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Re: Madeira - Jardim Botanico

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This view of the rest of what might be B. brasiliensis is a bit arty, but it's the only other view I took, so it's not brilliant for an ID.

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Re: Madeira - Jardim Botanico

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A general view of the garden. Not very keen on the chequered "carpet bedding" myself, but there is an aloe in the foreground.

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Re: Madeira - Jardim Botanico

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Yours truly communing with an aloe.
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Re: Madeira - Jardim Botanico

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Me again, this time with a Dragon Tree, Dracaena draco. This is widely grown on the island, but also occurs naturally.

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Re: Madeira - Jardim Botanico

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More dragons - not sure what the straw man was all about. :)

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Re: Madeira - Jardim Botanico

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And some baby dragons.

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Re: Madeira - Jardim Botanico

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Aeoniums used here as bedding plants! Not too sure I like this rather formal arrangement myself, but each to his/her own!

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Re: Madeira - Santa Catarina

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Two more dragons guarding the gateway to another small garden, the Santa Catarina Municipal Garden in the centre of the city of Funchal. These venerable specimens must be a very good age.

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Re: Madeira - Hylocereus

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Here's what I think is Hylocereus undatus on a wall of another public garden. Lots of buds and a few dead flowers, but when we were there unfortunately no open flowers.

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Re: Madeira - Ceiba

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This is the base of the largest specimen of Ceiba insignis (aka Chorisia speciosa) that I've ever seen. This tropical plant from Brazil and Argentina is commonly grown in frost-free gardens in the tropics, but I've never seen it before with such a swollen base. Anyone know if this swelling is natural for this species or not?

This belongs to the family Bombacaceae, so it's a relative of the baobab, Adansonia digitata.

It has spectacular flowers a bit like those of Alstromeria (not though related to it), but this plant wasn't in flower.

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