Inside Winter Garden

Auckland, July 13th 2015

Auckland Domain continued to amuse me till Winter Garden. "Winter Garden! What grows in winter?" was my first reaction when I read those two words during itinerary preparation. So I pictured a closed glasshouse which is air-conditioned to a certain temperature. I looked for a door to push aside. No door. No entrance fee, as well.

I gasped. So colorful and so dense, that getting a clear bokeh appeared to be a mission called impossible.

Fruit or flower or flower fruit or fruit flower??
So many Lady Slipper Orchids. Obviously a lady's thing. :P

I think I have seen this in Dalat, Vietnam.

I don't know why, this kind reminds me of biscuits with jam fillings in the middle. Yummy...

 ... and lots more.

Silver Dust

I am jealous. The further I traveled New Zealand, the more often I found Silver Dust flourishing just like that without seaming to get special care like these ones outside the Winter Garden. I have always been unsuccessful growing Silver Dust for more than just a few months. Maybe I should put mine under the aircon so it will think it's New Zealand. Ah.

Ooops.






Ooops. Someone is trying to reveal her existence. Obviously wild flower. I think... flowers don't have seasons in New Zealand, gardened or wild.

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