Bonsai Bonanza

So my last few posts sharing about the current Phipps exhibit have all focused on orchids but don't worry I didn't forget about all you Bonsai lovers out there.

When you enter the serpentine room where all the bonsai were located it can feel a little underwhelming. But when you stop and study  the miniature trees you can see how wonderful they are. Some of the displays made me think that I was looking at a tiny forest and any second small animals where going to come run down the trunks and over the mossy floor. Others of them looked so impossible the way they were growing horizontally with the branches hanging over the sides of the bowls. Some even had tiny flowers that were bloom and some may get fruit as the season continues.


Here are some of my favorites.

Looking in on the serpentine room; not all that impressive until you look at the individual displays.

Twisting trunk of a Chinese Banyan: Ficus thonningii

Flowering Natal Plum; Carissa macrocarpa

Dwarf Natal Plum; Carissa macrocarpa

Weeping Fig:Ficus benjamina

Close up of the weeping fig; looks like a forest floor

Silverberry; Elaeagnus commutata

Love these roots. Japanese Pittosporum; Pittosporum tobira

This one had little flowers growing. Indoor Oak; Buddleja indica

Lavendar Star Flower; Grewia caffra

Closer look at the flower.

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