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More from my visit to the Spheres

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Today I'm sharing some of the interesting plants that caught my eye during my February visit to the Amazon Spheres. In case you haven't heard of them, the Spheres are three spherical conservatories, part of the Amazon headquarters in downtown Seattle. These buildings serve as an informal employee workspace and lounge area, the public can tour two Saturdays a month—I shared photos of the outside of the buildings in my last post

Most of today's plants are ones outside my area of "expertise", in other words—I have no idea what they are, but that doesn't stop me from drooling....


There's a trunk under there somewhere, supporting all those epiphytes.

Plants growing on plants, one of my favorite things.


I swear that looks like an epiphyllum with a jagged or toothed margin.


That might be a plant covered rock?

Ditto

We'll see that epiphyte covered stump from the other side in a bit.

I really wish I knew what those thin, dark, leaves belong to...

Ditto for those three-pronged, puckered leaves.

I have to admit it is kind of fun to just admire, and not have a clue what it is you're looking at.

The promised epiphyte covered stump from the other side.

I do know that's a passion flower.

And the wide dark leaves in the center here are Elaphoglossum metallicum.

Yep.

Huperzia squarrosa (the trailing plant, I think I've got the ID right?)


Kerriodoxa elegans, the white backed palm

Triangle leaves! The closest thing I could find online was Asplenium hemionitis, but I don't think that's right.


There are pyrrosia leaves in that crazy planting.

These next three photos are the odd perspective you get when you lean over the side of one of the upper floors and look down on the densely planted foliage.



And lastly, a sweet planting of species from South Africa staring the Kumara plicatilis (aka fan aloe). If you ever get the chance to visit the Spheres you should definitely do it!

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