Who Knew Pineapples were either Male or Female?
Or had seen an Umbrella tree outside of a Dr. Suess Cartoon?
Well...welcome to the wonderful world of the Missouri Botanical Garden! Yesterday I showed you most of the Garden of Glass sculptures on display over the summer, but they of course have some amazing flora!!
So about the Pineapples...
And seriously...an Umbrella Tree?!?!
But Let's Finally get to the Pretty Flowers!!
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All images were taken by my families phone cameras.
Amazing pictures and great post thanks for sharing
If you don't already, you may be interested to know that the structure of the greenhouse is a particular type of dome invented by R. Buckminster Fuller. I've written extensively about his genius:
https://steemit.com/geodesic/@alexbeyman/geodesic-domes-the-future-of-construction-since-1954
https://steemit.com/technology/@alexbeyman/so8a5-domed-cities-at-the-south-pole-and-floating-sky-habitats-buckminster-fuller-s-wild-ideas
https://steemit.com/technology/@alexbeyman/dymaxion-technologies-more-futuristic-inventions-of-buckminster-fuller
oh nice!! ty!
I'm a huge bucky fan! :D
Then you might also like the Eden Project, another geodesic greenhouse environment like the one you visited, only much larger. I wrote about it here.
Great stuff ! Thanks for sharing these awesome photos !
Those are some gorgeous pics psychowoman
Looks like you had a lovely and educational day
I thought I was the only male pineapple .....
We have constant rains. I want the same tree of umbrellas! He took off his ripe umbrella - and walk! :)
Good post keep sharing
Fascinating flowers! Didn't know about the pineapples and umbrella trees :D
Wow!
beautiful flowers and also fine photos.
Thanks for sharing this @sykochica
Bellas fotos