Today's Plant Pilgrimage

Camera in hand, we walk along the many secret paths at Kauai Aadheenam to see what is new, what is in bloom, what is strange. We found a little of each as this slideshow will reveal.

Rainbow Shower tree in full bloom

Another variety called Pink Shower in the common parlance.

This is a weird one in rare bloom. From South America.

Our bamboo patch looks like a giant sculpture today.

Bird of Paradise. But not the usual one.This is Mandela\

s Gold a new addition to the world of collectors and we just planted 66 of them at the entrance to Iraivan.'

The Arid Garden leading to the Media Studio.

You know this one.

Close up of a palm infructescence. Each node will become a seed.

It looks a bit like a brain here.

Another one nearby.

This is the last one a bit farther back.

Seeds of the Fishtail Palm

Close up of a Corypha palm from Thailand.

More seeds.

This is the rare Wii Apple which the monks use for making a mock mango chutney.

Water Banana and its about the size of an elephant.

Solarium maxima wait till you see the flowers!

A small orchid hangs from a tree

Inside the propagation tent

All grown up from tiny tissue culture plugs

A rare tree the Hawaiian False Fruit Tree

Ferns and anthuriums eager to get in the ground.

Abundance!

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