Following an Instagram tip...

A couple of weeks back a fellow Portlander tagged me on Instagram to tell me about a plant sale she'd found and thought I would want to know about. It was only for the weekend, and I'd already missed the Saturday hours...

But this photo, well it had me planning to head over there on Sunday...

And I'm glad I did. Here's my haul...sorry, that big guy kinda hides the other two plants.

This is a "branch" off a plant that looked a lot like the hanging one above, in the Instagram photo. The owner said that basket had fallen to the ground and broke into pieces, so he was selling them individually. He gave me this one.

It, and it's friend with the red fruit, are now living with a few Tillandsia on one of my metal trellis.

Ya, they're hanging at an angle that makes it hard for the water to stay in the cup, not ideal long term... but I'm trying to keep it well hydrated.

This bad boy got a tall metal pot and pride-of-place in the shady corner.

The fellow who was holding the sale had spent much of his life in Miami, when he came back to the PNW he brought plants, cause that's what we plant people do, right? Sadly he's loosing his eyesight, and was rehoming many of his treasures. I'm thrilled I could adopt a few and will remember how lucky I am to be able to see their beauty every time I walk by them. We take so much for granted as we go about our daily lives. Things that can change overnight...

Thus was such an excellent and unexpected plant haul! And only $20 for all three...

Thanks @julineb!

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