The Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Sarasota, Florida, is an estate garden whose mission is to “provide an oasis of inspiration and tranquility, while furthering the understanding and appreciation of plants, especially epiphytes”. An epiphyte is a plant that derives its moisture and nutrients from the air and rain and usually grows on another plant.
It’s been an all too short, but wonderful visit to Sarasota, and I’ll have more photos and stories to post later. For now, know that I’ve missed many of your posts while I’ve traveled, but I’ll catch up soon!!
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How bizarre 🙂
I know! I’d not seen one before!
What a great plant and photo Laurie. I sort of looks like some old paraphernalia I owned (hint, hint, nudge, nudge, say no more) LOL.
Joe you crack me up. (Know what I mean?)
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I see what you mean, Joe (not that I’d know ANYTHING about that!) LoL
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That sounds like an amazing place to visit.
I know you travel alot, Mae … if you are ever in that area, you should check it out. So many amazing, wonderful plants to marvel over.
I’m headed down to Florida this week but won’t be near there this time. Food for thought when planning other trips. Are you getting on the bike again this summer? I’m just wondering…..
Yes, that is the plan, but I’ve realized lately that as my brain has healed and my mind has become clearer, I find that I react a bit too strongly when faced with vehicles pulling out in front of me while driving the truck. I am working on calming that reaction. I hope to test ride later this month and hopefully be on the new bike in May. I still have several procedures to go through on the dental restoration so working on that as well, making progress though (and probably more info than you wanted!)
I do want to know. Past accidents can be haunting and yours was a doozy. – that was the best term I could come up with. I was just wondering how it was going. Good luck with the dental stuff…
One of my favorite places to visit when I go to Sarasota…we go often as it’s only an hour away. 🙂
Oh how wonderful that you go frequently. So much to learn! I would love to go again.
Botanical gardens are always right up my alley. This is a great capture. Almost makes me think of a cocoon, and it’s hard to believe it’s a live plant rather than a dying curled leaf.
I agree! I’d never seen one before. Crystal, the enw exhibit at the garden was a Rainforest, designed to be a children’s area but the adults loved it, too. More photos to come!
Is there anything that you don’t see, Laurie? This is amazing.
Thanks, Bruce! I’m not the most knowledgable about plants, but I learned much. It was an incredible place.
That is one fascinating plant!!!!!!
Pretty neat, huh? I loved it, too!
Isn’t that just a marvel of nature? It even has it’s only little umbrella to stop wayward brick brace from falling inside. Just the most interesting little thing. Thanks for sharing LB, great shot!
You would like this botanical garden, as would Alys. So many beautiful and fascinating plants AND a TEA ROOM! It was so neat!!!
What an interesting plant! The gardens sound wonderful.
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit and need to go back! I learned so much (but have so much more to learn). I’ll be sharing a few more photos later on.
great close up, Laurie! Enjoy your travels..
Thanks! Even though the place was full of light, I still struggled a bit to keep clarity. It was a fun trip!
that is something so new to me 🙂
It was to me, too! Pretty cool!
I love this photo! What an amazing plant. Glad you had a good time away. Can’t wait to see more of your fab pics.
Had you seen one of these? You would have loved these gardens! and I finally just posted some more photos 🙂
I love botanical gardens. They’re so well tended and usually filled with fascinating specimens.
I’ve seen photos of that flower, but I don’t know if I’ve actually seen one in person. I think it’s fascinating.
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