Garden after the rain

[-2 brian]

Been lucky to have a little spring rain here in Southern California the last day or so and was noticing out in the garden how much more vibrant and fresh it seems after the rain. Thought id share some pics i snapped while i was out there. Count yourself lucky if you live somewhere that actually gets regular rain, its definitely a nice change of pace the few days a year we get some, wish we got it more often.  Feel free to post any after rain pics you might have. 

Bromeliad growing in Caryota Gigas trunk

Dioon Spinulosum

Ti plant

Howea F. trunk

Dypsis Mad. Mahajanga trunk

New Flower pushing on a bromeliad

leaf bases on a pup of Rav. Madagascariensis 

Ti plant

Bromeliad

Old flower stalk of Pinanga Coronata

Emerging leaf of Sabal Mauritiformis

Miniature Ti plant

Bromeliad

Chamaerops Humilis flowers

Crinum Splendens

Ti plant 

Aloe

Bromeliad

Dypsis Lutescens trunk

Camelia Nuncios Gem floating in the rain chain pot

Pothos Vine

New fronds on Ceratozamia Mexicana

Black Star Alocasia

Emerging flower on Archontophoenix Myolensis

Platyceryum Bifurcatum 

Bangkok gold ti plant

Electra Ti plant

Purple Volcano ti plant

Rainbow ti plant

 

Asplenum Nidus

Variegated Dracena

Bromeliad

Bromeliad

Bromeliad

Orchid at end of bloom

Encephalartos Longifolius

 

 

 

 

 

[Matt in OC]

Great pictures! I love the Ti plants. They all look great after going through winter.

[The Gerg]

I also took a few quick pics and a couple short videos. Nothing fancy. You can see I put out a few potted palms that are usually below patio cover so they could get rain water.

 

[RichAZ]

Yard looks fantastic brother!   Well done.  

[-2 brian]

2 hours ago, The Gerg said:

I also took a few quick pics and a couple short videos. Nothing fancy. You can see I put out a few potted palms that are usually below patio cover so they could get rain water.

 

Nice looking palms!

[Tyrone]

11 hours ago, The Gerg said:

I also took a few quick pics and a couple short videos. Nothing fancy. You can see I put out a few potted palms that are usually below patio cover so they could get rain water.

 

You’ve got a gorgeous garden. 

[The Gerg]

Thank you @Tyrone.

[Tracy]

Considering that average annual precipitation is just over 10" in my area and we received over 2" in 72 hours, it has been wet.   Here is a mix of plants;  palms, orchids, cycads, bromeliads, aloes and a couple of other things responding to the rain and lengthening warmer days of late winter.

[The Gerg]

59 minutes ago, Tracy said:

Considering that average annual precipitation is just over 10" in my area and we received over 2" in 72 hours, it has been wet.   Here is a mix of plants;  palms, orchids, cycads, bromeliads, aloes and a couple of other things responding to the rain and lengthening warmer days of late winter.

Looks great. What is the palm in the first pic? I really like it.

[-2 brian]

1 hour ago, Tracy said:

Considering that average annual precipitation is just over 10" in my area and we received over 2" in 72 hours, it has been wet.   Here is a mix of plants;  palms, orchids, cycads, bromeliads, aloes and a couple of other things responding to the rain and lengthening warmer days of late winter.

Great pics

[The Gerg]

2 hours ago, The Gerg said:

Looks great. What is the palm in the first pic? I really like it.

Is it D. hovomantsina?

[palmfriend]

Great photos!!

Loved the tour through your gardens!

best regards from Okinawa -

Lars

 

[Tracy]

18 hours ago, The Gerg said:

Looks great. What is the palm in the first pic? I really like it.

It is Ravenea julietiae.  It really is a spectacular palm which has a small footprint at least at this stage.  I'm interested to see what this does as it matures in my climate.

[Palm Tree Jim]

Beautiful gardens.