The Marie Selby Botanical Garden is located right on the water in Sarasota and has some very nice grounds that contain beautiful flowers and plants that are a great attraction in their own right. But the real magic of these gardens is in the greenhouse located in the center of the garden and accessible on the right as you enter the garden area after paying your entry fee.
The greenhouse is the home to some stunningly well kept orchids, but in this post I am going to give the limelight to their bromeliad collection. Bromeliads are a unique group of flowering plants that can exhibit some very colorful features, but they don't really have petals or blossoms like other flowering plants. They have a more rugged and beefy appearance to them. But when you catch them in the right light, they can provide some really beautiful images.
Here are a few shots of the bromeliads I found at Marie Selby's last week:
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| Bromeliad plant in dappled light |
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| Really unique bromeliad with colorful offshoots |
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| I call this the "red blade". Front lighted by the sun leaving the background in dark shadow. |
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| Backlit red bromeliad with a bright green center |
Since we have an annual membership at Bok Tower Gardens we were able to visit Marie Selby Botanical Gardens for free as part of a reciprocal arrangement, which I think is just a great deal. I thoroughly enjoyed the visit and got some great flower and bromeliad shots in the bargain. I will posting more about their orchids at another time.
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