In Siva's Sacred Gardens Today

It's a rainy island day, but plants think of it not as an inconvenience but as Siva's life force coursing through their cells. A good day to appreciate the rain for its life-giving properties.

Our all-spice tree in glorious bloom.

Soft meets hard

We just learned from a visiting orchid breeder that this one may be a rare albino. He is checking with international authorities.

Passion flower, with lots of passion

Borneo Giant showing us the spath and spadix for the first time on our property

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Happy heliconias

Cycad fronds reaching for the sun

Cycad cone, edible but only as a famine food

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A rare orchid, called Butterfly

And we end with three colorful bromeliads.

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