, now there is a new sign. Now the plant is from Brazil instead of Chile, and the new spelling of Alcanterea with the 'ea' ending rather than 'ia' ending is probably correct. The plant is nearly finished flowering so, sadly, I guess that will soon be the end of it. Who knows if I'll ever see another one of these in my life.

And that was the last weekend of the Spring Prelude indoor garden at Butchart's. Correction: I was wrong - it actually continues to the end of the month.

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Butchart Gardens Jan. 15, 2010 - Inside

Spring Prelude plants

Miniature Anthurium?

Many of the flowers in the indoor garden at the moment are tropicals but bulbs should be blooming soon.

But the big excitement amongst the staff was about this one plant, shown below.

Someone asked, "When will it bloom?" I think it is in bloom. (Update: No, I think it was just in bud here.)