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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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 .....
Good post keep sharing
Great images as always @skyochica. I like the red flowers that look like flames. I couldn't believe how tall they were! Thanks for sharing :)
Great image quality , images tells more about a post !!!
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I've never seen an umbrella tree, but now it's raining here, so maybe it could be useful :D
Very beautiful flowers in your pics, thanks for share!!! ^_^
I only eat the female ones......I wait for them to get juicy first tho......or they can be a bit spikey. :-p
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
We have constant rains. I want the same tree of umbrellas! He took off his ripe umbrella - and walk! :)
It's simply speech less. Amazing pictures you shared. I wish could join with you in the visit.
thanks for sharing @sykochica i love you photography
Wait a minute... pineapples don't grow on palm trees, they grow on pine trees :-) and for some reason taste nothing like apples.
Lovely post @sykochica! Beautiful photos! Really nice work! Loved the umbrella tree too. Brings back nostalgic memories of Dr. Seuss :)
@skyochica Great clicks. Thanks for the post.
I have posted some Blue lotus here https://steemit.com/photography/@pps/indian-blue-lotus-or-blue-water-lily