This is another of the amazing flowers blooming in the vast sub-tropical gardens at the village where my Nana lives in Central Auckland, the bromeliad. The garden is all dark, leaves of all colours green, and there are these shots of colour, bursting out, made even brighter by the contrast of all that lush, dark foliage. It is a very beautiful setting and much more thoughtful than a swathe of grass - it almost feels a bit jungley.
One of the fascinating things I discovered reading about the Bromeliaceae family is that the varieties include tiny air plants - epiphytes - like Spanish Moss as well as terrestrial species like the pineapple!
I hope to happen on more of these in the future - they are so interesting, especially the plants that save water between the layers of their leaves and then host more life, creatures and other plants...I will keep you posted on that one!
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