Mazz and I hopped over to Christchurch a little while ago and visited the botanic gardens and the Cantebury museum in the middle of the city. While the gardens were just breathtakingly beautiful, we did notice that the gardens spray pesticides. I understand that the city wants the gardens to look as beautiful as possible, but to me it is pretty ironic and sort of ruins the integrity of the gardens when they destroy the water system or lives of birds or the aquatic animals in the process.
huge pitcher plant
orchids
another cool orchid
royal rose gardens
My most recent exploration at evergreen involved the fibonacci sequence in nature, and this plant is a great example of the spiral. It formed at an angle made up of two successive fibonacci numbers to spiral in and direct water flow to the base of the plant. There were so many other great examples of the sequence in the gardens and it was fascinating to be able to see so many different forms of the same plant (like the orchid) all in such a small space.
can you tell i like orchids?
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