Happy Friday and Valentine’s Day Poder!
In case you missed it last week, we shared an incredible guest post from Christine Alexander, digital editor at Fine Gardening. She finally went to collect photos from her trip to Costa Rica in August 2021. On behalf of my behalf, the second installment of a trip to the amazing Monteverde Orchid Garden, coincideing Valentine’s Day.
No, I’m not hinting that Ran is the perfect gift to give to someone I love. Most of us will know that such gifts come with lots of jobs and different success rates. However, this destination was very beautiful and the trip was totally special. Check out Part 1 for the full version of that story from Christine and the first batch of photos she shared. And read the paragraph below for a review of the incredibly unique garden of the Garden of Monteverde.
I have 500 photos that can probably share the beauty of the country, but I decided to send something cool like we accidentally are Monteverde Orchid Gardens. Despite working in great gardening for seven years, I had to admit that I didn’t know much about orchids and was surprised to learn some of the details that made them special. For example, many orchids have exclusive relationships with a particular pollinator. We have developed incredible ways to seduce insects into flowers, including mimicking the scent of opposite sex pheromones and the smell of rotten flesh. Other orchids are famous for their very floral or sweet fragrances, and are often used in perfumes as a result. Cooking ingredients vanilla actually comes from orchid, vanilla planfolia. (Here you can learn how to grow your own vanilla orchids).
Monteverdelan Garden has over 450 varieties or orchids, including the smallest orchids in the world. This required magnified glass. It’s a small garden, but full of flowers and information. If you are an orchidist or have an orchidelyllium, I highly recommend checking it out (its history is fascinating!)
Today’s batch of photos is a mixture of orchids, the garden is famous for, and other tropical plants found there. Of course, we must start with another outstanding orchid. The long-leaf phragmipedium (hragmipedium longifolium) mentioned above is a slipper run with a distinctive slipper-shaped pouch that traps insects to ensure pollination.
Next is the orchids that appear to be closely related to one of the orchids we saw in part 1. The run was Stan Hopia Wadyy. To attract male bees. This specimen has an attractive colouring that could not be fixed in the genus Stanhopea.
I got a note saying this orchid is Valentine’s Day! Bamboo Orchid (Arundina graminifolia) takes its name from bamboo-like leaves, but when compared to bamboo, it can also be compared to bamboo because it is up to 6 feet tall. It’s worth wearing the tips of your toes and seeing these beautiful flowers.
Of course, sometimes beauty lies in the eyes (and nose) of the viewer. Pelican flower (Aristolochia grandiflora) is quite infamous for its dirty smell that attracts flies pollinating it, as it is one of the largest flowers in the world. However, the smell of rotten meat clearly does not bother butterflies as the plants are being introduced in Florida, attracting and supporting them.
As Christine mentions in the description at the top of this post, Orchid Garden in Monteverde actually makes the most of every inch with plants. The winding paths interweave with dense plantings and can admire everything from low-growers to grapes and air plants clinging to tree branches and trunks.
While many traditional containers can be seen scattered throughout the garden, there are also some unconventional materials used. Potting plants with old boots is certainly not new, but I love how Moss started covering the entire boot.
Another large family of plants in the tropics is bromeliads. Though it may not be as diverse as the flashy orchid family (Octopus family), bromeliads (Bromeriaceae) have some very interesting growth habits and spectacular inflorescences. It is also known as the “pineapple family.” Commercial pineapple (Anana Skomosus) is an air plant like Spanish moss (Tiralandiaus neoid, Zones 8-11) and is a bromeliad. The above urea plants (aechmea fasciata, zones 10-11) exhibit another common feature of bromeliad, a reservoir made at the base of the leaves that hold water.
Another bromeliad that may remind you of pineapple, cornhead gulzmania (guzmania tinfella, zones 10-11). However, the stunning part of this plant is not a fruit, but another example of the incredible inflorescence of bromeliad. The bright red scales of yellow color have a floral plaid, and these bracts are born with short-lived flowers, which keep your interest moving.
Is Tropical Forest Garden complete without banana trees? Although they are most familiar with bright yellow fruits filled with potassium, the banana tree also produces these giant banana flowers (large purple buds chasing a bunch of fruit). A popular ingredient in Southeast Asian cuisine, the flavor is mild and is often compared to the taste of artichokes.
I hope you enjoyed the tropical flavor this Valentine’s Day. Holidays are often associated with romantic relationships, but it is important to show our love and gratitude to everyone and everyone we cherish. Hello! Our plants don’t bother with a little extra love on this holiday either! I will show my much needed love to my home plants this weekend, and I will send my love and gratitude to everyone in the GPOD community. Have a wonderful day and a great weekend!
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