 A few days before an annual out of town convention gave an opportunity for late summer relaxing on a quick vacation near the convention town. Of course, a trip to the local botanical garden was something that I couldn't miss, but almost did. Succulents and cactus were not high on the priority list like snorkeling, kayaking, ghost walks, and hiking.But on the last day having checked off everything else, I headed to the botanical garden. Whoa! I was happily surprised with plants very new to me and weird - like two story high yuccas. Many reminded me of the landscape in the backgrounds of the Flintstones. Does anyone know where this place is? Go ahead and take a guess. No, it is not Bedrock. Let's try some large photos on the blog this time. |
Opuntia streptacantha. I think I had one of these growing on my window sill in college, but not as a tree. 
Aeonium arboreum. This could be the star of the latest Alien movie. Is this a plant?
Could this be a sunburned aloe?
Furcraea macdougalii. These poor souls from the agave family looked scared.
Dracaena draco. This is a dragon tree - no one can figure out why it's called that. :-)
Crassula falcata. One of the only flowering specimens in the garden. |  |
Sunburn anyone? A 5-foot tall (1.5 m) aloe can help.
And one last cactus, only 6-feet tall (1.8 m) because I believe it fell over.
What great photos of a great garden. I am going out on a limb and guess that you are in Vegas. There is a botanical garden by the Ethel M chocolate candy factory....this reminds me of said garden. Where ever it is, looks like it was worth a stop!
ReplyDeleteNot Las Vegas. No kayaking and snorkeling there, although a chocolate factory sounds good.
ReplyDeleteAfter your response to Janet, I'll guess somewhere in the Caribbean, maybe the Virgin Islands?
ReplyDeleteI'm totally stumped but really enjoyed the sunburned aloe.
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