Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden at UCLA, Part One

Aloe thraskii x Aloe marlothii
The desert garden seemed less "full" than on my last visit, as though some plants have been lost to age, drought, changes in garden care, who knows. There's still a lot of love though—especially since there is no admission charge.
Aloe arborescens
Kumara plicatilis, aka Aloe plicatilis
Aloe ferox
Aloe marlothii with Aloe Ferox
Yucca gigantea

Dracaena draco
Agave filifera
Colorfully stressed.
The Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden is a "7.5 acre public garden, outdoor classroom, and research facility on the UCLA campus" (source)
About Mildred E. Mathias herself the garden's website says this: "In addition to directing the UCLA Botanical Garden for many years, Dr. Mathias was known for her research in the Umbilliferae (carrot) family, as well as her leadership in the fields of botany, horticulture and conservation. During her career she helped establish major conservation areas in California and Costa Rica, and inspired a love of natural diversity in many students."

Notice that green mound in the foreground (below), it's a nice healthy patch of Deuterocohnia brevifolia, a bromeliad.
A bloom...
Work in progress, maybe contributing to my feeling the garden was less full of plants this time.
One might look at this image and see the opuntia fruit—the tuna—as a possible focus for browsing by hungry animals.
Xanthorrhoea
Aeonium lindleyi
Finally a couple images of where I wish I could have wandered!
Maybe next visit? Time to work on those connections!

On Friday I'll share photos of the subtropical woodlands, palms, ferns, bromeliads, and the like.