There are over 4,700 species of native or naturalized plants in Florida, my photo gallery has a fraction of them. I've always had flower gardens when possible but never had I seen the vast majority of what I feature in this gallery.
Tillandsia is the most common bromeliad (air plant) genus in Florida. The most common and best-known of the showy Tillandsia species here is Tillandsia fasciculata, the so-called Cardinal-Flowered Air Plant or Cardinal-Flowered Wild Pine.
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The term "pitcher plant" is a pitfall trap with over 100 species and numerous hybrids and cultivars. Foraging, flying, or crawling insects are attracted to a cavity formed by the cupped leaf, often by visual lures such as anthocyanin pigments,...
The American Beautyberry is an open-habitat, native shrub of the Southern United States which is often grown as an ornamental in gardens and yards. American beautyberries produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus...
The Alligator Flag plant has large simple leaves on long stalks that are broadly lance-shaped, with broadly rounded bases. They can be up to eight inches wide and more than 2 1/2 feet long. Alligator Flag Flowers are paired, and two flowering...
I always enjoy seeing nature taking care of itself and growing in unexpected places.
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Strangler figs begin their lives as epiphytes or plants that grow on other plants (air plants). Their seeds usually are deposited via bird droppings in the nooks and crannies of mature trees and palms. The figs begin sprouting leaves, limbs, and...