Is that a sick, massive begonia in the middle left?
Yes. We have quite a begonia collection. I've taken a lazy approach with them so I'd never have to repot. I concocted a long-lasting soil and planted them in large clay pots.
Then I grew them into monsters. I like the collection to look at natural as possible, so I try to cover up all the glass and aluminum and benches with foliage and hanging baskets wherever I can. The begonias are particularly excellent at creating a backdrop for other, smaller plants.
Plumbago
Was hanging from a rafter, camera in one hand, to take this overview shot. Entrance to the room is to the right, and research to the left. We have 8 greenhouses in total... 90% research, 10% cool plants for teaching.
Black-eyed Susan Vine
Tillandsia duratii
Crappy shot, but another T. duratii about to flower.
Cape Primrose, Gesneriaceae
Tubby wubby wittle ant plants
Aeschynanthus speciosus, perhaps my favorite gesneriad
Clerodendrum ugandense, Blue Butterfly Flower
This is the ancestral form of rubra from Taylor Co., GA. Very cool plant from a very cool friend.
Crappy shot of my Stylidium debile carpet
psittacina from Baldwin Co., AL, among the big stretching leucophylla fields
filiformis, Florida Red
The land where babies grow