tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post1981593286128728696..comments2024-03-21T14:08:47.185-05:00Comments on It's Not Work, It's Gardening!: TemperateAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-55335509408751650962012-02-28T06:40:46.092-06:002012-02-28T06:40:46.092-06:00Anne: I knew there was something different years a...Anne: I knew there was something different years ago -- it <i>was</i> a cactus house. Thank you! They must have torn that down when they built this, right?Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-42405667414401811372012-02-28T04:49:02.724-06:002012-02-28T04:49:02.724-06:00Thanks for sharing these photos, the temperate hou...Thanks for sharing these photos, the temperate house looks so inviting, and the mosaic courtyard is beautiful!Mark and Gazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09427245730390252976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-46545295968129983402012-02-27T19:21:16.524-06:002012-02-27T19:21:16.524-06:00I love the architecture of the cactus, especially ...I love the architecture of the cactus, especially the vertical ones. There used to be a whole cactus house.Anne McCormackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04411395323766178814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-41660039933737557832012-02-27T16:52:43.699-06:002012-02-27T16:52:43.699-06:00What a great series of photos Alan. The panoramic ...What a great series of photos Alan. The panoramic views give a great feeling of the plantings.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999513105724635810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-53359307731415214122012-02-27T12:37:02.349-06:002012-02-27T12:37:02.349-06:00Alan, I've encountered that problem with plant...Alan, I've encountered that problem with plant labels before. It must be a monumental job tagging plants and making sure the tags get moved when a plant is moved, etc.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-57518599463743684952012-02-27T11:22:44.758-06:002012-02-27T11:22:44.758-06:00Gerhard: I knew those weren't cactus -- I did ...Gerhard: I knew those weren't cactus -- I did have the cactus photos first and forgot to change the text after I rearranged all of the images.<br /><br />I thought I remembered you telling me that plant was a gasteria already. I wonder if that was another case of "tag between two or three plants"? Maybe it got moved a few inches after a clean-up and eventually got associated with the wrong plant? I'll have to see if I can contact them about fixing.Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13393082652312828458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-56111818894352488762012-02-27T10:59:14.381-06:002012-02-27T10:59:14.381-06:00I can't believe that court yard! All that is u...I can't believe that court yard! All that is under glass? Phenomenal.<br /><br />The plants in your photos look just about perfect. There is zero leaf debris, not even any dirt or dust on them! They must have an army of gardener who tidy up on an ongoing basis.<br /><br />A couple of notes:<br /><br />The photos in the section "Only when I climbed the stairs that lead to the exit did I see the beds filled with the succulents and heat-loving cactus..." are actually not of cacti. The first one is a pachypodium (probably Pachypodium geayi), the 3rd is a fouquieria. The others in this section are other pachycauls (=plants with succulent trunks).<br /><br />The plant in the 2nd to last photo is definitely not Fouquieria diguetii but a gasteria. I'm sorry they had labeled it wrong.Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17583583634141549759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7306285038402649171.post-42212447947424628672012-02-27T10:03:07.372-06:002012-02-27T10:03:07.372-06:00You captured some spiky good Cactus photos! And ha...You captured some spiky good Cactus photos! And have definitely tempted me to visit someday.danger gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09227500551609537140noreply@blogger.com