tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86460430845000074032024-03-14T13:47:48.126-04:00Flamingo Gardens BlogDiscover little known facts, news, and amusing tidbits about horticulture, yard plants, native wildlife, exciting events, and the fascinating history of the Wray Home Museum and Flamingo Gardens.Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-91892359737581838802022-03-31T14:12:00.000-04:002022-03-31T14:12:21.317-04:00 Why You Should Be Concerned About Climate Change- Insurance!<h1 style="text-align: left;">Why You Should Be Concerned About Climate Change- Insurance!</h1><h3 style="text-align: left;">Some effects of climate change such as mass extinction of hundreds of plants and animals across the globe, and displacement of hundreds of thousands of refugees migrating to higher and dryer land seem like far away consequences. But there is a much more immediate threat to all of us: insurance affordability. Climate change is about to make your insurance rates go through the roof, and it’s already happening!</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnKQ1crUVQDEMcouR7rENpSvpiR0sCgUntFdbJV_jmIW8Bw0KKwtu4YCmXuk36IlcHbIRVYDL5kEmbQUBH9BwLnA7B8yy1ns96xk8j1PX3mq-sSExRe29uirBW4fcNyAAtrRZ3mB4uGZLCs5JAMZYL8W68gUmfyySjMRdGXCrwUs-AZDC73vRcWdb/s5184/iStock-119162012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="5184" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNnKQ1crUVQDEMcouR7rENpSvpiR0sCgUntFdbJV_jmIW8Bw0KKwtu4YCmXuk36IlcHbIRVYDL5kEmbQUBH9BwLnA7B8yy1ns96xk8j1PX3mq-sSExRe29uirBW4fcNyAAtrRZ3mB4uGZLCs5JAMZYL8W68gUmfyySjMRdGXCrwUs-AZDC73vRcWdb/w640-h426/iStock-119162012.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><p>The effects of climate change are stronger and more immediate than ever. With increasing frequency of natural disasters that result in the destruction of properties and businesses now hitting record-breaking rates, insurers can no longer wish them away as individual catastrophic events. </p><p><br /></p><p>2020 was the fifth costliest year for the insurance industry in 40 years. According to a <a href="https://www.munichre.com/en/company/media-relations/media-information-and-corporate-news/media-information/2021/2020-natural-disasters-balance.html#1105489295" target="_blank">2021 report</a> released by Munich RE, one of the world’s leading providers of reinsurance and insurance-related risk solutions, global disasters exacerbated by climate change resulted in $210 billion in losses in 2020 as several countries, including the U.S. and China, battled hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. The US accounted for $95 billion of overall losses and $67 billion of insured losses. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJY3DUjiP_SE5kqQQoBrCNYnnUkOyrjVVP253foekGZoC2wWgMzcng-K6FUPoZ1SYPruxQkdoCqExa2DbqijsCQKgxeTYpSu_zv0C_rt-T9YcCV7NJyqLzUpkZMT9WWQTYeg1jN6S4k_8aYM_oOQxUXDD1gVEAxVokOSp88u7fAW31QGuFwx8gjMLl/s2093/Wildfires.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="2093" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJY3DUjiP_SE5kqQQoBrCNYnnUkOyrjVVP253foekGZoC2wWgMzcng-K6FUPoZ1SYPruxQkdoCqExa2DbqijsCQKgxeTYpSu_zv0C_rt-T9YcCV7NJyqLzUpkZMT9WWQTYeg1jN6S4k_8aYM_oOQxUXDD1gVEAxVokOSp88u7fAW31QGuFwx8gjMLl/w640-h438/Wildfires.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Insurance is in the business of managing risk. Greater risk equals more claims which results in higher premiums. Taxpayers and insurance premiums share the cost for severe damage due to weather. Severe weather events that occur in Los Angeles, for example, affect premiums in other parts of the state and the country. These weather-related claims impact everyone.</p><p><br /></p><p>Rising physical risk levels are already threatening insurability and affordability of existing coverage. Higher claims costs will require a higher premium, which may jeopardize affordability. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeu_JK5N2BrYhbih28Hb9NruSqjcvmfB6Tm0NhXLhhtcwVzUZZok6lRugBrnW42xFXddRi_tw7uYpWXahIzhlrf5ehIxkjLqrvkj0vmsGKDT5W6HiwklS3R2wVIyjExztv1wt-j63ZvwMHAr2RBiSQXpe-d4BK3tD4poSiXJqrtZmDNXKSKs4E0lw/s3900/Hurricane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="3900" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjeu_JK5N2BrYhbih28Hb9NruSqjcvmfB6Tm0NhXLhhtcwVzUZZok6lRugBrnW42xFXddRi_tw7uYpWXahIzhlrf5ehIxkjLqrvkj0vmsGKDT5W6HiwklS3R2wVIyjExztv1wt-j63ZvwMHAr2RBiSQXpe-d4BK3tD4poSiXJqrtZmDNXKSKs4E0lw/w640-h268/Hurricane.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Catastrophic events are projected to continue. According to a <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/sustainability/our-insights/climate-risk-and-response-physical-hazards-and-socioeconomic-impacts" target="_blank">McKinsey research report</a>, the value at risk from climate-induced hazards may increase from about 2% of global GDP to more than 4% of global GDP in 2050. This projection, which forecast more frequent storms, floods, and wildfires, may lead to underinsurance of the population, leading to premium loss, higher rates of self-insurance, and increased demand for disaster relief from the public sector. Consumers will shoulder most of that burden.</p><p><br /></p><p>Florida is one of the states most vulnerable to climate change, putting Floridians at a greater risk for disasters that will impact everything from health and physical safety to property and assets. Climate change is already having a direct financial impact on Florida homeowners through their home insurance premiums. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3jy0sqoyAUSha6sAjm4LHi_OS5ozof1g-pmjSO3L9Zx_DYHrgO8M8_-6cp01x81vQZa0XMge4oRmuWQ0xjZPEBkzNXhT2ImxVaeFyTrtkJoIPWsClEeQxdpS5ggbK-eWa0-TsSlRHtKgT6YXyQTjKEL-H98lpcf90Zhho_IxR5R7W3itqeFMzVoS/s4204/Miami.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2709" data-original-width="4204" height="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim3jy0sqoyAUSha6sAjm4LHi_OS5ozof1g-pmjSO3L9Zx_DYHrgO8M8_-6cp01x81vQZa0XMge4oRmuWQ0xjZPEBkzNXhT2ImxVaeFyTrtkJoIPWsClEeQxdpS5ggbK-eWa0-TsSlRHtKgT6YXyQTjKEL-H98lpcf90Zhho_IxR5R7W3itqeFMzVoS/w640-h412/Miami.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>According to a <a href="https://www.valuepenguin.com/home-insurance-rate-increases-florida#rate-increases" target="_blank">report by ValuePenguine</a>, the cost of homeowners insurance in Florida has gone up by 32.5% since 2016. This is more than three times higher than the average rate change of 10.9% that the rest of the country experienced during the same period. In an <a href="https://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/its-criminal" target="_blank">Insurance Newsnet article</a>, Mark Friedlander, a spokesperson for<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 16px;"> t</span>he nonpartisan association Insurance Information Institute, says that statewide premiums in Florida are up nearly 25% for 2022, and aren't expected to level off anytime soon. Premiums have doubled in some parts of the state. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, there are other additional causes contributing to the large increases in homeowner insurance premiums such as fraud and litigation expenses, but reinsurance companies who underwrite retail insurers simply can’t afford to ignore the link between climate change and catastrophes caused by the resulting storms, wildfires, and flooding. As the financial losses multiply, the price of reinsurance will continue to increase accordingly and get passed on to the consumer. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpjAD6uuioAcFVlCM-Mfm1glPwZSfFp0x1OYnwtQAcyJyPW5RQ4bctHmtffMAeKKArb2V-JJKs8xqDO0rou6HAafxi_c4h46I5g7onA2BlzD1Hw2-KE7TYGc0Pl5y3bFoParHsjA-ws3Hg3a3C_0QsLLhAjzIDhFz-MQ_V7jyVdLEOPyx_xPWEgFS/s6541/Flooded%20Streets%20in%20Fort%20Lauderdale.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3856" data-original-width="6541" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpjAD6uuioAcFVlCM-Mfm1glPwZSfFp0x1OYnwtQAcyJyPW5RQ4bctHmtffMAeKKArb2V-JJKs8xqDO0rou6HAafxi_c4h46I5g7onA2BlzD1Hw2-KE7TYGc0Pl5y3bFoParHsjA-ws3Hg3a3C_0QsLLhAjzIDhFz-MQ_V7jyVdLEOPyx_xPWEgFS/w640-h378/Flooded%20Streets%20in%20Fort%20Lauderdale.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Floridians can expect this trend to continue and for premiums to become more and more unaffordable if we do not confront climate change head-on. You can help by making your concerns known to your legislators and public officials, and by letting businesses you frequent know that you want them to do their part to combat climate change too.</p><p>Here are some other blogs for ideas to help combat climate change:</p><p><a href="https://flamingogardensorg.blogspot.com/2021/11/5-simple-ways-to-combat-climate-change.html">5 Simple Ways to Combat Climate Change</a></p><p><a href="https://flamingogardensorg.blogspot.com/2021/11/ten-ways-you-can-affect-climate-change.html">A Simple Guide to Climate Change</a></p><div><br /></div>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-22430905638458158242022-03-02T12:02:00.005-05:002022-03-02T13:28:47.414-05:00Beauty of Orchids<h1 style="text-align: left;">Beauty Of Orchids</h1><h3 style="text-align: left;">You probably have been given or purchased an orchid- most likely a Phalaenopsis, Dendrobium, or Cattleya. These are just three of the most popular genera of the orchids in cultivation today.</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhURhxBVwUvF9cwVS7Pyoy3oYmgIfZbqC3sE5m8sMWa8fkT5v-EpulwIuChVhwtFVtx29h5HNAzDUJ1zfJ6aDqhZs_fJW2542T3W6N2ITmo802bwZMzP2pB7VRd2ICd1WVf7946WZFqe5muYbNgtga30NGiviUReU8NCeEabCiGnwhixhGvo1dnyPN0=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="2400" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhURhxBVwUvF9cwVS7Pyoy3oYmgIfZbqC3sE5m8sMWa8fkT5v-EpulwIuChVhwtFVtx29h5HNAzDUJ1zfJ6aDqhZs_fJW2542T3W6N2ITmo802bwZMzP2pB7VRd2ICd1WVf7946WZFqe5muYbNgtga30NGiviUReU8NCeEabCiGnwhixhGvo1dnyPN0=w640-h472" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Cattleya violacea coerulea by Tom Kuligowski]</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">The size and diversity of the orchid family, Orchidaceae, is nothing short of astounding, with estimates of 800 genera, 30,000 naturally occurring species and more than 100,000 hybrids. Orchids grow on every continent and every habitat except the major deserts and arctic circles. Many orchids grow in subtropical areas of the world and many of those will grow well in South Florida.</h3><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGpGGL0-z_U1s5Rp6embbEkdY0SsIMAIipbBvtB5c1Ol_-hfiu8_8q_TZPMcGKIllG-YIoZDCFCcTLKj3aPcKaI8VGlUnVxsp5DKyM4VVz49dhegwucQrGnX8qtJldESDBJQ-aWz5bhJBgx53HkRqKpclunjpibVi3_EjqU45Wu-EWm5bLvlJdeAEb=s2700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1863" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhGpGGL0-z_U1s5Rp6embbEkdY0SsIMAIipbBvtB5c1Ol_-hfiu8_8q_TZPMcGKIllG-YIoZDCFCcTLKj3aPcKaI8VGlUnVxsp5DKyM4VVz49dhegwucQrGnX8qtJldESDBJQ-aWz5bhJBgx53HkRqKpclunjpibVi3_EjqU45Wu-EWm5bLvlJdeAEb=w442-h640" width="442" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Dendrobium superbum photo by Tom Kuligowski]</div><p>Orchids can be epiphytes (which grow attached to other plants, also known as “air plants”), terrestrials (grow on land), lithophytes (grow on rocks), or saprophytes (grow on dead organic matter). About 75% of all orchids are epiphytes and can be found growing on trees.</p><p>There are two groups of epiphytic orchids based on stem structure and growth habit- sympodial and monopodial.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg35LRAeRauGMPlWurtV5YBI98o1YsB6cnrQpxPFfNbWjdUn6elWl2m1iB_qy5c9XrG-9RRBOoCtfh4b_ihFgLowwhndI-jsmMpjiWI47rC7djVriQJA5cQTIxm3ZThLLmKsbLuzhgMZ3FE3OHUpE28T0h8zWT6pJFUarnVjFyEi9lD4Kyoiz-BXgmL=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1692" data-original-width="2400" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg35LRAeRauGMPlWurtV5YBI98o1YsB6cnrQpxPFfNbWjdUn6elWl2m1iB_qy5c9XrG-9RRBOoCtfh4b_ihFgLowwhndI-jsmMpjiWI47rC7djVriQJA5cQTIxm3ZThLLmKsbLuzhgMZ3FE3OHUpE28T0h8zWT6pJFUarnVjFyEi9lD4Kyoiz-BXgmL=w640-h452" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">[Sympodial orchid, Dendrobium atroviolaceum photo by Tom Kuligowski]</span></div></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Sympodial orchids </h3><p style="text-align: left;">Sympodial orchids have a horizontal growth habit and often feature pseudobulbs, a thickened stem from which the leaves emerge that are attached to a basal rhizome. The pseudobulbs store water and food for the orchid, which allows the plant to go for prolonged periods without water. Examples of sympodial orchids include Cattleya, Dendrobium, and Oncidium orchids. In general, these types of orchids require less watering as they can store water in their pseudobulbs.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixE4o8AU8hZBY5GmEqNIRS_ZttAZS19Fzyo9lpxdOTVjYGc4clWixCGG0Hi4q5Yi3-5IQTYluqwLLm14rfT7Vs2Myn4wFoSduP-wMbEoQxmFruurb0c_Iqz3ToNaOYHCRdHZQb4PIEd0V8BKFa0bg2z3zETn6aV4NM4WARaKotfdmoqi5NOgEFteaD=s2400"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2208" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixE4o8AU8hZBY5GmEqNIRS_ZttAZS19Fzyo9lpxdOTVjYGc4clWixCGG0Hi4q5Yi3-5IQTYluqwLLm14rfT7Vs2Myn4wFoSduP-wMbEoQxmFruurb0c_Iqz3ToNaOYHCRdHZQb4PIEd0V8BKFa0bg2z3zETn6aV4NM4WARaKotfdmoqi5NOgEFteaD=w588-h640" width="588" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Cattleya amethystoglossa photo by Tom Kuligowski]</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Cattleya</h3><p>Cattleyas are a genus of Orchidaceae native to much of South America. They are among the most popular orchids grown. Cattleyas come in many different shapes, colors, and sizes and have very showy flowers. Cattleyas are epiphytes which grow on trees or rocks. Cattleyas generally prefer humid environments and like to dry out between watering. Most important for Cattleya growth is bright, indirect light. The leaves should be medium green in color when the light levels are optimal. They tolerate temperatures between 60 and 90 F. Cattleyas like to be fertilized when in active growth, that is when you see new root tips.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjusktPax6PH7xea-iC0bfTFJsk3mxcRocQ40adtKJUel1GBebgc4Z-S2iWO0e0Bdyb92SL0Rur1gS307FaE14Xv77k2U5KnZdHhs_GYRiPQ0MOCta9OyffitFI46vMCTd3GVPcv8BtxT5fYL80pirMPvIYuPEle-0cZOhfRrZLV2tupfAYxBPnDUaH=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2135" data-original-width="2400" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjusktPax6PH7xea-iC0bfTFJsk3mxcRocQ40adtKJUel1GBebgc4Z-S2iWO0e0Bdyb92SL0Rur1gS307FaE14Xv77k2U5KnZdHhs_GYRiPQ0MOCta9OyffitFI46vMCTd3GVPcv8BtxT5fYL80pirMPvIYuPEle-0cZOhfRrZLV2tupfAYxBPnDUaH=w640-h570" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Dendrobium lasianthera photo by Tom Kuligowski]</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Dendrobium</h3><p>Dendrobium orchids are a popular, complex, and extremely large genus from the Old World. Some varieties grow in the mountainous Himalayas while others grow in lowland tropical forests. Some varieties even thrive in the Australian desert. Many of the subtropical Dendrobiums have beautiful flowers which are also long lasting, but because it is such a large genus group, no one culture works for all. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwWC2ZqJPzt-0TG6YPRNvy-vvlFSZqXgVJn8FlWZFTyBmoehs2ml-lwmqSiGXe4wKJpdgIv1u9HtgXzfKxTbOyk34xCUKA8RkcEdkDqm4psHXx4o96Kr3h3K8uKNf8QtL9Uem3Ng1d3obaufrPEccsPPPOk3HtQ_gmkvrX4U9Hy6Zg6an6bdD9Zt83=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="2400" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwWC2ZqJPzt-0TG6YPRNvy-vvlFSZqXgVJn8FlWZFTyBmoehs2ml-lwmqSiGXe4wKJpdgIv1u9HtgXzfKxTbOyk34xCUKA8RkcEdkDqm4psHXx4o96Kr3h3K8uKNf8QtL9Uem3Ng1d3obaufrPEccsPPPOk3HtQ_gmkvrX4U9Hy6Zg6an6bdD9Zt83=w640-h396" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Oncidium sphacelatum photo by Tom Kuligowski]</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Oncidium</h3><p>Oncidiums can be found anywhere from sea level in the tropics to the high elevations of the Andes. The genus is not only one of the largest and most popular cultivated orchid genera, but also a collection of considerably distinct species with varying light, water, and humidity needs. Oncidiums usually produce long, branched, many-flowered, erect to arching inflorescences bearing small to large flowers often in colors from yellow to brown, rarely of uniform color but usually marked or blotched.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQFk3LZXAvBSyeg7fFuqreWLLWCU2zsZL53Dd7d2iZZLFMdNg7ohNXHN8qTpn5DnPWA8DlvDxYZl1l2V0G7PKM1O6ZwaYPofCI-eYaWBFxB7ozx9my31qlfcpqzIx2LQkmHAmGj5102XhhAYu2UdZ58lRjhhAvtT9ya0-Av9WUowdYlI8_StrbkDwR=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1517" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjQFk3LZXAvBSyeg7fFuqreWLLWCU2zsZL53Dd7d2iZZLFMdNg7ohNXHN8qTpn5DnPWA8DlvDxYZl1l2V0G7PKM1O6ZwaYPofCI-eYaWBFxB7ozx9my31qlfcpqzIx2LQkmHAmGj5102XhhAYu2UdZ58lRjhhAvtT9ya0-Av9WUowdYlI8_StrbkDwR=w404-h640" width="404" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Monopodial orchid Vanda Fulford's Gold 2 photo by Tom Kuligowski]</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Monopodial orchids </h3><p>Monopodial orchids grow upright or vertically. They feature side shoots, which likewise grow upright. Unlike sympodial orchids, this type of epiphyte does not have pseudobulbs for nutrient storage and therefore most monopodial orchids have thicker or longer roots to retain moisture. Vanda, Phalaenopsis, and Paphiopedilum are just three of the most common monopodial orchids. Usually, these types of orchids require more humidity and more frequent watering.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNRVmRG5_nnoyhWgbYgTrc-0Kb2JnqP5VfUB_cpmEYY1BXB3Ti-e4OoZ7kLeGxW3SQ5zL0wfuoK8_LDN-JixzmvfpqDbB82XrZ6itj_SBzCur6FO9fiS75mDuhEDc8I_kS_wfPmzxZFiKDRchsS0_7eEJMshYTd0o04z7843vMT1q3MUhf9lrk-qjx=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1984" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNRVmRG5_nnoyhWgbYgTrc-0Kb2JnqP5VfUB_cpmEYY1BXB3Ti-e4OoZ7kLeGxW3SQ5zL0wfuoK8_LDN-JixzmvfpqDbB82XrZ6itj_SBzCur6FO9fiS75mDuhEDc8I_kS_wfPmzxZFiKDRchsS0_7eEJMshYTd0o04z7843vMT1q3MUhf9lrk-qjx=w530-h640" width="530" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[Vanda Princess Mikasa photo by Tom Kuligowski]</div></span></h4><h3 style="text-align: left;">Vanda</h3><p>Vandas are native to the tropical and subtropical regions of Asia and the Pacific where they can be found hanging from trees or from cracks in cliffs and other rocky locations. In South Florida these plants will grow best outdoors in bright filtered sunlight. Vandas require high humidity and should be watered daily. In the heat of the summer, they can use multiple waterings a day. Vandas can be mounted on a tree, such as a palm tree, grown in a wooden basket, or mounted on a wire. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh28Csw3qq80z7ZbkvngEsukM25vP3WZhIm0WQM0Cz3GERiTIGNz7frcS96q8TIrToQ6FvzVXGCstSp_rMK0nLRbxTVYnmoe6A2IMfhiZ5oHq1yDOOqI2zIaVi0SmjrfHwLNa1s1zZntRq5irPddcFoHIlGHonYo11ZUrL49fOYaVnkbHGJCmLgzKLX=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1947" data-original-width="2400" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh28Csw3qq80z7ZbkvngEsukM25vP3WZhIm0WQM0Cz3GERiTIGNz7frcS96q8TIrToQ6FvzVXGCstSp_rMK0nLRbxTVYnmoe6A2IMfhiZ5oHq1yDOOqI2zIaVi0SmjrfHwLNa1s1zZntRq5irPddcFoHIlGHonYo11ZUrL49fOYaVnkbHGJCmLgzKLX=w640-h520" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Phalaenopsis Fuller's 3545 photo by Tom Kuligowski]</div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b>Phalaenopsis</b></h3><p>The majority of Phalaenopsis are native to Indonesia and the Philippines. They naturally grow in the tropical forest attached to trees and in crevices; therefore, they like low, indirect light, warm temperatures, and high humidity. Phalaenopsis, commonly called the moth orchid due to their flat flower petals resembling moth wings, are admired for their beautiful flowers and are the most widely grown orchid genera. In fact, they account for a staggering 75 percent of all orchid plant sales. These orchids are among the easiest orchids to grow, whether in greenhouses, on windowsills, or mounted on your palm trees. Blossoms on a single stem can last for months.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje3yXr5n9l9xxgOiD9yKuyreNIuVbnsSDSc0K5Coj4qZFe6e8KV3uXdCzd4xfYzQVnLOQ8Q948sKgGREou3Bcaxm3yg1_4IRWQiz_-wXNMoXIt6CnMcidH0DK8r3EyKXotqmJzDYAsV_1vV3uRMQiYNWISMXZf4sClGiviplGMtGDh5Kh3D-DvD1Oc=s2000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1728" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje3yXr5n9l9xxgOiD9yKuyreNIuVbnsSDSc0K5Coj4qZFe6e8KV3uXdCzd4xfYzQVnLOQ8Q948sKgGREou3Bcaxm3yg1_4IRWQiz_-wXNMoXIt6CnMcidH0DK8r3EyKXotqmJzDYAsV_1vV3uRMQiYNWISMXZf4sClGiviplGMtGDh5Kh3D-DvD1Oc=w552-h640" width="552" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[Paphipedilum venustum photo by Tom Kuligowski]</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Paphiopedilum</h3><p>Paphiopedilums are also called slipper orchids because of their unique floral pouch reminiscent of a lady’s shoe. They are semi-terrestrial orchids that can be found growing on the humus rich floor in their native jungle habitats of the Philippines and New Guinea to the high hills of northern India. Paphiopedilums come from the jungle, so they expect a tropical environment with plenty of moisture, humidity, and bright shade. Their care is like African violets and are a bit fussier than other orchids, preferring a temperature range between 60F-80F with a humidity level of 40-50 percent. They require watering about once per week. But like all orchids, Paphiopedilums do not tolerate soggy roots, so make sure they’re not sitting in excess water after watering.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqExghFs9B3RqaKYclkYOgLULx6MaBIxOXlaiSL9udDJHae9vt-jUGcTzrHINKPjGO3Y_wsSn5JYhobr43ittOZ_Da2MSzQN6Y543AbCcxzvUNHG7W8Ebes6vR-kqRV-aWznHj6UiZK9Z7zDNuZkjxBqYAEny8kqJgmhbOOAbUcr9TFShm6VezMdCG=s625" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="625" height="534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjqExghFs9B3RqaKYclkYOgLULx6MaBIxOXlaiSL9udDJHae9vt-jUGcTzrHINKPjGO3Y_wsSn5JYhobr43ittOZ_Da2MSzQN6Y543AbCcxzvUNHG7W8Ebes6vR-kqRV-aWznHj6UiZK9Z7zDNuZkjxBqYAEny8kqJgmhbOOAbUcr9TFShm6VezMdCG=w640-h534" width="640" /></a></div><p>Explore the beauty and diversity of orchids at Flamingo Gardens’ breathtaking exhibit, Beauty Of Orchids, on display March 19 to May 8, 2022. Over 1,000 live orchids in 10 displays created by staff and the Orchidteers volunteer group are set among the lush tropical setting of Flamingo Gardens and feature the images of award-winning orchid photographer, Tom Kuligowski.</p><p>Inside the Gallery you will enjoy an exhibit of beautiful orchid photographs selected from participants in Flamingo Gardens' 11th Annual Photo Contest. </p><p>On weekends, exit the Tram at the Wetlands Walkway to hear "Native Orchid Music" by Juraj Kojs, based upon the DNA sequence of various Florida native orchids. Each weekend will also include orchid classes, tours, and demonstrations, as well as orchids for sale from select vendors. Check online for the schedule of classes and special programming at: <a href="https://www.flamingogardens.org/beauty-of-orchids.html">https://www.flamingogardens.org/beauty-of-orchids.html</a></p><p>Beauty of Orchids opens the weekend of the Exotic Plant Festival & Bonsai Show, March 19 & 20, and will remain on display during the 40th International Orchid & Bromeliad Show, April 16 & 17, through Mother's Day, May 8, 2022.</p><p>Timed Online Tickets are recommended on weekends. Beauty of Orchids exhibit is included in your Flamingo Gardens’ admission of $21.95 for ages 12+, $15.95 for ages 3-11, Flamingo Gardens’ members and children 2 and younger are free. Narrated tram tour included.</p>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-17072102194452116372022-01-31T14:26:00.003-05:002022-01-31T15:54:57.813-05:00The Illusive Ghost Orchid And Other Endangered Florida Orchids <h1 style="text-align: left;">The Illusive Ghost Orchid And Other Endangered Florida Native Orchids </h1><h2 style="text-align: left;">Environmental groups are calling on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to place the rare ghost orchid under the protection of the Endangered Species Act and officially designate its habitat in southern Florida as critical to its recovery.</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCoI3iyHqTd2B3nUySVTrk--6XC8NoPF4OwmcjRWvmz0W-FA5-PhPsrJ34kfd0UNnMvwfJzap0j38PowTDMOkL049y_2Kai9EhXWPg9tRLvu0NOR3JOupXWLlKvJGUFibI7mrPOwOYAvpi-XmegAljH8bk2WFRvL6ZbpTt0_m5SZTrKG0_EZj8i4n8=s2100" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1575" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhCoI3iyHqTd2B3nUySVTrk--6XC8NoPF4OwmcjRWvmz0W-FA5-PhPsrJ34kfd0UNnMvwfJzap0j38PowTDMOkL049y_2Kai9EhXWPg9tRLvu0NOR3JOupXWLlKvJGUFibI7mrPOwOYAvpi-XmegAljH8bk2WFRvL6ZbpTt0_m5SZTrKG0_EZj8i4n8=w480-h640" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">[The Ghost Orchid, <i>Dendrophylax Lindenii</i>, photo by Thomas Kuligowski]</span></div><p style="text-align: left;">The illusive ghost orchid, <i>Dendrophylax Lindenii,</i> faces mounting threats in Florida from poaching, loss of habitat, and climate change, and needs federal protection according to a petition filed recently by the Institute for Regional Conservation, the Center for Biological Diversity, and the National Parks Conservation Association. The conservation groups estimate there are only about 1,500 ghost orchids remaining in Florida where their population is down by 90%. </p><p>If so designated, the ghost orchid would be the first Florida native orchid to be federally listed as endangered or threatened.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSZk53a8NK-fLn9x97pBa1BbcHcbKrAtxwoHiqJQgyX6SxvKqotgEDub4WwEiGKyDsUj2kfu2GOPI7ssrumsx2eTKk33hWbmxWnaGv665mYoOC7F4wmu50-roDokq9bSYCikHNzveJilUids293RkFcs7mFaWKxTkiUTxmlLodyRxFgWWZ6vBIl4CU=s2700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="2070" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgSZk53a8NK-fLn9x97pBa1BbcHcbKrAtxwoHiqJQgyX6SxvKqotgEDub4WwEiGKyDsUj2kfu2GOPI7ssrumsx2eTKk33hWbmxWnaGv665mYoOC7F4wmu50-roDokq9bSYCikHNzveJilUids293RkFcs7mFaWKxTkiUTxmlLodyRxFgWWZ6vBIl4CU=w490-h640" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">[<i>Prosthechea cochleata </i>photo by </span><span style="text-align: left;">Thomas Kuligowski</span><span style="text-align: left;">]</span></div><p>Most Florida native orchid species are already state-listed as threatened or endangered and are illegal to collect in the wild. There are approximately 100 Florida native orchids genera, but only 11 are found in Broward County. Conservationists fear all Florida native orchids face the possibility of extinction due to habitat loss, climate change and poaching, if conservation and recovery plans are not instituted. </p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNPq2c4UiefIZ3zjPrjumFTZj_Wh1B0sSGtB58V-ikIJjPGBmFtpy84auq26jSoYflrNKpE9LAx1AeHgV-T1wR6ybPARZnEK94KKApA6A9K7JkIA7L3yik6V3H1JKuH01nVcnALDH7GMC2NxjpLCfmPtNockHNy3TpYbXoVB2qTXZbkXmG_s6tFXD0=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgNPq2c4UiefIZ3zjPrjumFTZj_Wh1B0sSGtB58V-ikIJjPGBmFtpy84auq26jSoYflrNKpE9LAx1AeHgV-T1wR6ybPARZnEK94KKApA6A9K7JkIA7L3yik6V3H1JKuH01nVcnALDH7GMC2NxjpLCfmPtNockHNy3TpYbXoVB2qTXZbkXmG_s6tFXD0=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><span style="text-align: left;">[<i>Prosthechea cochleata var. alba </i>photo by </span><span style="text-align: left;">Thomas Kuligowski</span><span style="text-align: left;">]</span></div><p></p><p>Flamingo Gardens, along with the help of the Flamingo Gardens Orchidteer volunteer group, has been working hard to establish colonies of native orchids throughout the hardwood hammocks and wetland areas of the Gardens. The Orchidteers and staff have mounted more than twelve hundred plants of various native orchid species such as the night fragrant <i>Epidendrum nocturnum</i>; the Florida butterfly orchid <i>Encyclia tampensis</i>; the Florida silver dollar orchid <i>Prosthechea boothiana</i>; and <i>Sacoila lanceolata,</i> commonly known as the leafless beaked orchid. We have partnered with Pine Island Jog Environmental Center on the Florida Native Orchid Revitalization Area (FLORA) project (part of the Million Orchid Project) to help enhance and restore native orchid populations at Flamingo Gardens. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXxyWTC01ZIhXMApjjReGS0eDJAl79HUhN72BlIK19JpeMalJuUbuJjJ5dPWB8-hH27OQP9JdQZmYWzTo3zoL88Ufw7IAoaQwJxjmK1F46VzHRnF8B8gyVIUwR3T54t1Fc7sBmxGd4B6k741h1HZVJrwDEbB1xLuUgjtnulDIE7UcaD4zJ6qC_pMGW=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2279" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXxyWTC01ZIhXMApjjReGS0eDJAl79HUhN72BlIK19JpeMalJuUbuJjJ5dPWB8-hH27OQP9JdQZmYWzTo3zoL88Ufw7IAoaQwJxjmK1F46VzHRnF8B8gyVIUwR3T54t1Fc7sBmxGd4B6k741h1HZVJrwDEbB1xLuUgjtnulDIE7UcaD4zJ6qC_pMGW=w608-h640" width="608" /></a><span style="text-align: left;">[<i>Encyclia tampensis</i> photo by Thomas Kuligowski]</span></div><p>With the help of the Orchidteers volunteer group, Flamingo Gardens' native orchid conservation programs ensure the continuation of native orchid species in the gardens; and orchid educational programs help instill a deeper love and appreciation for orchids for all those who visit. Under the watchful eyes of the Orchidteers, orchids are tagged and logged at installation, providing a detailed reference summary as the collection evolves.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzbBglFDpxk6dFmhFgDzUQmNajF3HMwAKstqNUNi9roXn6EVuWYcx6dwF8ZUfTr2TQdRSbjvyJkelWuNLj_T-2tADdVlCTDd5WD4p3JE8GdbxQr4sKAGHDRz84Wz6lsFE8aHMozkIdVUZ6MKpVE6RdCUje4lvCwvp_U7_ol-dPBZPM4cIAjAvcH3Sg=s2400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="1505" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzbBglFDpxk6dFmhFgDzUQmNajF3HMwAKstqNUNi9roXn6EVuWYcx6dwF8ZUfTr2TQdRSbjvyJkelWuNLj_T-2tADdVlCTDd5WD4p3JE8GdbxQr4sKAGHDRz84Wz6lsFE8aHMozkIdVUZ6MKpVE6RdCUje4lvCwvp_U7_ol-dPBZPM4cIAjAvcH3Sg=w402-h640" width="402" /></a></div>[<i>Prosthechea boothiana</i> photo by Thomas Kuligowski]</span></div><p></p><p>You can learn more about Florida native orchids and Flamingo Gardens' conservation efforts at the upcoming <a href="https://www.flamingogardens.org/beauty-of-orchids.html" target="_blank">Beauty of Orchids</a> exhibit from March 19 to May 9, 2022. The exhibit will feature over one thousand orchids in bloom in floral displays throughout the Gardens alongside the orchid photographs of Tom Kuligowski. Weekly orchid classes, orchid sales, and tours will accompany the exhibit. Visit <a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org">www.flamingogardens.org</a> for more information and schedule.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdaXCBxhuM63dI7WIPhLgsnA7R2Uqbo94AGdtqsSARwJxDla9id7ItM0U7y6kQCo2PYcQv6U5NmIT082_x1u0DfpKMDmz4SXBETWAWLtOWZJc6Xj1bWeMWQRkPrfq_Lh5ZGYx9GCWzJr-ukUqoSC6fILyvVWa7ADKLN5vOvPvAn7o2zsXGsHg3-sLE=s2700" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2507" data-original-width="2700" height="594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhdaXCBxhuM63dI7WIPhLgsnA7R2Uqbo94AGdtqsSARwJxDla9id7ItM0U7y6kQCo2PYcQv6U5NmIT082_x1u0DfpKMDmz4SXBETWAWLtOWZJc6Xj1bWeMWQRkPrfq_Lh5ZGYx9GCWzJr-ukUqoSC6fILyvVWa7ADKLN5vOvPvAn7o2zsXGsHg3-sLE=w640-h594" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">[<i>Prosthechea boothiana</i> photo by Thomas Kuligowski]</div><p><br /></p>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-31912757095646081152021-12-30T12:19:00.001-05:002021-12-30T12:37:41.593-05:0010 Everglades Animals Threatened by Climate Change<h1 style="text-align: left;">10 Everglades Animals Threatened by Climate Change</h1><h3 style="text-align: left;">Biologists are becoming more and more concerned that global climate change will drastically reduce biodiversity. Some biologists estimate that up to 35% of animals and plants could become extinct in the wild by 2050 due to global climate change- less than 30 years! </h3><p>A <a href="https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-gb/" target="_blank">2020 World Wildlife Federation report</a> claims that the population sizes of mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, and reptiles have experienced a 68% decrease since 1970 and freshwater species have declined as much as 84% already. (1)</p><p>South Florida and the Everglades is particularly susceptible to the effects of global warming and sea-level rise. Everglades plants and animals will be disproportionally affected as the ocean rises and saltwater infiltrates marshes and floods low-lying habitats.</p><p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905095201/http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/350_reasons/index.html" target="_blank">Center for Biological Diversity report</a> has compiled a list of 350 species found in the United States and its territories which are threatened by climate change. (2) Ten Everglades species standout among the many Florida species included on the list.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTCxR3JhKpL0silchwAAcjCV9uDC5MXea29UjluaOsgVo0-D87JFUhCXExdSoPLb_OV1Gfld8IFis8VR01z5Vu4yRrMvOLfbL4kjV1wRAJCuFjDnsbS5cOEuWFfJXZ9UO7R5qkayH78pIKlhj72rYZLVx0Yw9vaYJdZv2A2YcCk5gICTZ3BAScDBR9=s400" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="266" data-original-width="400" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTCxR3JhKpL0silchwAAcjCV9uDC5MXea29UjluaOsgVo0-D87JFUhCXExdSoPLb_OV1Gfld8IFis8VR01z5Vu4yRrMvOLfbL4kjV1wRAJCuFjDnsbS5cOEuWFfJXZ9UO7R5qkayH78pIKlhj72rYZLVx0Yw9vaYJdZv2A2YcCk5gICTZ3BAScDBR9=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Florida panther photo by Mike Levine</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi)</h2><p style="text-align: left;">The Florida panther is one of the most majestic, large felines in the wild, and tragically, it’s the only large feline remaining in the Southeast. Once abundantly found throughout Southeast United States, it is estimated there are fewer than 120 Florida panthers left in the wild. </p><p>Although habitat loss driven by Florida’s burgeoning human population is the greatest threat to Florida panthers, sea-level rise will inundate and eliminate a large portion of the panther’s remaining habitat in Florida’s low-lying Everglades. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq3m4inJLw0aOa6JcYnyp2yxrTw3oaIgHgsZUA7xctM7A1VlxRbE9okaRHeFIWgNPKh-JAPxbNBXNwhAwz-mmA-FUxzDM1uDNNp21ZRj7YDb7-SvhqDNktDk-uUULCGQtMMv-LiOCoKTlo8SLAWl304DXoCaxT5k_XXOmMtI_HhrmVYM8BmH9iqKNx=s2121" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2121" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq3m4inJLw0aOa6JcYnyp2yxrTw3oaIgHgsZUA7xctM7A1VlxRbE9okaRHeFIWgNPKh-JAPxbNBXNwhAwz-mmA-FUxzDM1uDNNp21ZRj7YDb7-SvhqDNktDk-uUULCGQtMMv-LiOCoKTlo8SLAWl304DXoCaxT5k_XXOmMtI_HhrmVYM8BmH9iqKNx=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Florida manatee photo by stammphoto</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostrus)</h2><p>Manatees, sometimes referred to as sea cows, are large, gentle aquatic marine mammals related to elephants that spend much of their time grazing on seagrasses and other vegetation in warm, shallow waters. The current population of manatees in Florida is thought to be between only 1,000 and 3,000. </p><p>The leading cause of death among manatees is boat strikes which kill them or leave lethal propeller wounds on the survivors; but starvation is quickly becoming a major cause of death as well. Sea-level rise and changes in water flow that increase water turbidity threaten the manatees’ main food source- the seagrasses that grow in shallow waters. Increased hurricane intensity and storm surge also impact their food supply, leading to starvation as well as impaired manatee health and reproduction.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQfjHR-TUshk8PR_8_h25tR6Sfp_bcUI72AoOhs5ZVvnH2MVBT-yWKoTPs6jr1we0xUEkOk9wXkiVrLQlYjzEKVCssPifR7HxkurBN9sniFcIulRaNbcxYPlcPQdeLQ0mlMAWORDz_5jyGAJTZNiyFjNdeiSTuEXtPx-FW-XB7nU1e-oemxycQRnmH=s2138" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="2138" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQfjHR-TUshk8PR_8_h25tR6Sfp_bcUI72AoOhs5ZVvnH2MVBT-yWKoTPs6jr1we0xUEkOk9wXkiVrLQlYjzEKVCssPifR7HxkurBN9sniFcIulRaNbcxYPlcPQdeLQ0mlMAWORDz_5jyGAJTZNiyFjNdeiSTuEXtPx-FW-XB7nU1e-oemxycQRnmH=w640-h420" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Green sea turtle photo by pkphotoscom</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas)</h2><p>Much knowledge about sea turtle ecology comes from studies of green sea turtles which migrate long distances between feeding grounds and hatching beaches. Sea turtles spend almost all their lives submerged but must breathe air, routinely diving for about five minutes and surfacing to breathe for one to three seconds. </p><p>Warming ocean temperatures are leading to mass coral bleaching which damage reef habitats where turtles feed, and changes in ocean currents are altering turtle migrations paths and feeding patterns. Rising sea levels may also inundate nesting beaches and the increased sand temperatures may lead to changes in the sex ratio of hatchling turtles.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipqA-juq9lfJioh31MINThkJQ9us4lb0cL7-UOaW6rUy02Rn7Tf2n27e7tr1IWu-XDdqEGfZrJqtVW8XOK3r4Vj9iV_PBTSQKJcwYsaGs2AFiS_0LmcH0GPbpJK29fLw-AqP9H7VHk3TTh2Cg1BrQtVxYm8F_qG7FtmGEteoKv_wVSQODap7F1Osg5=s600" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="600" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipqA-juq9lfJioh31MINThkJQ9us4lb0cL7-UOaW6rUy02Rn7Tf2n27e7tr1IWu-XDdqEGfZrJqtVW8XOK3r4Vj9iV_PBTSQKJcwYsaGs2AFiS_0LmcH0GPbpJK29fLw-AqP9H7VHk3TTh2Cg1BrQtVxYm8F_qG7FtmGEteoKv_wVSQODap7F1Osg5=w640-h480" width="640" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ivory tree coral photo courtesy of U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Ivory tree coral (Oculina varicosa)</h2><p>Ivory tree coral is home to various reef fish and considered a keystone species, meaning that its own health indicates the health of the ecosystem around it. These corals have been decimated by destructive fishing practices such as bottom trawling, which have killed about 30 percent of the population across its range. </p><p>Today, corals like the ivory tree are among the species most threatened by greenhouse gas pollution. Warming ocean temperatures create frequent mass bleaching events that lead to widespread coral death and higher risk of disease. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMgb9i1uUk7_5tnX8LujNBXE2rFxxgI8vmDFjg-Ybw9c1ZQXDgkMRYJQ49jHuRKITYbHmNXJe5cStz4vFXJWIwBa172dz3bFm1vhQBKOI8-zSrLWx2_HnwQDWDN6OnabHz59D1em62mfD0wg9VhjJwWGv51MpIXcOQQ1ywE-YgGsOsGqOs49wCZIyV=s1050" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="774" data-original-width="1050" height="472" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjMgb9i1uUk7_5tnX8LujNBXE2rFxxgI8vmDFjg-Ybw9c1ZQXDgkMRYJQ49jHuRKITYbHmNXJe5cStz4vFXJWIwBa172dz3bFm1vhQBKOI8-zSrLWx2_HnwQDWDN6OnabHz59D1em62mfD0wg9VhjJwWGv51MpIXcOQQ1ywE-YgGsOsGqOs49wCZIyV=w640-h472" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Key deer photo by Joseph C. Boone</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Key deer (Odocoileus virginianus clavium)</h2><p>The range of the key deer originally encompassed all of the lower Florida Keys but is now limited to a stretch of the Florida Keys from Sugarloaf Key to Bahia Honda Key. Despite a hunting ban imposed in 1939, widespread poaching and habitat destruction caused the subspecies to plummet to near-extinction levels by the 1950s. Strict protection measures have brought numbers up to between 300 and 800 today but global warming brings additional threats. </p><p>Rising sea levels and increased storm intensity that may largely eliminate the key deers’ upland habitat on the low-lying Florida Keys. Scientist predict that sea-level rise in this century will virtually eliminate the deers’ upland pine forest and hardwood hammock habitat on Big Pine Key.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFg5Scm7JUo0N05hYCdVzAQkKyIW7FfIbaG87mTiBwNCt0nTallcet8jNzXm7Jh4rrdnXlu8XhvpodgQ1b3txNxdolqe-bsHMkmRYRrE7yAd0BjZp9ea1sM_cDPH2wMVrd889ar8CHtt1UQmJCz5AEE2_1hUHeJVj-pevLDvd2sDw3hfQfj2IFz_BM=s639" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="639" height="522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhFg5Scm7JUo0N05hYCdVzAQkKyIW7FfIbaG87mTiBwNCt0nTallcet8jNzXm7Jh4rrdnXlu8XhvpodgQ1b3txNxdolqe-bsHMkmRYRrE7yAd0BjZp9ea1sM_cDPH2wMVrd889ar8CHtt1UQmJCz5AEE2_1hUHeJVj-pevLDvd2sDw3hfQfj2IFz_BM=w640-h522" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Miami blue butterfly photo by J. Glassberg and North American Butterfly Association</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Miami blue butterfly (Hemiargus thomasi bethunebakeri)</h2><p>This small, metallic blue butterfly, native to South Florida, experienced its first major setback in the 1980s when coastal development exploded and Florida’s war on mosquitoes dispersed toxic chemicals throughout the butterflies’ range. Bahia Honda State Park in the Lower Florida Keys now houses the only wild population of Miami blues. </p><p>Global warming brings additional risks to this seriously imperiled species as sea-level rise threatens to inundate much of its habitat on low-lying Bahia Honda Key, and stronger hurricanes could devastate the remaining small, isolated population. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8gCKgge1WiNG7CKw4VoIm1o6gyxfnV-UuVYyzCR4c7pdcj_WiooBsQZunHMbgl4YPtfJRV_hAM8dmRcHYoMB4EAr1lEP5odE1WgH4mRa8xLPT3w6R-_d7u5asPRWXrpWva4TWv5ThJpxtY8lT4xDZg22xW3rISi2Cgc3WkXn_M_rQzkSMtuT5W56e=s570" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="570" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi8gCKgge1WiNG7CKw4VoIm1o6gyxfnV-UuVYyzCR4c7pdcj_WiooBsQZunHMbgl4YPtfJRV_hAM8dmRcHYoMB4EAr1lEP5odE1WgH4mRa8xLPT3w6R-_d7u5asPRWXrpWva4TWv5ThJpxtY8lT4xDZg22xW3rISi2Cgc3WkXn_M_rQzkSMtuT5W56e=w640-h370" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cape Sable seaside sparrow photo by Lori Oberhofer</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Cape Sable seaside sparrow (Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis)</h2><p>The Cape Sable seaside sparrow isn’t nicknamed the “Goldilocks bird” for nothing: For this little sparrow to survive, its habitat conditions have to be just right. </p><p>As sea level rises, the freshwater marshes inhabited by the sparrow are flooding and turning into mud flats and mangrove-dominated marine waters. Increasingly severe hurricanes due to global warming also threaten this birds’ chances for survival, since hurricanes can kill the tiny birds directly or alter the plant communities they rely on. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY8aCLHGmK_1Yq59Y7NfMbl6-14Hfm6ATZJLun6-LGGynHX18NaUPRsm2YGrHonqCASRGfgKJcLcNf6Zg0JmXXugGqcSPcGdSGxaDUr4X4J76_pu0S9Dt98iBJ7Tj1TmEDH3CS6GcLWGEqYqZGF6fJzdMp2QytYGY9ig8OP7-l3S58NgCKzD6pFZ14=s544" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="544" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiY8aCLHGmK_1Yq59Y7NfMbl6-14Hfm6ATZJLun6-LGGynHX18NaUPRsm2YGrHonqCASRGfgKJcLcNf6Zg0JmXXugGqcSPcGdSGxaDUr4X4J76_pu0S9Dt98iBJ7Tj1TmEDH3CS6GcLWGEqYqZGF6fJzdMp2QytYGY9ig8OP7-l3S58NgCKzD6pFZ14=w640-h428" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Choctawhatchee beach mouse photo courtesy of Earth.com</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Choctawhatchee beach mouse (Peromyscus polionotus Allophrys)</h2><p>Technically, beach mice are not in the Everglades, but they do inhabit sand dunes along the Florida coasts where they burrow and excavate nests. Their burrows typically have a main hole that acts as a front door and a second hole, or back door, often used to escape predators. </p><p>That back door, however, won’t be much help in the fight against global warming and rising sea levels. With global warming producing rising tide lines and increasing storm surge, dune ecosystems face challenges, as does this tiny mouse.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBbNZH8BEfGxc2j0AvTDxiTGvsvjvsk0-jxWwQ5aGVjLoRjHFsX_8tj2svRvhu0QPoZlgT-7C2v0_yzQu1vQUdTstHqSB-TXdQ6uH5GdaJlwIoZrJaLarYalg1Px5eyBxUk-y6MVnVDt83LFm0JauQIUcaRicwxy634sSBBEEpIu1TAnG1-pbwSG18=s520" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="289" data-original-width="520" height="356" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjBbNZH8BEfGxc2j0AvTDxiTGvsvjvsk0-jxWwQ5aGVjLoRjHFsX_8tj2svRvhu0QPoZlgT-7C2v0_yzQu1vQUdTstHqSB-TXdQ6uH5GdaJlwIoZrJaLarYalg1Px5eyBxUk-y6MVnVDt83LFm0JauQIUcaRicwxy634sSBBEEpIu1TAnG1-pbwSG18=w640-h356" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Lower Keys marsh rabbit photo by Chad Anderson/USFWS</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Lower Keys marsh rabbit (Sylvilagus palustris hefneri)</h2><p>The Lower Keys marsh rabbit is an endangered subspecies of marsh rabbit with short, dark brown fur and a grayish-white belly. Marsh rabbits are more aquatic than swamp rabbits, taking to water readily, and are excellent swimmers because their hind legs have less fur and longer nails than typical cottontails. </p><p>Because they live on low-lying islands, marsh rabbits will lose most of their habitat with even moderate levels of sea-level rise. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf-3mKs9VbuqusESag69sMtkPzDpkk_iCQP7oMm5RB-pe2FsCNaXJmyjVlKkbmIuto2gVCb4DHwKCyOj3OrA6GSykOjl4nngDYBey8TzBXgfnYe6KlOaEnPT0CVZjDX8ILmUxpgIC6k2qAkwtRxkKJD-lOWzOKoT1r8x0F1SarnoWGvdPEcij3jpSB=s2121" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2121" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgf-3mKs9VbuqusESag69sMtkPzDpkk_iCQP7oMm5RB-pe2FsCNaXJmyjVlKkbmIuto2gVCb4DHwKCyOj3OrA6GSykOjl4nngDYBey8TzBXgfnYe6KlOaEnPT0CVZjDX8ILmUxpgIC6k2qAkwtRxkKJD-lOWzOKoT1r8x0F1SarnoWGvdPEcij3jpSB=w640-h426" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Human beings in London photo by VV Shots</div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Human beings (Homo sapiens)</h2><p>There are more than 6.8 billion human beings on Earth. </p><p>Health and climate scientists believe that global warming is already responsible for approximately 150,000 deaths each year, and they fear that number may well double by 2030. Global warming also contributes to approximately five million human illnesses every year by the increasing spread of infectious diseases, such as malaria and dengue fever, creating conditions that lead to potentially fatal malnutrition and diarrhea, and increasing the frequency and severity of heat waves, droughts, floods, severe storms, and other weather-related disasters. Studies have also found a direct link between rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere and respiratory illness and asthma.</p><p><br /></p><p>Visit the Center for Biological Diversity’s article, <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905095201/http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/350_reasons/index.html" target="_blank">350 Reasons We Need to Get to 350: 350 Species Threatened by Global Warming</a>, to read how climate change is putting numerous species' very existence at risk and what mechanisms are being triggered to make food webs collapse or habitats become less livable for particular animals or plants. You can read the species' descriptions and look at photos of the species at risk in your home state through their interactive regional map.</p><p>(1)<a href="https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-gb/">https://livingplanet.panda.org/en-gb/</a></p><p>(2)<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905095201/http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/350_reasons/index.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20150905095201/http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/programs/climate_law_institute/350_reasons/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-1608035714146748152021-11-22T16:14:00.007-05:002021-11-30T08:44:56.427-05:00A Simple Guide to Climate Change<h1 style="text-align: left;">A Simple Guide to Climate Change:</h1><h2 style="text-align: left;">Ten Ways You Can Make A Difference</h2><h2 style="text-align: left;">Climate Change is the shift in the average weather conditions – such as temperature and rainfall - in a place over many years. Earth’s climate is always changing; however, scientists have recorded unusual and accelerating temperature increases over the past 150 years. The world is now about 1.2°C warmer than it was in the 19th Century, leading to heatwaves, melting ice, rising sea levels, and extreme storms, flooding, droughts, and wildfires.</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihIlQCEV0Cp9djWDFnUJ5ExYFf30LlWZf07HiFXQr3_ZYm2R7CfOTCEERvrkXlNFKCJw1hXmJm237IXyxjaXCfdT6UoTNsflXRJL8xLQS4Hr0809sH84ycJutUO9DT6xrk9Q8yX-0Z94/s2745/Hurricane.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="2745" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgihIlQCEV0Cp9djWDFnUJ5ExYFf30LlWZf07HiFXQr3_ZYm2R7CfOTCEERvrkXlNFKCJw1hXmJm237IXyxjaXCfdT6UoTNsflXRJL8xLQS4Hr0809sH84ycJutUO9DT6xrk9Q8yX-0Z94/w640-h268/Hurricane.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>There are several factors that contribute to changes in Earth’s climate; however, scientists agree that recent global warming in the past 50 to 100 years is due to human activity. Simply stated, human activities- such as burning fossil fuels to manufacture products and power our factories, homes, and cars- cause greenhouse gases which trap more heat and lead to a warmer earth.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPsnwgZOlW4jS0HgZacRbgjmOb3bqZmx_Kao1fs_aALapOvwNjOZycwSGupcezOhfp8YTXs6CX-9g1ztU3E-NPPCr9lnaCDgVz_CRlS07XNVhLbMcmGn3X_Tf_9RRdAnCFLMkWLjuWvQ/s2048/Evaporating+Lake.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtPsnwgZOlW4jS0HgZacRbgjmOb3bqZmx_Kao1fs_aALapOvwNjOZycwSGupcezOhfp8YTXs6CX-9g1ztU3E-NPPCr9lnaCDgVz_CRlS07XNVhLbMcmGn3X_Tf_9RRdAnCFLMkWLjuWvQ/w640-h426/Evaporating+Lake.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>As the Earth warms, the typical weather patterns change. Arctic ice melts leading to sea level rise and coastal flooding. Warmer temperatures create more evaporation over both the ocean and land. As more water evaporates over the ocean, it creates larger storms which turn into hurricanes as well as inland storms which cause flooding and tornados. Increased evaporation over land leads to droughts, water shortages, and more frequent wildfires.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtl15GP8W_BRfIP_5qaWBe07-03kJ1SF7wGKpnbcttVFEu48lj5wiSLDsgJjKS3IJ7uL7gIcrglL-QwDN_aWtKqhmisqQX5VGdxmoYIW2VeF7my3WVsLhayLTaqlyBrmtXTMSNMQ0dr5o/s2462/Polar+Bear.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="2462" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtl15GP8W_BRfIP_5qaWBe07-03kJ1SF7wGKpnbcttVFEu48lj5wiSLDsgJjKS3IJ7uL7gIcrglL-QwDN_aWtKqhmisqQX5VGdxmoYIW2VeF7my3WVsLhayLTaqlyBrmtXTMSNMQ0dr5o/w640-h316/Polar+Bear.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Extreme weather events are already evident- from this year’s unprecedented freeze in Dallas, TX to the record-breaking heatwaves in the Northeast and Midwest. Hurricanes, flash floods, and wildfires have become more frequent and more intense, threatening lives and livelihoods and destroying property as well as habitat for wildlife. Once fertile farmland is turning to desert and water reservoirs are drying up. Rising ocean temperatures are threatening coral habitats and marine life.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNkgr0toya0lOUqh6w8rz26yRM1EOo7z-5e5jZ1AuoFNbE0e5Jiok2MPgnSavXhJC7eNg2ZQcMJT3CFn62N4qhDKCAYHuLyKqZpFOnWFcTLg7VA7ssm6lckla3VA1m8-NNoErF7dkLP8/s2048/Use+less+plastic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheNkgr0toya0lOUqh6w8rz26yRM1EOo7z-5e5jZ1AuoFNbE0e5Jiok2MPgnSavXhJC7eNg2ZQcMJT3CFn62N4qhDKCAYHuLyKqZpFOnWFcTLg7VA7ssm6lckla3VA1m8-NNoErF7dkLP8/w640-h426/Use+less+plastic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">There are hundreds of ways that you can help combat Climate Change in your own daily lives. Andy Chabassol, Co-Chair of The Climate Reality Project Miami-Fort Lauderdale Chapter, suggests these ten ways you can personally make a difference:</p><p><b>1. Educate yourself about Climate Change </b>issues and help educate your friends and family. (If you want a Climate Reality member to deliver their Climate Story to a group of your friends, just contact <a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" href="mailto:climate.reality.mia.fll.chapter@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, "system-ui", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">climate.reality.mia.fll.chapter@gmail.com</a>)</p><p><b>2. Invest in Environmental, Social & Corporate Governance (ESG) companies.</b> Align your money and wealth and shopping habits with companies that have high scores for excellence in ESG research, integration, and product design.</p><p><b>3. Offset your personal carbon footprint.</b> Lead by example by knowing your carbon footprint and offset it; but make sure that your offset leads to a measured reduction in carbon emissions.</p><p></p><p><b>4. Volunteer with Climate Change initiatives.</b> There are hundreds of environmental organizations that can use your help, like <a href="https://www.flamingogardens.org" target="_blank">Flamingo Gardens</a> or <a href="http://www.volunteercleanup.org">www.volunteercleanup.org</a></p><p><b>5. Look after your health and well-being.</b> As you become more informed, climate change knowledge can be troubling. You must take care of yourself if you are to help others. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXQNHda5qByWoa7Jgj9x8Wbpm6OVk_W6pSyoKeInLwZ_4SK6i-29xfKKTVMWJ7oL5Orx1e5b8nXXb2hOksO5DuFnvSUFJhH8FotJyW31wGC4YW3kQhN6gkyvJ9Lrt9HdOoSPYue7SlDk/s2048/Eat+Less+meat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLXQNHda5qByWoa7Jgj9x8Wbpm6OVk_W6pSyoKeInLwZ_4SK6i-29xfKKTVMWJ7oL5Orx1e5b8nXXb2hOksO5DuFnvSUFJhH8FotJyW31wGC4YW3kQhN6gkyvJ9Lrt9HdOoSPYue7SlDk/w640-h426/Eat+Less+meat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><b>6. Modify your diet</b> to eat less meat and less processed foods. Locally grown, organic food is better for your health and its production emits less carbon.</p><p><b>7. Respect and protect green spaces</b> as they are important for carbon sequestration and wildlife.</p><p><b>8. Conserve energy and water</b> at home and work. </p><p><b>9. Minimize your car use</b> by walking, biking, or using ride sharing or public transportation instead.</p><p><b>10. Talk about it!</b> Tell people about the “changes” you make to help combat Climate Change and how it makes you feel!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-47018671118358875032021-11-04T08:36:00.003-04:002021-11-04T13:49:12.007-04:005 Simple Ways to Combat Climate Change<h3 style="text-align: left;">The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) is underway in Glasgow until November 12th, and it reminds us of the pressing need to accelerate our actions to address Climate Change.</h3><p>In August, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a major report that warns climate change is accelerating at unprecedented speed, and we must cut emissions now before it’s too late to make a difference. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4IJIpSqLJL-Iyq9YhSLtZUMnaNwV1PW7Vbn9ZS0W-c_LtqjB4MhNUJhCu3eczGlIfJnGIbQjEUIdBY-2WvOgM2inPh11pu1PCr2aVdL-e9uohDI-9uHL-66N2pAdg8YgQjARkBhuF88/s2048/Wildfires.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1402" data-original-width="2048" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4IJIpSqLJL-Iyq9YhSLtZUMnaNwV1PW7Vbn9ZS0W-c_LtqjB4MhNUJhCu3eczGlIfJnGIbQjEUIdBY-2WvOgM2inPh11pu1PCr2aVdL-e9uohDI-9uHL-66N2pAdg8YgQjARkBhuF88/w640-h438/Wildfires.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The study shows that the effects of global warming are deadly with heat waves, droughts and floods killing thousands of people and disrupting lives around the world. Wildfires are burning with unprecedented frequency and intensity, and the rise in the oceans’ temperature is threatening entire ecosystems and supercharging hurricanes and typhoons. Anecdotally, we see that here in South Florida with the rising sea levels, red tide algae, and longer and more intense hurricane seasons. </div><p>The report is clear: Human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are the primary driver of such changes.</p><p>If you are like me, the thought of addressing climate change seems enormous and overwhelming. After all, I’m only one person and this is an issue that must be addressed by the government and big industry. What can I do about it? Turns out, plenty!</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">1. Talk About It</h3><div style="text-align: left;">According to The Nature Conservancy’s Chief Scientist, Katherine Hayhoe, the number one thing we can do about climate change is “do the exact thing we’re not doing: talk about it.”</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAU8R4hDlbX7CfSDG-F-EDFdFaULkRgPxbybxxs1HlxFwnSldDK52kNw6Vy11tV5WiXHd0OFeXksIhTk0FreH-cKTkApq8LZU9WNvC4HI3ERDjWn3IOBDz3ptmTPDzsu78QeSYx_2Ty1c/s2048/Talk+About+it.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1126" data-original-width="2048" height="352" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAU8R4hDlbX7CfSDG-F-EDFdFaULkRgPxbybxxs1HlxFwnSldDK52kNw6Vy11tV5WiXHd0OFeXksIhTk0FreH-cKTkApq8LZU9WNvC4HI3ERDjWn3IOBDz3ptmTPDzsu78QeSYx_2Ty1c/w640-h352/Talk+About+it.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More than 6 in 10 Americans are worried about climate change but only one-third of Americans talk about climate change with the people they care about. Silence is no longer an option, and our silence is doing more damage than good. We can’t solve a problem we don’t talk about, and simply having a conversation is the most important thing we can do to combat it!</div><p>Talk about climate change with your friends, your family, and your neighbors. Talk to your local business owners and elected officials about climate change and let them know how you feel!</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">2. Plant a Tree</h3><p>An ancient proverb says, “The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second-best time is now.”</p><p>Studies show that old growth forests, especially tropical rain forests, are extremely important in combating climate change. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYW0CQjMVcLvu_e9ZqSe-k4j5ig8MsFmw5Wq9J5jLAwQz8PqHi9RzMTdVz51dxajKRXVsMWC_WKb0Cz0yu7yLw9rDXqlujbZtYNUdfYuWGGAYc3BJV13r8Wv2IjY5noW8_W3e9XaIAZU/s2048/Plant+a+Tree.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHYW0CQjMVcLvu_e9ZqSe-k4j5ig8MsFmw5Wq9J5jLAwQz8PqHi9RzMTdVz51dxajKRXVsMWC_WKb0Cz0yu7yLw9rDXqlujbZtYNUdfYuWGGAYc3BJV13r8Wv2IjY5noW8_W3e9XaIAZU/w640-h426/Plant+a+Tree.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Trees exchange more CO2 with the atmosphere than any other vegetation type and thus, form a crucial component of the global carbon cycle. Trees absorb more CO2 as they grow through the process of photosynthesis. When they perform photosynthesis, they pull carbon dioxide out of the air, bind it up in sugar to build its trunk, branches, and roots, and convert it into the oxygen we all need to live. Trees mostly store the carbon in its wood and roots, releasing only small amounts of carbon to the soil as its roots capture nutrients and water, or when its leaves decompose. </p><p>Different trees absorb different levels of CO2 and the type of tree you plant matters. According to the United States Forest Service, the best trees for carbon sequestration are those with large trunk diameters and dense wood. Also, the faster the tree growth the more carbon it captures; so plant fast-growing hardwoods like Oaks and Maples. Check to see which fast-growing hardwood trees are best for your area.</p><p>While planting one hardwood tree falls short of what’s needed, the catchy motto “Planting a tree a day helps keep emissions at bay” certainly encourages action that can do a lot of good. Every little bit counts – even if it’s just one hardwood tree in your backyard!</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">3. Use Less Plastic</h3><p>Fossil fuels are responsible for more than 25 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, and plastics production accounts for 4-8% of annual oil consumption. </p><p>Every step from production to disposal of plastics releases greenhouse gasses. Extraction and transportation of the fossil fuels used to make plastics is a carbon-intensive activity, emitting millions of tons of carbon dioxide. Refining and manufacturing of the plastics themselves is also a greenhouse gas intensive process. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DFg3d5-FLcJpEQh7kAHzQMR-Oy6K1YHt1aBM2UKKzFEi1YTnyv6dzYrDOgrmO0acbYG5A2qQGRlVPVDpXbQjcFRtYsQNYwToJWHman4rawcRqrXOORkSOwt_d4y5FSfUygndiz7J_mo/s2048/Use+less+plastic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2DFg3d5-FLcJpEQh7kAHzQMR-Oy6K1YHt1aBM2UKKzFEi1YTnyv6dzYrDOgrmO0acbYG5A2qQGRlVPVDpXbQjcFRtYsQNYwToJWHman4rawcRqrXOORkSOwt_d4y5FSfUygndiz7J_mo/w640-h426/Use+less+plastic.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Plastics disposal is usually processed in three different ways: landfill, incineration, or recycling with less than one-third of plastics making it to recycling bins. Landfill and incineration of plastics both have climate impact and greenhouse gas emissions.</p><p>According to Earthday.org Americans purchase about 50 billion water bottles per year, averaging about 13 bottles per month for every person in the U.S.! That means that by switching to a reusable water bottle you can save an average of 156 plastic bottles annually.</p><p>Will that fix climate change? No, but it will make a difference in your own personal carbon footprint plus it helps to reduce the billions of items of plastic currently choking our oceans, lakes, and rivers.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">4. Eat Less Meat</h3><p>What does meat consumption have to do with climate change, you might ask? </p><p>Well, according to the United Nations report, producing the livestock we eat generates as much climate pollution each year as do all the tailpipe emissions from all the vehicles in the world! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcHIgqzvH69cDJweqEI7FpsESzpRCZWjyEmKQYr-ztwSmVqhEvlkY-iaHstbozTddNEz0_mZ3VAIOQpVZg8Q3RRqVX7fKpC91rdZlbsONSN74_l1M_5ibO4Zz2oW-QVSn347QOjXFUVw/s2048/Eat+Less+meat.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOcHIgqzvH69cDJweqEI7FpsESzpRCZWjyEmKQYr-ztwSmVqhEvlkY-iaHstbozTddNEz0_mZ3VAIOQpVZg8Q3RRqVX7fKpC91rdZlbsONSN74_l1M_5ibO4Zz2oW-QVSn347QOjXFUVw/w640-h426/Eat+Less+meat.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>According to the Environmental Protection Agency, methane made up about 10% of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in 2019, and about 36% of that methane came from livestock. Methane is produced as the livestock digests the cellulose in grass and is then emitted as the livestock belches or is released through flatulence and manure. Additional greenhouse gas emissions are produced when we use energy to grow feed for the livestock and clear forest for pastureland. </p><p>This doesn’t mean you have to give up meat entirely! One analysis from National Resources Defense Council shows that if Americans cut just one-quarter pound of beef a week from their diet it would be equivalent to removing 10 million cars off the road for a year! </p><p>Small changes in your diet can make big changes for the planet as well as your health. Try eliminating meat for one meal each day, eat smaller portions, try “Meatless Mondays” or plant-based meat options instead.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">5. Do Something, Do Anything</h3><p>The most important thing you can do is something…anything but doing nothing.</p><p>There are literally thousands of ways you can combat climate change and help the planet- ride a bike, take public transit, drive less, fly less, use less air conditioning and heat, recycle, compost, buy locally farmed organic food, invest in renewable energy, sign petitions, contribute to or volunteer for a Climate Change organization.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5feh-TkctrFCf8Mb_RCCxsveUidpdqSQ7wfb39gFymIlW807X1xqOk07ANaQVd7lvySXFPEi35uZfD_HlRa2YSUqJ7Cf6IRnPKoP7R8vcylRVIRMxjEnvf6LEb8lu7ImlFDWO5hijDE/s2048/Ride+a+Bike.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="2048" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK5feh-TkctrFCf8Mb_RCCxsveUidpdqSQ7wfb39gFymIlW807X1xqOk07ANaQVd7lvySXFPEi35uZfD_HlRa2YSUqJ7Cf6IRnPKoP7R8vcylRVIRMxjEnvf6LEb8lu7ImlFDWO5hijDE/w640-h380/Ride+a+Bike.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>Find a climate change initiative, or several, that interest you and fits your lifestyle, and start doing it today. There is no more time to wait! If we each start doing something- and talking about it with our friends, families, and neighbors- maybe, just maybe, businesses and politicians will be inspired to act now too!</p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Join the Conversation</h3><p>Here at Flamingo Gardens, we’re doing something about Climate Change…many things in fact! Beyond our usual botanical and wildlife conservation and environmental education programs, we’re planting more trees, reducing single-use plastics, adding more vegetarian options to our menu, and many other projects you can read about in upcoming blogs. Most importantly, we are talking about Climate Change with our friends, families, neighbors, visitors, and members.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcHO1l_H74PsrMwoLF2sHPOGrLHFkvS3M-pvu7SaDQkrARvYiuwYe_Uc6TRYS-pjOOOg0Mpf7-DZtFCJqPeBvN5PG7Q8ard9CHshwiYq9XrNigRnOZ4TTnxA8hdsHH7Wrzz9DfwgZOfk/s2462/Polar+Bear.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="2462" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcHO1l_H74PsrMwoLF2sHPOGrLHFkvS3M-pvu7SaDQkrARvYiuwYe_Uc6TRYS-pjOOOg0Mpf7-DZtFCJqPeBvN5PG7Q8ard9CHshwiYq9XrNigRnOZ4TTnxA8hdsHH7Wrzz9DfwgZOfk/w640-h316/Polar+Bear.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p>If you would like to join in our Climate Change conversation, join us on Thursday, November 18, 2021 at 7:00pm for "Making Sense of the Climate Crisis and How It Affects You" with Andy Chabassol and other experts from The Climate Reality Project. The presentation is free in the Gallery at Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S Flamingo Rd, Davie, FL. Seating is limited, so please RSVP at info@flamingogardens.org or by calling 954-473-2955.</p><div><br /></div>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-35723137193308058782021-09-28T15:13:00.008-04:002021-09-29T10:31:11.033-04:00Flamingo Gardens’ Aviary Celebrates 30 Years!<h1 style="text-align: left;">Flamingo Gardens’ Aviary Celebrates 30 Years!</h1><h2 style="text-align: left;">Flamingo Gardens is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of our Free-flight Aviary which is home to permanently injured and non-releasable native wading birds and features the five unique ecosystems of Florida.</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgVW41RUAxu9IA5zffy6KntU1f3c3JTXRegjGsB4vGEoLt3iMIsvjqqBJ2nsfosajIinXAaXruWHamLAoJKU7NXTnGhtaSTLmumu_-wtXZ2lLwRQIqNy7HOHGLJmKjSXHenxFuCR8OTY/s2780/Aviary1-1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1131" data-original-width="2780" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWgVW41RUAxu9IA5zffy6KntU1f3c3JTXRegjGsB4vGEoLt3iMIsvjqqBJ2nsfosajIinXAaXruWHamLAoJKU7NXTnGhtaSTLmumu_-wtXZ2lLwRQIqNy7HOHGLJmKjSXHenxFuCR8OTY/w640-h261/Aviary1-1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aviary Construction 1990, Flamingo Gardens Archive</div><p>When Flamingo Gardens’ Free-flight Aviary opened in September of 1991, it was one of the first displays of its kind, giving a home to permanently injured Florida native wildlife and allowing visitors to experience them up close in a naturalistic setting. It took almost two years to construct, and originally contained only a couple dozen birds, representing nine bird species at the grand opening.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW4lb7kBVpGf-SUjItgUXHxL-h8fT4HvnAr-2h3Q6vQSFYBrfh-XhidQLbO69_Ra_DLhsJdVhdfUEzVSQV-uSki00qiO2cYZqRc8e0qiuYgp4fmVq804jKYF1vG3G_sl7bSqZQSYNRIU/s2048/Aviarypelicans.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1433" data-original-width="2048" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDW4lb7kBVpGf-SUjItgUXHxL-h8fT4HvnAr-2h3Q6vQSFYBrfh-XhidQLbO69_Ra_DLhsJdVhdfUEzVSQV-uSki00qiO2cYZqRc8e0qiuYgp4fmVq804jKYF1vG3G_sl7bSqZQSYNRIU/w640-h448/Aviarypelicans.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aviary Opening 1991, Flamingo Gardens Archive</div><p>The Aviary was envisioned to be a living teaching museum representing the five unique ecosystems of Florida: coastal prairie, mangrove swamp, cypress forest, subtropical hardwood hammock, and sawgrass prairie. Plants were selected to be native to the ecosystem represented. Among the plants are bald cypress, gumbo limbo, pond apple trees, sea oats, and even mangroves.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHSXJlgEWHJJOdjIWo4Lub-dhBr-NPGNCpMHwiufVnwsKFbQrpovmfqllkpPClg0SMPXxIdcdJL2J92uhDHHIt-vA75tVpruwTsr3zMK59DJrtg4764bfHIY1m5qFVshkVSyATRZlB-k/s2808/Aviary3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1120" data-original-width="2808" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcHSXJlgEWHJJOdjIWo4Lub-dhBr-NPGNCpMHwiufVnwsKFbQrpovmfqllkpPClg0SMPXxIdcdJL2J92uhDHHIt-vA75tVpruwTsr3zMK59DJrtg4764bfHIY1m5qFVshkVSyATRZlB-k/w640-h256/Aviary3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aviary Opening September 1991, Flamingo Gardens Archive</div><p>Today the Aviary boasts over 250 birds, representing 46 native species with the distinction of being the largest collection of Florida native wading birds in the state. The trees and plants are mature and the birds look much as they would in their natural settings in the Everglades.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_fnHXyZF34lE6BYVaFDmgBm1eym-PCANjE7USHOzpCydw_Wnlb1Qp_hwd_tJqufVX9e7bFqxfhFioc67dvliY9nFrKsM9ab6wqMu9LykrH_KSyUrOUsWQ9undu5T43Z9k3lKZtO6Xwc/s875/Aviary+%25284%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="875" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_fnHXyZF34lE6BYVaFDmgBm1eym-PCANjE7USHOzpCydw_Wnlb1Qp_hwd_tJqufVX9e7bFqxfhFioc67dvliY9nFrKsM9ab6wqMu9LykrH_KSyUrOUsWQ9undu5T43Z9k3lKZtO6Xwc/w640-h480/Aviary+%25284%2529.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Great Blue Heron in Aviary Mangroves by Lorenzo Cassina, 2013</div><p>Each spring visitors can experience the mating and nesting rituals of the birds, as nearly 100 baby birds on average are born each year in the Aviary. The babies are left in the care of the parents until they can fly, where upon they are released into the wild. In the last 30 years the birds in the Aviary have successfully bred over 3,000 birds which have been released back into the wild. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0KqSzvKWVDN_bbNCIAta0KjW-ypdyMLQhNq9jG1_vF90DSg65QQadeaXjqSMfky12rC2ly1nn2rTwN4EiZKFruku6k_b1_xTAvS5tXBMLyn8gb8Y1ypMx-JfFjtK7yyJ0cWD47sx0RQ/s2048/greenheron2avi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="2048" height="470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0KqSzvKWVDN_bbNCIAta0KjW-ypdyMLQhNq9jG1_vF90DSg65QQadeaXjqSMfky12rC2ly1nn2rTwN4EiZKFruku6k_b1_xTAvS5tXBMLyn8gb8Y1ypMx-JfFjtK7yyJ0cWD47sx0RQ/w640-h470/greenheron2avi.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Juvenile Green Herons in Aviary 2011, Flamingo Gardens Archive</div><p>Thanks to a grant from The Batchelor Foundation, the Aviary has recently been given a new facelift. Most noticeable is the new open-air Aviary entrance, but improvements also include a thorough cleaning and painting of the steel structural columns, and de-mucking of the ponds and waterways. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWEUlmU8eKI90CGCLCLkte3bOfrRpodgi6Z1voypj4dGIfySc5GxCjWpQzZ4Pt36jlyRUMmV74DWOvJBPSrrhP08JpBhztMv9zfHat6eQGPIcdR1tlTPb4QHZ6MzyNumPs4cKjmsrGp8/s768/Aviary+Entrance+Crop.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="768" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAWEUlmU8eKI90CGCLCLkte3bOfrRpodgi6Z1voypj4dGIfySc5GxCjWpQzZ4Pt36jlyRUMmV74DWOvJBPSrrhP08JpBhztMv9zfHat6eQGPIcdR1tlTPb4QHZ6MzyNumPs4cKjmsrGp8/w640-h384/Aviary+Entrance+Crop.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">New Aviary Entrance, 2021</div><p>Stop by and visit the newly refreshed Aviary as we celebrate its 30 years of enjoyment to visitors of Flamingo Gardens, but more importantly to the thousands of birds that have called it home over the decades!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDbvCJPniG_Oi3tqF_4ZAhctk6ffp2q_ewtEErqfjVqP-iRd9cejp13k_ALqrjKjNhiyGI03_f0uyQgeFLplNwCaACfWey40wrioZJrQxPrIOEBxMqgH_39NnCFECy9ik0WTqMcGuVS8/s1024/imagejpeg_0+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="856" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmDbvCJPniG_Oi3tqF_4ZAhctk6ffp2q_ewtEErqfjVqP-iRd9cejp13k_ALqrjKjNhiyGI03_f0uyQgeFLplNwCaACfWey40wrioZJrQxPrIOEBxMqgH_39NnCFECy9ik0WTqMcGuVS8/w536-h640/imagejpeg_0+%25282%2529.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Brown Pelicans in Aviary by Lorenzo Cassina, 2021</div><div><br /></div>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-85109541591508936612021-08-25T15:35:00.001-04:002021-08-26T13:33:02.502-04:00 Our Thai Mountain Giant Palms are Flowering, so Say Goodbye. <h2 style="text-align: left;"> Our Thai Mountain Giant Palms are Flowering, so Say Goodbye. </h2><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC7weHS5umghH971KWTBuCw88-TdeaCqRhxhQJfCF2PD_N3AMgDv-ZJrPnCmOVBf_JpEE9NRH9H47f0onwzeYIiJBRIXorGBtmUj0ep02Be5Zi6Oin-hr8FNIL5ll7TSpmjb_i1m2yfk0/s2048/gigas2+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcC7weHS5umghH971KWTBuCw88-TdeaCqRhxhQJfCF2PD_N3AMgDv-ZJrPnCmOVBf_JpEE9NRH9H47f0onwzeYIiJBRIXorGBtmUj0ep02Be5Zi6Oin-hr8FNIL5ll7TSpmjb_i1m2yfk0/w480-h640/gigas2+%25282%2529.jpg" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Caryota obtusa </i>palms in flower with our horticulturist Dawn for scale. </td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The Thai Mountain Giant palm,<i> Caryota obtusa (aka C. gigas),</i> is an uncommon species of palm, which as the name suggests comes from Thailand and can grow to impressive dimensions. In their native habitat they can grow up to 60' of trunk and live 25 years before flowering. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Caryota species are somewhat unique in the palm world, as they are <i>monocarpic.</i> In layman's terms that means they only flower just before dying. With the related, common species of Clustering Fishtail palm, <i>Caryota mitis, </i>each trunk dies after flowering, but the rest of the clump will continue living for many years afterward as it continues to produce new trunks within the clump. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsFiJIj60O9oUKvHnjroD3fJ3YbIhZQHSTgHT0xeKVg4ttBKyooJglW3ZhfaM8_w4XS1ov5mAVUHjSVWpqcFoQd9SR2qTFH_ns4ZU7Rkjpv-3FfaTBTAnz5XZVL502wxIBEFQsHZQ9NOV/s2048/caryotaflower.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvsFiJIj60O9oUKvHnjroD3fJ3YbIhZQHSTgHT0xeKVg4ttBKyooJglW3ZhfaM8_w4XS1ov5mAVUHjSVWpqcFoQd9SR2qTFH_ns4ZU7Rkjpv-3FfaTBTAnz5XZVL502wxIBEFQsHZQ9NOV/w480-h640/caryotaflower.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately for our Thai Giant Mountain palms, they only live for about 15-20 years before putting off a single massive flower display and dying afterward. These palms are currently flowering and fruiting in the Flowering Tree Walk behind the bear and otter habitats, and may continue doing so for several months to a year. When the flowers stop blooming, these palms will be gone for good, so come see them and bid them farewell while they are still on display. </p><p><i><br /></i></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S Flamingo Rd, Davie, FL 33330, USA26.0742403 -80.3133325-2.2359935361788459 -115.4695825 54.384474136178845 -45.1570825tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-81982925518865990782021-07-27T21:22:00.006-04:002021-07-28T10:51:11.372-04:00Hardwood Hammocks: Florida's Own Rainforests<p> </p><h2 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Florida's Own Rainforests</h2><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did you know that Florida has its very own rainforests? Florida’s hardwood forests, commonly known as Hardwood Hammocks, are a type of rainforest and are equally under siege as the Amazon rainforests of South America.</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdHvgJe2RhmWpgnZo-Q-cCfk8sVTosA5hYJYz3RVoZamzMDj_d0nTHBvuhyPwAFILbU8jnXl01l4GuIa78MlPxN5qA4hwAM4UTIoIO4v4NWkaF0g17MNMEQs7997ueT7AVoPBEvUOzSA/s800/hardwood-hammock.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwdHvgJe2RhmWpgnZo-Q-cCfk8sVTosA5hYJYz3RVoZamzMDj_d0nTHBvuhyPwAFILbU8jnXl01l4GuIa78MlPxN5qA4hwAM4UTIoIO4v4NWkaF0g17MNMEQs7997ueT7AVoPBEvUOzSA/w640-h426/hardwood-hammock.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Florida Hardwood Hammock</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">South Florida’s subtropical climate and annual rainfall of 60” of rain make it a perfect location for tropical rainforests, but Florida’s dry winters and underlying coral bedrock prevent true rainforests from developing. Unlike the deep soil base needed for most tropical trees to thrive, South Florida has only about 6-12 inches of soil over a hard coral base- thus we have tropical hardwood forests made of plants that can thrive in the shallow soil and survive periods of drought.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">True rainforests are dense evergreen forests which occur in areas where there is no dry season, and all months have an average precipitation of 60mm. These are typically found between 10 degrees north and south longitudes each side of the equator, primarily in South America, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. They are a subset of the tropical forest biome. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyiOYFCO1gNFVCfuXLUsQjzBRKeuBA6sNlJH831QxqhH3R5qr9ndYiOrUkTIpTvSpzXrmjq7XDACBFnuQG3Ci11wjNIjT6VUDojW2d6_Jw0tBPUaJOv1gKkaIoTzxOlM_ZeQ78cv0PVw/s1746/Amazonian_rainforest.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1728" data-original-width="1746" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwyiOYFCO1gNFVCfuXLUsQjzBRKeuBA6sNlJH831QxqhH3R5qr9ndYiOrUkTIpTvSpzXrmjq7XDACBFnuQG3Ci11wjNIjT6VUDojW2d6_Jw0tBPUaJOv1gKkaIoTzxOlM_ZeQ78cv0PVw/w640-h634/Amazonian_rainforest.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amazon Rainforest</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The tropical forest biome also includes the semi-evergreen tree growths which occur between the 28 degrees north and south longitudes of the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn which are called Tropical and Subtropical Moist Forests, or Temperate Rainforests. Tree species in Temperate Rainforests have smaller, thicker leaves and other adaptive traits to reduce water loss, and some trees in these forests drop some or all their leaves during the winter dry season. In the United States, Temperate Rainforests are found only in Hawaii and South Florida.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Florida’s hardwood forests are called hammocks. A hammock is a dense stand of broad-leafed trees that grow on a natural rise of what may be only a few inches in elevation. Hammocks can be found nestled in most all Everglades ecosystems. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9EfTHd-IyXfvIMIhlbrXq43-GjEccEa0BpwPcFDg9XeMAbAtcHrlCKzSuk7JEnZ9bBxldOC9SBi3C3b9ZFvbnb6udhyphenhyphenZPzKArY9w80UwM4A5pdlNDrGxd9ZC-Z2FekwMMZdjj7CbEyI/s1200/Hardwood+Hammock+3.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="1200" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL9EfTHd-IyXfvIMIhlbrXq43-GjEccEa0BpwPcFDg9XeMAbAtcHrlCKzSuk7JEnZ9bBxldOC9SBi3C3b9ZFvbnb6udhyphenhyphenZPzKArY9w80UwM4A5pdlNDrGxd9ZC-Z2FekwMMZdjj7CbEyI/w640-h270/Hardwood+Hammock+3.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Florida Hardwood Hammock at Flamingo Gardens</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Because of their higher elevation, however slight, hammocks rarely flood. In the deeper sloughs and marshes, the seasonal flow of water helps give these hammocks a distinct aerial teardrop shape, and acids from decaying plants dissolve the limestone around each tree island creating a natural moat that protects the hammock plants from fire.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Many tropical species such as mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni), gumbo limbo (Bursera simaruba), and cocoplum (Chrysobalanus icaco) grow alongside the more familiar temperate species of live oak (Quercus virginiana), red maple (Acer rubrum), and hackberry (Celtis laevigata). Shaded from the sun by the tall trees, ferns and air plants thrive in the moisture-laden air of these hammocks. This diversity of plants supports an equally diverse array of wildlife. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYL0OZZO1bcygXPUKyRoQuY0NqV_v1pm-MRBT30oFphbj21UQx0DynMeRbHjEmjvnC-HVIzWOt2XY-OMNciAfYTjocwjxYW_SbYZsssuKcXEcV9_S0gSwaFKwYQIm63ii5pxuKi7Ce8Y/s2048/Florida+Panther+%2528Web+Crop%2529+.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2048" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYL0OZZO1bcygXPUKyRoQuY0NqV_v1pm-MRBT30oFphbj21UQx0DynMeRbHjEmjvnC-HVIzWOt2XY-OMNciAfYTjocwjxYW_SbYZsssuKcXEcV9_S0gSwaFKwYQIm63ii5pxuKi7Ce8Y/w640-h362/Florida+Panther+%2528Web+Crop%2529+.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Endangered Florida Panthers reside in the Hardwood Hammocks of Florida</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Like the Amazon Rainforest, tropical hardwood forests are extremely important in combating climate change. In recent years, scientists and climate policy experts alike have confirmed that saving and restoring forests—especially tropical forests—are essential to warding off the worst effects of global warming. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Increasing levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere are widely considered to be the leading cause of global warming and climate change. Trees exchange more CO2 with the atmosphere than any other vegetation type and thus, form a crucial component of the global carbon cycle. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia7qhYYnNyUJ5t560SGEy8phA7lM3RsP1I-TDmM-u_8mLOaU2IDj1bPHxG9qb6rCDj7_AbuT3Ia4TKwa_F1r_7h6iTyMpqCI83JKYl8sH-cQDd_c_-XqOiqvzoI8zGuY8wyUh7OXgL4k/s1280/co2-and-trees.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1280" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjia7qhYYnNyUJ5t560SGEy8phA7lM3RsP1I-TDmM-u_8mLOaU2IDj1bPHxG9qb6rCDj7_AbuT3Ia4TKwa_F1r_7h6iTyMpqCI83JKYl8sH-cQDd_c_-XqOiqvzoI8zGuY8wyUh7OXgL4k/w640-h400/co2-and-trees.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Trees absorb carbon dioxide and store carbon it its trunk, branches and roots.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Trees absorb more CO2 as they grow through the process of photosynthesis. When they perform photosynthesis, they pull carbon dioxide out of the air, bind it up in sugar to build its trunk, branches, and roots, and convert it into the oxygen we all need to live. Trees mostly store the carbon in its wood and roots, releasing only small amounts of carbon to the soil as its roots capture nutrients and water or slowly to the air when its leaves decompose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">When a tree is cut down, not only is its efficient carbon-storage potential lost, but all the carbon that was stored in the tree is released back into the atmosphere—either quickly, as when forests are burned, or more slowly, as the debris from razed forests decomposes. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Keeping our tropical hardwood forests intact is crucial in the fight against climate change and expanding forests can provide significant additional carbon storage. Simply put, large-scale reforestation of Florida Hardwood Hammocks and all tropical hardwood forests is a top solution to combat climate change.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">At Flamingo Gardens we have committed to a 10 year plan to preserve our existing Hardwood Hammock while expanding our tropical hardwood forest area and total tree canopy, fighting climate change while beautifying the gardens.</div></div><br /><br /></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com1Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S Flamingo Rd, Davie, FL 33330, USA26.0742403 -80.3133325-2.2359935361788459 -115.4695825 54.384474136178845 -45.1570825tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-30883255343580484362021-06-02T13:26:00.004-04:002021-06-02T14:21:15.086-04:00Beneficial Insects for the Garden<p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br /></p><p>There are approximately 1 million described species of insects in the world and it is believed that there are at least 4 million more species that have yet to be named. Insects represent three-fourths of all described animal species on the planet. Even more than that, there are believed to be an estimated 10 quintillion individual living insects, making them the largest animal population on the planet!</p><p></p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Many insects can be pests, whether they are bed bugs or crop destroyers, but not all insects are bad. In fact, there are quite a few that are beneficial to the environment.</p><p style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are some insects that can be particularly beneficial at keeping harmful insects under control. Predatory bugs will hunt other invertebrates which can help keep plants safe from non-beneficial bugs.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznWeK2QMASBVpWL-ivjTGnTpq8nVHeVx4EVdLJUsWqco_GvtvqPHfF7t8HnvOuW_kkuRDlbs0jujjnIipN5Bd6G5PAQWYd2Xj8GCMvixozqg4mgCXY83YyZWTXq9dI28WgdDuAbdsBWw/s1280/Assasin+bug+by+www..insectpod..com.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhznWeK2QMASBVpWL-ivjTGnTpq8nVHeVx4EVdLJUsWqco_GvtvqPHfF7t8HnvOuW_kkuRDlbs0jujjnIipN5Bd6G5PAQWYd2Xj8GCMvixozqg4mgCXY83YyZWTXq9dI28WgdDuAbdsBWw/w400-h300/Assasin+bug+by+www..insectpod..com.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Assassin bug (photo credit: www.insectpod.com)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Assassin bugs</b> are one of these predatory bugs. They kill their prey by injecting it with a toxin that dissolves the victim's tissue which it then sucks up with its proboscis.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSwmWkIORWdZ13Kk5STFiQxcjyOkDDg9pdD8sCPRVz-8zAyndoQOPSJ3Ma-EmPBsYur_7byarrBFtlkU6Ns6UM-U_495jFu1QZR1UT-vsZq-fXAABxOulx2KAMk5COPglFRXwCRblkAA/s2048/Bugs+%252829%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="2048" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgSwmWkIORWdZ13Kk5STFiQxcjyOkDDg9pdD8sCPRVz-8zAyndoQOPSJ3Ma-EmPBsYur_7byarrBFtlkU6Ns6UM-U_495jFu1QZR1UT-vsZq-fXAABxOulx2KAMk5COPglFRXwCRblkAA/w400-h289/Bugs+%252829%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Praying Mantis (photo credit: Lorenzo Cassina)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Praying Mantis</b> are not picky eaters and will eat just about any other non-poisonous bug, which can be very beneficial to gardeners suffering plant damage from pests.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcttCHxPMGBg3HSF62X1HBImS6zYcFa-bL5ZdMnIpPnJgE1FquMAnOhjgfJPnTjQ0inISAn54HAKM6Ly7xxcIqJk2VnS7K7SHivfrz5YNmTryaBra5vxg18W-k0obdFfe8pkc9Qz34mZg/s1661/Dragonfly+by+cff2.earth.com.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1661" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcttCHxPMGBg3HSF62X1HBImS6zYcFa-bL5ZdMnIpPnJgE1FquMAnOhjgfJPnTjQ0inISAn54HAKM6Ly7xxcIqJk2VnS7K7SHivfrz5YNmTryaBra5vxg18W-k0obdFfe8pkc9Qz34mZg/w400-h286/Dragonfly+by+cff2.earth.com.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Dragonfly (photo credit: cff2.earth.com)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Dragonflies and damselflies</b> are also predatory as both the nymph and the adult eat other insects and are particularly important to reducing mosquito and mosquito larvae populations. Damselflies are smaller and have slimmer bodies than dragonflies, and fold their wings up and along their body when at rest, unlike dragonflies which hold their wings out flat and away from the body.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEida4dooq5QdWnbDNfjv6Ojd-E8Nrhf1CpJHsMsOwAlLNFn2jexiLjrFe3rMbCqgptgxGYKxkT1tVkSq9mmaE3lUcx-JM3yQONTqqgaq8yc1TcepIYwU8SGNx2gaS4GbZNGM18pan7x90g/s2048/Pirate+bug.+%2528Photo+Credit-+Ho+Jung+Yoo%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="2048" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEida4dooq5QdWnbDNfjv6Ojd-E8Nrhf1CpJHsMsOwAlLNFn2jexiLjrFe3rMbCqgptgxGYKxkT1tVkSq9mmaE3lUcx-JM3yQONTqqgaq8yc1TcepIYwU8SGNx2gaS4GbZNGM18pan7x90g/w400-h265/Pirate+bug.+%2528Photo+Credit-+Ho+Jung+Yoo%2529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Pirate bug (photo credit: Ho Jung Yoo)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The minute <b>pirate bug </b>is an easily overlooked beneficial insect. They feed greedily on small organisms such as leafhoppers, aphids, thrips, and mites. They naturally occur in crops and are highly attracted to flowers where they also feed on pollen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGooX8z9kJKUyWyD19MUt_n5Ir-3o5yEI2GFYLA8Pw5YSDRgibUw3F469ERax-_i8-oXAXuME3HQAr_uoDG5ZUiSydtNXviQf2YHSmrImbLJx9vXO3pMJZq1-BobHTyI3HwsM2SrJ7mY/s2048/Bugs+%252842%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1594" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGooX8z9kJKUyWyD19MUt_n5Ir-3o5yEI2GFYLA8Pw5YSDRgibUw3F469ERax-_i8-oXAXuME3HQAr_uoDG5ZUiSydtNXviQf2YHSmrImbLJx9vXO3pMJZq1-BobHTyI3HwsM2SrJ7mY/w311-h400/Bugs+%252842%2529.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ladybugs (photo credit: Lorenzo Cassina)</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Ladybugs</b> are one of the more popular beneficial insects. Ladybugs, aka lady beetles, are widely used to keep aphids under control.. They will also eat mites, scale insects, mealybugs, whiteflies, small caterpillars, beetle grubs, and all types of insect eggs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvc5GHZuZ3oJj7Ys15wjqq7hOHjSKOCZW8G5d8YboTkH7W4cbTlTJcvXM-F22YGL_lp78iujofPrP7jKfZ1LCazaz1cVmP-STX7jV_WWsPnPYie0FZ91N1dRHA-uO3OVnm1Cn99yMynE/s2048/IMG_1580.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1515" data-original-width="2048" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvc5GHZuZ3oJj7Ys15wjqq7hOHjSKOCZW8G5d8YboTkH7W4cbTlTJcvXM-F22YGL_lp78iujofPrP7jKfZ1LCazaz1cVmP-STX7jV_WWsPnPYie0FZ91N1dRHA-uO3OVnm1Cn99yMynE/w400-h296/IMG_1580.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Honey bee (photo credit: Chris Mahler)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Honey Bees</b> are one of the most beneficial insects. Honey bees are essential to the proper pollination of consumable foods. Without honey bees, foods such as watermelon, cucumbers, blueberries, and a large variety of fruits, vegetables, and nuts would not be pollinated. Without pollination, approximately one-third of our food crops would be decreased. In addition, honey sales contribute millions of dollars of revenue to the economy each year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jVAPt7gb8zLWlcWbX-Sp2Fs8pB3gXnoZpYrosxq77IB3mWomIqehGVJFssrleQ9Atj43l4G7plDNl4k1icxKbo0G5IG3jGTYW7z8TrSa7uyeMQ-VvqkNeKCn7zUjgcIczkLLjahfU60/s2000/Zebra+Longwing+Butterfly+by+Lorenzo+Cassina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="2000" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2jVAPt7gb8zLWlcWbX-Sp2Fs8pB3gXnoZpYrosxq77IB3mWomIqehGVJFssrleQ9Atj43l4G7plDNl4k1icxKbo0G5IG3jGTYW7z8TrSa7uyeMQ-VvqkNeKCn7zUjgcIczkLLjahfU60/w400-h266/Zebra+Longwing+Butterfly+by+Lorenzo+Cassina.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Zebra longwing butterfly (photo credit: Lorenzo Cassina)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Many other insects also serve as pollinators. Most people know that in addition to honey bees, <b>butterflies</b> and <b>moths</b> are also pollinators, but several species of <b>ants</b>, <b>beetles</b>, and even some <b>wasps</b> are pollinators as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKK798YdAiaySLQmFaIqfV7H6fcKn_thzZGSBdQhPPkd57eb-RDqYfI0J7lL0PBE7mk7afkFG9iXTXpoLO_CbCMh8T1sgP425QExtUdEoOWEGnI2FrGIkguSC1iDud8-x0km93HEmES8/s621/Coneflowers+by+Lorenzo+Cassina.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="621" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibKK798YdAiaySLQmFaIqfV7H6fcKn_thzZGSBdQhPPkd57eb-RDqYfI0J7lL0PBE7mk7afkFG9iXTXpoLO_CbCMh8T1sgP425QExtUdEoOWEGnI2FrGIkguSC1iDud8-x0km93HEmES8/w400-h314/Coneflowers+by+Lorenzo+Cassina.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Echinacea, or coneflowers (photo credit: Lorenzo Cassina)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Like many other species of birds and animals, beneficial insects are threatened with declining habitat, pollution, and use of pesticides. You can help protect beneficial insects by minimizing your use of pesticides and attract them to your yard by providing plants which attract these insects. Such plants include alfalfa, cilantro, cosmos, dandelions, dill, echinacea, fennel, marigold, milkweed, parsley, Queen Anne's lace, rose, rudbeckia, sunflowers, wildflowers, yarrow, and zinnia to name just a few.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">To learn more about insects, visit the new Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! exhibit on display in the Gallery at Flamingo Gardens between May 29 and September 6, 2021. Gallery hours are 10am to 4:00pm seven days a week. </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-2780361454157974832021-04-12T16:15:00.002-04:002021-06-02T14:24:18.844-04:00Chris’ Curiosities<p><img alt="Ewwwww! What's that horrible smell? Elephant Foot Yam Flower" height="436.0714285714287" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/mm_6jtAqz9y-pALXVHcRCtuRSl8znq6EtfpixKTBaWUpIXXPn_TpOJInrh3nMswbH87_pTBjnNvWdHra6zP8hciU4QllBLHv11yy5P3RmfMn1JCCuwwgVyZPvAFUCM1TjnW9XpGU" style="font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin-left: -30.726px; margin-top: -83.0672px; white-space: pre-wrap;" title="Amorphophallus paeoniifolius flower" width="611.7259615384615" /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-32a28b0b-7fff-925c-75bd-723d168c69ed">Welcome to the inaugural edition of Chris’ Curiosities</span></h3><span id="docs-internal-guid-32a28b0b-7fff-925c-75bd-723d168c69ed"><div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 16pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 400; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Hello, and welcome to the inaugural edition of Chris’ Curiosities, a semi-regular column where I discuss some of the more interesting and unique plants which can be found in Flamingo Gardens. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">In today’s edition, we dive into the weird world of Arums (<i>Araceae</i>), by looking at one of the more interesting varieties which can be seen in the garden, the elephant foot yam, <i>Amorphophallus paeoniifolius</i>(USDA).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">While the elephant foot yam is overshadowed by its more famous cousin, the titan arum, <i>Amorphophallus titanum</i>, this less-showy relative is a fascinating and economically important plant in its own right. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As the name suggests, the elephant foot yam is edible, and is consumed as a staple food crop in many countries across tropical Asia. These yam-like corms can grow quite large and typically weigh about 8 pounds, but can grow to a size of 30 pounds and 2 feet across (Cornell University).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 324px; overflow: hidden; width: 367px;"><img alt="Elephant Foot Yams, a food crop in tropical Asia" height="377.1940298507463" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/I3Scw63ehErW2dD74MLCeKhFwbpGxzFc-B_RTmxVPI8gd3WXZ8pz7ZWjK3unNhIhEoVFK2sEhSToI5nE56uMnGoC1nwJMrbQzKH25hext6Ta4mou5xW1sTRotg4GAJPHgMZOdVuC" style="margin-left: -95.7741px; margin-top: -25.791px;" title="Elephant Foot Yams" width="502.2105263157895" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a food crop these tubers are cooked in a manner similar to yams or potatoes and are a part of many dishes such as curries, chutneys, kebabs, and chips (Foodtank.com). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The foliage of the elephant foot yam is also of interest, as each corm produces a single leaf which emerges in the spring after a winter dormancy. The lacy, palmately divided leaf bears a striking appearance and resembles an oversized, mottled stalk of celery which grows to about 3 feet in height.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 324px; overflow: hidden; width: 356px;"><img alt="Amorphophallus paeoniifolius leaves." height="500.126159554731" src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/Sc5YwLZNav0o7T39W_n8vfOvwU-P8z6zBhGJ5GGcfT5xmM-6CQYknGPTDmXZnSsN-_VTm_4bAjtAdBeRaQdFCF_PBpyHsPZ6GFHXkwRu95g0ncLMPSvyMn5-sgQIwVszICBdOKDs" style="margin-left: -129.499px; margin-top: 0px;" title="Elephant Yam Leaves" width="485.4993084370678" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Now on to the most interesting part of the plant, the flower. The inflorescence, which occasionally emerges in the spring before the leaves, is a highly specialized stalk which has evolved to attract flies as pollinators. The sheathe (spathe) and top of the flower stalk (spadix) are the color of red meat. The bulbous end of the spadix secretes a rotten-meat smelling mucus, which attracts flies to visit the flowers in search of food. While visiting the flowers, the flies transfer pollen from the separate male flowers to the female flowers on the stalk below. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 324px; overflow: hidden; width: 432px;"><img alt="Male and female flowers of Elephant Foot Yam, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius." height="463.70642201834863" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kLxu5A6NMq_UMC375sJ7-h4alW_6kTuU_HkzbGUr_6ycgJfsR3aEogErWc4Ut3dMG_o7NGPkia4KFBQRPhApW0AwPIMAoHfd06mH0CiHJbKqJYj0OnUI2mbnfD4jcuE7vBZtzz78" style="margin-left: -95.7806px; margin-top: -10.8991px;" title="Male and female flowers of Elephant Foot Yam." width="616.1554285714284" /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The Elephant Foot Yam is just one of about 90 species of <i>Amorphophallus</i>, which are in the Aroid family, <i>Araceae</i>, which contains some 3,750 individual species.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Well, that about wraps up this first edition of Chris’ Curiosities, I hope this brief foray into the world of Aroids piques your interest to learn more about this wonderfully weird family of plants. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you visit Flamingo Gardens you can see this and many more varieties of Aroids and other interesting plants throughout the year!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Text and Photos by Chris Maler, Director of Horticulture. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span face=""Open Sans", sans-serif" style="color: #1155cc; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn More about Flamingo Gardens and become a member</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><hr /><br /><p></p></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-4080832480794223892021-03-30T10:27:00.008-04:002021-03-30T13:34:26.239-04:00Top 12 Orchids in Bloom at Flamingo Gardens<p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In honor of the upcoming International Orchid and Bromeliad Show at Flamingo Gardens, we thought we’d highlight 12 of our favorite orchids now in bloom. You can take a self-guided walking tour to see these beauties up-close and in person. Ask for the Orchid Tour map at the ticket counter.</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h4 style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></h4><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">12. Phalaenopsis DeLeon’s White is one of the most popular Phalaenopsis orchids on the market because of their tolerance of low-level light conditions and for the long sleek spikes of large white petals which resemble butterflies and last for weeks, even months. *This orchid can be seen in the large container in the middle island of the Arboretum.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7THhBvMOs7AcVTdx0sxekkWkffWLFVmoUAy_l3q7nXCRa0HqgKHirlxaGOs_rmmGrfgW90kGpSEprfKaZRGn6snklRAT3KKE2Yo5ww4hiyUPPPXCT0oiYy5319BPZJWt_QsX26sQ1zzE/s1200/8.Phalaenopsis+DeLeon%25E2%2580%2599s+White+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7THhBvMOs7AcVTdx0sxekkWkffWLFVmoUAy_l3q7nXCRa0HqgKHirlxaGOs_rmmGrfgW90kGpSEprfKaZRGn6snklRAT3KKE2Yo5ww4hiyUPPPXCT0oiYy5319BPZJWt_QsX26sQ1zzE/w640-h426/8.Phalaenopsis+DeLeon%25E2%2580%2599s+White+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11. Phalaenopsis Timothy Christopher is a miniature Phal that is a hybrid cross of Phalaenopsis Cassandra x <i style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400;">Phalaenopsis aphrodite</i><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400;"> and blooms in abundance. *This orchid can be seen on the white silk floss tree trunk just after the middle island.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZN6GvwsSmC5RKMDhuQV0GcmE73ozHFlBOL41E-Zpv-f3TH-Y7PcedM2ZMxwGXql6oz-4eaSpNBfcSOdgZ30HN5DZHImj_dywiCVvbTRijHbLjMdlBPaGuSNLUEyMY1f3PdJcTd7XySI/s1200/9.Phalaenopsis+Timothy+Christopher+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWZN6GvwsSmC5RKMDhuQV0GcmE73ozHFlBOL41E-Zpv-f3TH-Y7PcedM2ZMxwGXql6oz-4eaSpNBfcSOdgZ30HN5DZHImj_dywiCVvbTRijHbLjMdlBPaGuSNLUEyMY1f3PdJcTd7XySI/w640-h480/9.Phalaenopsis+Timothy+Christopher+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400;">10. </span><i>Oncidium sphacalatum</i> is a species orchid of Mexico and Central America. It is known as the Golden Shower Orchid due to its bright yellow flowers on abundant long spikes that grow up to 3 feet long. The showy blooms last for weeks. *This orchid can be seen to the left looking back at the Toucan cage.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tXkTpLmlsCLNUPs4PFxTmb8L-BnXbtqHkGfaEqHa7qd7ReHgy6Z9ZDTW53EUyoVSmnLcDvHSxvQweAsiS19_KE-aqi4nrZFMjy1vZnZRjVZNEmz9KUX71n2wQyiJJmWyIkfvEIpvLmM/s1200/6.Oncidium+sphacalatum+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_tXkTpLmlsCLNUPs4PFxTmb8L-BnXbtqHkGfaEqHa7qd7ReHgy6Z9ZDTW53EUyoVSmnLcDvHSxvQweAsiS19_KE-aqi4nrZFMjy1vZnZRjVZNEmz9KUX71n2wQyiJJmWyIkfvEIpvLmM/w640-h426/6.Oncidium+sphacalatum+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">9. Dendrobium Flamingo Garden has large flowers of flashy pink and purple undertones, just as you’d expect of our namesake, with an extended lip and great patterning. *This orchid can be seen straight ahead when you looking back at the Toucan cage.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01n2ifH5el3LVqdaiKCzndDfJVHpBTgHQvcVq4jzNtYGfL8PQ4e8c9GgQ2h6c2Cuwz927OWh3-3c2PX_q2_xN52Q2AQr5MLTAt4ysIyMamSiD8AzdnFxVdGVPJJAkpEkfVXpymH1SLlo/s900/7.Dendrobium+%25E2%2580%259CFlamingo+Gardens%25E2%2580%259D+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="755" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi01n2ifH5el3LVqdaiKCzndDfJVHpBTgHQvcVq4jzNtYGfL8PQ4e8c9GgQ2h6c2Cuwz927OWh3-3c2PX_q2_xN52Q2AQr5MLTAt4ysIyMamSiD8AzdnFxVdGVPJJAkpEkfVXpymH1SLlo/w536-h640/7.Dendrobium+%25E2%2580%259CFlamingo+Gardens%25E2%2580%259D+.jpg" width="536" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">8. <i>Dendrobium lindleyi</i> is a small species orchid of Thailand and much of southeast Asia notable for its showy sprays of yellow buttercup flowers. <span class="s1" style="color: #333333;">*This orchid can be seen on the west side of the Palm tree at the intersection of the Service Road and Tram Trail, just opposite the Wedding Gazebo.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOTeEjSRbxcxBGnR6kg-e37z4ePGGdMLF3GBAVN0KNl1GTTa5GaDNQ7FDeBU-lqqWLPDY4MvUgODD_943kFeRzGOikbr-rNKZa2VrTYg9_YgGRN9MqhuewYMptncz2oa_fMR-TjrV4H0/s900/13.Dendrobium+lindleyi+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="690" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpOTeEjSRbxcxBGnR6kg-e37z4ePGGdMLF3GBAVN0KNl1GTTa5GaDNQ7FDeBU-lqqWLPDY4MvUgODD_943kFeRzGOikbr-rNKZa2VrTYg9_YgGRN9MqhuewYMptncz2oa_fMR-TjrV4H0/w490-h640/13.Dendrobium+lindleyi+.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;">7. </span>Howeara Lava Burst ‘Puanani’ is a miniature variety Oncidinae hybrid that is famous for its small, flaming red flowers that emerge twice a year and last for weeks. It is a cross of Howeara Mini-Primi x <i>Rodriguezia secunda</i>. *This Oncidium orchid can be seen on the palm tree to the right of the ramp as you enter the garden from the gift shop.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ56jrFb2PzRJUkadoh9StYk7GJo20SKUHzSn2drswsP0hQQp8ZvaKKUH2kQPok55TZ3j408e0jymz9HdnmUepRWSiUIHYu4jegjl-8LbkxtyGNpXldjWANS15Drk5zATYV_JEgmGE6is/s900/1.Howeara+Lava+Burst+%25E2%2580%2598Puanani%25E2%2580%2599+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="846" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ56jrFb2PzRJUkadoh9StYk7GJo20SKUHzSn2drswsP0hQQp8ZvaKKUH2kQPok55TZ3j408e0jymz9HdnmUepRWSiUIHYu4jegjl-8LbkxtyGNpXldjWANS15Drk5zATYV_JEgmGE6is/w602-h640/1.Howeara+Lava+Burst+%25E2%2580%2598Puanani%25E2%2580%2599+.jpg" width="602" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">6. Oncidium Sweet Sugar ‘Lemon Drop’ is distinguished by its bright pure-yellow flowers of medium size, but beautifully arranged on arching racemes which remain in bloom for weeks. It is a hybrid of Aloha Iwanaga x <i>varicosum</i>. *This Oncidium orchid can be seen on the palm tree to the left of the ramp as you enter the garden from the gift shop.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcUDl0W3jbJ93-QiKWeyr78FWWFy4yrirCuGyC7G28_iZyQcd5HA0DmZXWaJGvVrIlkUTmbGJQjC4a31tWRspI3pPTAH_L2C0cy1UAKN3fprdXBD4jC7jWs-bPQi5eKuQ_YrGSrV2_-w/s1200/2.Oncidium+Sweet+Sugar+%25E2%2580%2598Lemon+Drop%25E2%2580%2599+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcUDl0W3jbJ93-QiKWeyr78FWWFy4yrirCuGyC7G28_iZyQcd5HA0DmZXWaJGvVrIlkUTmbGJQjC4a31tWRspI3pPTAH_L2C0cy1UAKN3fprdXBD4jC7jWs-bPQi5eKuQ_YrGSrV2_-w/w640-h426/2.Oncidium+Sweet+Sugar+%25E2%2580%2598Lemon+Drop%25E2%2580%2599+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">5. <i>Broughtonia sanguinea</i> is a species orchid native to Jamaica. It is outstanding for the long flower spikes that grow up to 2 feet long above its foliage, tipped with clusters of bright red flowers. <span class="s1" style="color: #333333;">*This orchid can be seen on the palms on the right side of the large Cluster Fig tree.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-aMheah0Cxum5jHwpgkAxtC5pbG5AD5nTaJVVwxIavPjeFDWenm4B6iNWL2YvfcBqxkF7O-Ouew3ACQTNUbebmVgqtMHDnTht0CB5ShsoEk_ysJcKBG-p8LigOToouTTNPHyc8DDfSg/s1200/11.Broughtonia+sanguinea+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX-aMheah0Cxum5jHwpgkAxtC5pbG5AD5nTaJVVwxIavPjeFDWenm4B6iNWL2YvfcBqxkF7O-Ouew3ACQTNUbebmVgqtMHDnTht0CB5ShsoEk_ysJcKBG-p8LigOToouTTNPHyc8DDfSg/w640-h426/11.Broughtonia+sanguinea+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;">4. </span><i>Gongora claviodora</i> is a species orchid found in Nicaragua south to Columbia that is notable for its pendulous clusters of dark red flowers that smell of cloves. <span class="s1" style="color: #333333;">*This orchid can be seen hanging in the basket from the Live Oak tree near the Bromeliad Garden.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRrRykJVlBINzeVoVNUwJlDVWad87v4p5D9l-nMFqbqgDXaJ5LRPAc9qug5ylHxBSz4ys4_1Dsr_yYEnHq3sP0_nkct-URRNnmectj4wtuO2fEDdgFVqnLKDI-PP-mFfwBDArQzLkDbs/s900/12.Gongora+claviodora+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigRrRykJVlBINzeVoVNUwJlDVWad87v4p5D9l-nMFqbqgDXaJ5LRPAc9qug5ylHxBSz4ys4_1Dsr_yYEnHq3sP0_nkct-URRNnmectj4wtuO2fEDdgFVqnLKDI-PP-mFfwBDArQzLkDbs/w480-h640/12.Gongora+claviodora+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;">3. </span><i>Guarianthe skinneri</i> is a species orchid that ranges from southern Mexico to Costa Rica where it is the national flower and plays a role in local folk traditions. It is outstanding for its spectacular display of colorful blossoms covering the plant. <span class="s1" style="color: #333333;">*This orchid can be seen on the east side of the Palm tree at the intersection of the Service Road and Tram Trail, opposite the Wedding Gazebo.</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPw2NDaoRwqeFRGYlfof7VOnO4tM3keL-jaAXUTngwsz0wwIGOOh5byy4KZWk2AklDEn8cAFEwbIAZB5pAneg9IG6n7vTwrnLPlWtYIp8XvOpG8DxOyWZJ4Mpc0GhY1zn-GFPFBG_i8uo/s900/14.Guarianthe+skinneri+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="825" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPw2NDaoRwqeFRGYlfof7VOnO4tM3keL-jaAXUTngwsz0wwIGOOh5byy4KZWk2AklDEn8cAFEwbIAZB5pAneg9IG6n7vTwrnLPlWtYIp8XvOpG8DxOyWZJ4Mpc0GhY1zn-GFPFBG_i8uo/w586-h640/14.Guarianthe+skinneri+.jpg" width="586" /></a></div><br /><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span class="s1" style="color: #333333;">2. </span><i>Dendrobium anosmum </i>superbum is a species orchid native to Southeast Asia. Species Orchids are those species that occur naturally in nature and have not been hybridized. This Dendrobium, while short-lived, is a showstopper when cascades of lavender blooms appear on the bare canes. New leafy canes will grow and lose their leaves the following year just before new blooms appear. *This Orchid can be seen at the end of the ramp to the left.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHboQ6uxNVo3b94xRtOGKvrz30RiJh6JpTyM7cWRrSFw8l_A8BbULQ5rdI4f2IES2Uz_55se9KnjjEUOROT7nGEgJGnm64dBKYojt1hJQf6mD1g9vMRIbwecg4acBjNm6bcNmgdj_58u8/s900/5.Dendrobium+anosmum+superbum+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="675" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHboQ6uxNVo3b94xRtOGKvrz30RiJh6JpTyM7cWRrSFw8l_A8BbULQ5rdI4f2IES2Uz_55se9KnjjEUOROT7nGEgJGnm64dBKYojt1hJQf6mD1g9vMRIbwecg4acBjNm6bcNmgdj_58u8/w480-h640/5.Dendrobium+anosmum+superbum+.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. Vanda Pachara Delight ‘Isabella’ is beloved for its stunning deep blue-violet flowers which blooms multiple times throughout the year and last for weeks at a time. This hybrid is a cross of V. Karulea x V. Gordon Dillion. *This Vanda orchid can be seen to the right in the middle of the ramp from the gift shop.</span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMXkuV7mZAn8_h7h4s-IP_nq97RjSgjsLRymsvhqMmVGzQEZQtuL-X54LG_5ik7yTVO8w-DkICLgcr99ykbelklJ6LUeyWXNoYf_Y4IfEEp8X6G-JaA34-mO_RciGsanv_03kAbg-i6A/s1200/3.+Vanda+Pachara+Delight+%25E2%2580%2598Isabella%25E2%2580%259D+.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="1200" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVMXkuV7mZAn8_h7h4s-IP_nq97RjSgjsLRymsvhqMmVGzQEZQtuL-X54LG_5ik7yTVO8w-DkICLgcr99ykbelklJ6LUeyWXNoYf_Y4IfEEp8X6G-JaA34-mO_RciGsanv_03kAbg-i6A/w640-h426/3.+Vanda+Pachara+Delight+%25E2%2580%2598Isabella%25E2%2580%259D+.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left;"><br /></p></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Photos by Lorenzo Cassina. Follow Lorenzo's work at: <a data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="1" href="http://www.instagram.com/cassinaphotography" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-size: large; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/cassinaphotography</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: large;"> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div><br /><p></p>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-2940093006385223262021-03-02T18:08:00.001-05:002021-03-02T18:08:58.828-05:00Top 12 Exotic Blooms at Flamingo Gardens<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">March is an exciting month at Flamingo Gardens as the plants start to emerge from their winter dormancy and some of the most interesting blooms appear on our tropical plants. Flamingo Gardens is known for our giant trees, live oaks, and Everglades' plant species, but here are some unusual exotic blooms from plants around the globe you’ll want to see during your spring visit.</span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">12. Yellow Saraca,</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><i style="background-color: white;">Saraca chinensis</i></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXZgDI6Gr0LS3SsiGozASbz4WyJGY6DKnP_B8hL94JseYQ-vLZOwPUuGrXzJr7ey8d8Q4-mtEbTRXr9jc2ngIDsYch1p8hbfTeUV_UgkwSDurgeMrc3UhxcOdOmzjkMAq2n_WfsxxzGk/s2016/Yellow+Saraca+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWXZgDI6Gr0LS3SsiGozASbz4WyJGY6DKnP_B8hL94JseYQ-vLZOwPUuGrXzJr7ey8d8Q4-mtEbTRXr9jc2ngIDsYch1p8hbfTeUV_UgkwSDurgeMrc3UhxcOdOmzjkMAq2n_WfsxxzGk/w300-h400/Yellow+Saraca+2.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Indigenous to India, Burma and Malaya, this tree is known for its profusion of rich yellow clusters of numerous long-tubed flowers which each open out into four oval lobes. According to legend, the founder of Buddhism, Sakyamuni, was born under this tree and as such is worshipped by Buddhists. Hindus revere it as the symbol of love. Both Buddhists and Hindus use the blossoms or religious offerings. The <span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Red Saraca, <i>Saraca declinata, </i>is equally showy. </span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: verdana;">*Look for this small flowering tree across from the Bear Exhibit.</span></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></div><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">11. Weeping Bottlebrush, <i>Callistemon viminalis</i></span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP2C1NCjulq12I4RJnX56CpP9rq6kBdqALux5p6KBwaI99AZlQZeeeqvA7CAys0HvI2SURdGbfij4CzODKGh8GRTMwBnqqwLdLn2z0aLGcqwp0cC_xOqIGJncJnGNRRK-6asepSjiTbq8/s1583/Bottle+Brush.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1583" data-original-width="1187" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP2C1NCjulq12I4RJnX56CpP9rq6kBdqALux5p6KBwaI99AZlQZeeeqvA7CAys0HvI2SURdGbfij4CzODKGh8GRTMwBnqqwLdLn2z0aLGcqwp0cC_xOqIGJncJnGNRRK-6asepSjiTbq8/w300-h400/Bottle+Brush.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />This distinctive tropical plant is named for its bright red weeping flower spikes that are reminiscent of a brush used to wash bottles. Native to New South Wales and Western Australia the bottlebrush is a common plant often sold as a shrub but can grow as a tree up to 25 feet in height. </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*You can find specimens of this small tree along the tram trail next across from the Wray Home.</span></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">10. Flowering Pandanus, <i><span style="background-color: #f3f5f6;">Freycinetia cumingiana </span></i></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f5f6;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7T_2mbi_zohSlTBkGBXm2z7BrPV3YIn4WGPTer52gVUq9a9WPUIMCCZoy4HYNq9cTvRljpRUXQg9d3AO2mfBi7yjp2cwuO3dwsBXk3qA0jkbbki819S-qO_T6JY-otzdgPY9gX7-y6g/s1024/Flowering+Pandamus+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7T_2mbi_zohSlTBkGBXm2z7BrPV3YIn4WGPTer52gVUq9a9WPUIMCCZoy4HYNq9cTvRljpRUXQg9d3AO2mfBi7yjp2cwuO3dwsBXk3qA0jkbbki819S-qO_T6JY-otzdgPY9gX7-y6g/w300-h400/Flowering+Pandamus+2.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />This flowering shrub is native to rainforests in the Philippine Islands. It typically grows to 3’ tall as a scrambling shrub when unsupported but may grow to 7’ tall or more as a vine when its woody stems are able to attach to and climb upon adjacent upright structures. Its unusual flowers are used in the cut flower market. </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">*</span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent; font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Located west of the bridge in the Arboretum near the Reflection Pond. </span></div></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></h3><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">9. Narrow-leaved Bird of Paradise,</span><span class="Apple-converted-space" style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Strelitzia juncea</i></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8vMUwO5OSmrNA3rmfdqqk14eg4U9oWuWY7UvHkaqwzfrnTaOYyeV-4sFHXBYZ9FjTuhiPX_04Nw8_KqzF7rcTxQBb9js5MbUXIFXHZzKgAHlB_oKCAs97P2lopuKBhqXKuc5xk0pRyE/s2048/BBird+of+Paradise.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd8vMUwO5OSmrNA3rmfdqqk14eg4U9oWuWY7UvHkaqwzfrnTaOYyeV-4sFHXBYZ9FjTuhiPX_04Nw8_KqzF7rcTxQBb9js5MbUXIFXHZzKgAHlB_oKCAs97P2lopuKBhqXKuc5xk0pRyE/w300-h400/BBird+of+Paradise.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Similar to the common Bird of Paradise commonly found in gardens and florist shops throughout Florida, this variety does not have a broad leaf, but has rush-like cylindrical leaves instead. Like its more common counterpart, the Narrow-leaved Bird of Paradise is also native to South Africa and is threatened in its native habitat of South Africa due to quarrying and illegal collecting in the horticultural trade. </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">*This unusual species of Bird of Paradise can be found in the center of the cycad garden.</span></div></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">8. Flame of the Forest, <i>Butea monosperma</i></span></h3><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1WKMF5wSaP8knTMHrNRFyzJHJs5AJOx5Lfu-C4C6H_ahYIr_mkw1qDqDFMiGGO67SdyRm6_t_DLqfxdpapGyl1If94DtFo4zZoLFzsE_RpiKhNQcps5EnLDrDMZRPf4RB5JVRhlXf2Q/s1024/Flame+of+the+Forest.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1WKMF5wSaP8knTMHrNRFyzJHJs5AJOx5Lfu-C4C6H_ahYIr_mkw1qDqDFMiGGO67SdyRm6_t_DLqfxdpapGyl1If94DtFo4zZoLFzsE_RpiKhNQcps5EnLDrDMZRPf4RB5JVRhlXf2Q/w300-h400/Flame+of+the+Forest.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />This flowering tree is native to India and Southeastern Asia. The large beak-shaped red-orange flowers appear in spring and give rise to its other common name Parrot Tree</span><span>.</span><span> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">In Sanskrit, the flower is extensively used as a symbol for the arrival of spring and the color of love.</span> <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">In Theravada Buddhism, </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">it </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(32, 33, 34);">is said to have been used as the tree to achieve enlightenment, or Bodhi, by Buddha. </span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">*Located in our Flowering Tree Garden behind the Bear Exhibit and across from the Wedding Gazebo.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. Mother of Cocoa, <i>Gliricidia sepium</i></span></h3><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVrfELM_UWG9DkvSvmp9S1g_zt_AyaJGf51otY3x4GG0qHrXlLcVi2RxZ1eTzy7DVhFpVPEDTHyvMSgCfwJ-788LK3LdZ61W7Z4nYrUNmBe5zaTRA2cWM5gMpomlShlaj3yaPHepiL9E/s2048/Mother+of+Cocoa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWVrfELM_UWG9DkvSvmp9S1g_zt_AyaJGf51otY3x4GG0qHrXlLcVi2RxZ1eTzy7DVhFpVPEDTHyvMSgCfwJ-788LK3LdZ61W7Z4nYrUNmBe5zaTRA2cWM5gMpomlShlaj3yaPHepiL9E/w300-h400/Mother+of+Cocoa.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />A native of Mexico and Central America, this tropical tree was used to shade plantation crops such as cocoa and thus given its common name Mother of Cocoa. <span style="background-color: white; color: #202122;">The flowers are located on the end of branches that have no leaves. These flowers have a bright pink to lilac color that is tinged with white. A pale-yellow spot is usually at the flower's base. The tree is used extensively in Africa now to stabilize soils against acidification and as forage for cattle, sheep and goats. </span></span><span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">*Located in our Flowering Tree Garden behind the Bear Exhibit.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><u><span face="-webkit-standard, serif" style="color: #2f5496; font-family: verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">6. Ice Blue Calathea, <i>Calathea burle-marxii</i></span></h3><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_XnvccDLAL6E9SwehGMK4OXhHCcrgbHoROt656R9n8qFDVES7n0U7en1NNwgrGkN2LNa1DsP47b4HFlk-Ars6fo_gGfB6V1RqFmEt-zKP_TlLN2DV8GsC8nu5Q6V6vFBe9ivvL92E5s/s1024/Calathea.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="768" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil_XnvccDLAL6E9SwehGMK4OXhHCcrgbHoROt656R9n8qFDVES7n0U7en1NNwgrGkN2LNa1DsP47b4HFlk-Ars6fo_gGfB6V1RqFmEt-zKP_TlLN2DV8GsC8nu5Q6V6vFBe9ivvL92E5s/w300-h400/Calathea.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br />Native to southeastern Brazil</span> and n<span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">amed in honor of Brazilian landscape architect<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: black;">Roberto Burle Marx</span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">,</span> this calathea has frilly pinecone-shaped flowers below the leaves at the stem tips. The small, white and pale purple tubular flowers are nestled between the pale blue or white floral bracts on the inflorescences. The inflorescences are very long-lasting, but each individual flower only lasts for a day. </span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">*Look for this gem at the end of the boardwalk from the Gift Shop. Look low, it hides!</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">5. Indian Clock Vine, </span><i>Thunbergia mysorensis</i></span></h3><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="background-color: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdYNhy2_gK2WAmkhbATPw2gre5qXw9a94pPL-ur-sWl2x2G9Lpa2CgMa75hGwRg_shPrvliyv0rQE7Ik4qvVUcIthjA2BLHbBGw8hDTxCmhRpZT4FAF3-DLDEwDivjf7gdo_idqAiPiY/s1024/Clock+Vine.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="1024" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpdYNhy2_gK2WAmkhbATPw2gre5qXw9a94pPL-ur-sWl2x2G9Lpa2CgMa75hGwRg_shPrvliyv0rQE7Ik4qvVUcIthjA2BLHbBGw8hDTxCmhRpZT4FAF3-DLDEwDivjf7gdo_idqAiPiY/w299-h299/Clock+Vine.JPG" width="299" /></a></div><br />This woody tropical vine is native to India where it is also known as Brick and Butter vine. It is also known as lady slipper vine due to t</span><span style="background-color: white;">he dramatic and very large pendent hanging blossoms which have individual yellow and maroon flowers in a bold curved shape resembling a slipper. Although uncommon in the wild, it is a popular cultivar in gardens due to its showy flowers. </span></span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">*You can find this vine growing on the trellis in the Butterfly Garden, in front of the Tram Station.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">4. Pink Shaving Brush Tree, <i>Pseudobombax ellipticum</i></span></h3><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_-bsOHodIsHm7mN-GnTfAJ_dkE8TBaHv6GI6UdXhreB6lCURjoGBl_8dC_eTZ6AG16lBhla3JAGqbEkFQjc51bRCUYd8OG9vQU0v34W8zX0CsoJpXxDx5n3q9O5DIDdP6v5qbHQg0v4/s607/Shaving+Brush+Flowers.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="591" data-original-width="607" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_-bsOHodIsHm7mN-GnTfAJ_dkE8TBaHv6GI6UdXhreB6lCURjoGBl_8dC_eTZ6AG16lBhla3JAGqbEkFQjc51bRCUYd8OG9vQU0v34W8zX0CsoJpXxDx5n3q9O5DIDdP6v5qbHQg0v4/w302-h294/Shaving+Brush+Flowers.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><br />This deciduous tropical flowering tree from Mexico produces large hot pink flowers in the springtime which resemble a shaving brush. It usually has no leaves at the time of bloom which serves to show off the large and striking flowers. Although not threatened nor endangered, it is one of the strangest looking blooms on a flowering tree. </span></span><span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">*Located in our Cycad Garden -you can easily see it from the tram.</span></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><u><span face="-webkit-standard, serif" style="color: #2f5496;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. Panama Flame Tree, <i>Brownea macrophylla</i></span></h3><div style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKpIIhO55HCIf-LkFwpGq6vXqVMpDX39JIE5BnsSpgXkXecAg0Dku9JhTUVIzbUagRYa3-2MLwQ12L1O55k6PQOcdyq7vHreAKwlSqRRxaSXzw6WCvO-5LkKkIkTjyUldA4S-oNNJeSQ/s765/Panama+Flame+Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="741" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHKpIIhO55HCIf-LkFwpGq6vXqVMpDX39JIE5BnsSpgXkXecAg0Dku9JhTUVIzbUagRYa3-2MLwQ12L1O55k6PQOcdyq7vHreAKwlSqRRxaSXzw6WCvO-5LkKkIkTjyUldA4S-oNNJeSQ/w304-h314/Panama+Flame+Tree.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br />This tropical tree is native to central-south America, particularly to the humid thick forests of Colombia and Venezuela. It produces bright flowers on its branches that are loved by pollinators especially hummingbirds. The species is rare in the wild these days but is a popular ornamental tree due to its showy flowers. </span><span>*Located in our Bromeliad Garden.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><u><span face="-webkit-standard, serif" style="color: #2f5496;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f5f6; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f5f6; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f5f6; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f5f6; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: #f3f5f6; border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">2. Jade Vine, </span><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">Strongylodon macrobotrys</span></i></span></h3><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirh0xGUP1fko2zH5_PTunm32IQMyamUWS4qNn2ozTqALPDQuiauv41NbPy64Ap5SO8LhzBEYqZYGZt03Q6l1H0diCWAzhp5wABFyYscEezaspyKdR8mJwMP2wzkm2RGUyvLoXr4v16g4w/s922/Jade+Vine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="692" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirh0xGUP1fko2zH5_PTunm32IQMyamUWS4qNn2ozTqALPDQuiauv41NbPy64Ap5SO8LhzBEYqZYGZt03Q6l1H0diCWAzhp5wABFyYscEezaspyKdR8mJwMP2wzkm2RGUyvLoXr4v16g4w/w300-h400/Jade+Vine.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />Jade vine is a perennial woody vine native to the Philippines rainforests where it will commonly grow 30-50 feet up tall trees in search of sun. Jade vine is particularly noted for its unique jade colored claw-shaped flowers which bloom in huge, showy, panicles that droop up to 40” long. Almost extinct in the wild due to deforestation, jade vine survives in cultivation in numerous nurseries and gardens across the globe. </span><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">*Located on the trellis in our Fern Garden.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; margin: 0in; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: -webkit-standard; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. Orchids,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Orchidaceae</i></span></h3><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUrTqlw5f2doZxtRXHSG27RDFINouWo9br9DvYsVESqTfgCdPv-bSy8uR1NeaBHJGSeK6mS1kuntpiRmtUn8Psl7klHbCc5Xi-JwOZ6yaTcs-mnamRU90Bvva4f6ogb75RemNnm_EJaY/s683/Orchids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMUrTqlw5f2doZxtRXHSG27RDFINouWo9br9DvYsVESqTfgCdPv-bSy8uR1NeaBHJGSeK6mS1kuntpiRmtUn8Psl7klHbCc5Xi-JwOZ6yaTcs-mnamRU90Bvva4f6ogb75RemNnm_EJaY/w300-h400/Orchids.jpg" width="300" /></a></div>Okay, we’re cheating just a bit.</span><i> </i></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="color: #202122;">Orchidaceae</span></i><span style="color: #202122;"><i> </i>are a diverse and one of the largest families of flowering plants. Orchidaceae have about 28,000 currently accepted</span><span> </span><span>species</span><span>, distributed in about 763 </span><span>genera</span><span style="color: #202122;">. </span><span>We can’t possibly name just one favorite orchid in bloom as there are so many at Flamingo Gardens. You’ll just have to wander around and choose your own favorite from the hundreds in bloom! </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face="Verdana, sans-serif">*Look up! You will find orchids in a great many places throughout Flamingo Gardens. </span></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 0in; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Photos by Lorenzo Cassina.</span></div>Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-82090154454955336972017-08-15T08:29:00.000-04:002017-08-25T12:39:58.153-04:00Floyd L Wray: A Man for Port Everglades<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b>Floyd L. Wray: A Man for Port Everglades</b></div>
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A Story of the Beginnings of Port Everglades <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">from the</span><br />
<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Flamingo Gardens Archives</span><br />
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Wray is known for growing citrus and founding Flamingo Groves, but few
people know that Wray was elected one of the first commissioners of Port
Everglades in 1931.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was an unwavering
force in transforming Bay Mabel Harbor into a major international facility at
Port Everglades in five short years. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wray
was reelected by a landslide for the following term,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> but</span> the
election results were disputed and political
upheaval tied up the port for close to six months until June 1935.
Ultimately Wray never served a second term, despite his tremendous contributions to Port Everglades.</span></div>
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Mabel, The Beginning of the Story</span></b></h2>
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and named the lake he found Mabel after his son's fiancee (they were along for
the trip).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lake Mabel remained a shallow
lagoon, only 4 feet deep at low tide and separated from the ocean by a sand
ridge, until 1913 when it was opened to the sea for small boats.</span>
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Mabel Harbor</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b></h2>
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Hollywood Harbor Development Company and bought 1440 acres of land by the lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the start, he envisioned a deep-water
harbor for shipping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Financed by $2
million in bonds from Hollywood and Fort Lauderdale, workers cleared the
surrounding land, dredged, added a small entrance, and the name was changed to Bay
Mabel Harbor. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By December 1925 Young
could sail his yacht around the lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
devastating Hurricane of 1926 lead to Young's bankruptcy and his abandoning the
project. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>More information on Joseph W.
Young and Bay Mabel Harbor can be found in Hollywood historian Joan Michelson's
blog at </span><a href="https://joanmickelsonphd.wordpress.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">https://joanmickelsonphd.wordpress.com</span></a><cite><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">.</span></cite></div>
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and a year later residents gathered for the grand dedication ceremony. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>President Coolidge pushed a relay button in
the White House that detonated explosives to remove the rock barrier at the
entrance. As the story goes, there was a malfunction, but the barrier was soon removed.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bay Mabel Harbor Dedication 1928</td></tr>
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first real improvements began, it was still only a one-slip harbor for smaller
ships described as a "skimpy facility for handling cargo."</span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span></b><br />
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Everglades, The Transformation</span></b></h2>
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state legislature provided for t<span style="layout-grid-mode: line;">he first
election of commissioners to the Broward Port Authority to serve a four-year
term starting in 1931.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Floyd L.
Wray was elected with the most votes, 1372; the others were Thomas E. Swanson
with 1052, John D. Sherwin with 884, and A.J. Ryan with 870 votes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each would serve as chairman for three months
a year. They appointed Warren T. Eller, Executive Secretary and Port Manager. </span>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Top: Sherwin and Wray Bottom: Ryan and Swanson </td></tr>
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the port.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The winning entry by The Fort
Lauderdale Woman's Club was Port Everglades as "the gateway to the rich
agricultural area embraced in the four million acres at the port's very back
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port into a gateway for national and international trade and cruises.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>1931 was a busy year for <span class="redbullet">Wray. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He traveled on
port business by car, train, and ship so often he missed 18 of the early board
meetings, communicating on progress by letter and phone. Wray went to Boston,
New York, Philadelphia, Delaware, Washington DC, New Orleans, and Cuba. He applied
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">for funds from the Army Corps of
Engineers to widen the entrance and deepen the turning basin. He solicited
business with shipping and cruise companies.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; layout-grid-mode: line; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Things began to happen.</span></div>
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loan to provide a pre-cooling and cold storage plant, and a bonded warehouse in
1932.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>T</span>he first petroleum company
agreed to land and pipeline easements in 1931, and <span style="layout-grid-mode: line;">two more began</span> regular service the following year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Starting with one then a second storage tank,
tank farms grew once the rail line was completed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first shipment by sea from the Pacific Coast
arrived when the tanker Mauntawny docked with a cargo of 60,000 barrels of fuel
oil for the Belcher company tank.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">By 1934, exports jumped from 1,850
long tons to 10,859, and revenue increased over 300% from 1933. Wray applied for
a loan from the Public Works Board to construct slips 2 and 3.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He started discussions for a major federal
grant to widen the channel even more by phone from New York. </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warehouse, pier improvement, and rail line brought to the port</td></tr>
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first foreign-flagged vessel to enter Port Everglades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was soon followed by the Caledonia from
Glasgow, the Ferncliff from Oslo, and many more. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1931, Wray negotiated and announced the
contract for twice-monthly sailings of the B&C Line.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Talamanca and Pastores, cruise ships of
the Great White Fleet of the United Fruit Company, were the first large
passenger ships.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In 1932 the Cunard Line
started regular routes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">n 1933, Wray reported tonnage already far greater
than that during 1932, with imports and exports from Japan and Norway. In
December, a news headline declared, "</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Two Steamers Due This Week, Tanker Is
Due Tomorrow, Danish Ship Scheduled to Arrive Wednesday. </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The Fort Lauderdale Daily News predicted the
port would become a major citrus export center, with central Florida growers
interested in using Port Everglades.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freighters and passenger ships, large and small, began to line up at the port.</td></tr>
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welcomed the SS Columbia as it began fortnightly service between Port
Everglades and Havana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The largest US
passenger vessel at the time, it weighed close to 40 tons, was almost 700 feet
long, and had seven decks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a
pool on the Lido deck surrounded by 6,000 feet of white sand.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wray, as part of the official welcoming
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1933, The Langley was the first aircraft carrier to visit Port Everglades.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The CWA approved funds for leveling and
grading the docks reserved for the Coast Guard ships Unalga and Perry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Military supply ships like the Antares
stopped at the port. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As President of the
Propeller Club, Wray entertained cadets of the NY State Maritime Academy at
Flamingo Groves. Later Port Everglades was used as a military base for the US
Navy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The open land and ocean access
provided a staging area for military exercises. </span><span style="font-size: 16px;">Lake Mable had come a long way from its humble beginnings.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Langley 1933, Antares 1934, Maritime Cadets at Flamingo Groves</td></tr>
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public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was reelected by a landslide
for the next term starting in January 1935.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But as soon as the votes were counted, a maelstrom of lawsuits left the
port in chaos until June of 1935.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Throughout
this uncertain time, Wray kept sight of the goal. He continued to work for the
benefit of the port, traveling to Washington to secure a major grant, visiting
shipping companies to increase business, and helped to keep the port running when
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Everglades dominated front-page news with banner headlines and more than 30 articles
over the next several months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Only a few of the many
headlines are mentioned, and it wasn't a slow news time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To put it in perspective, other news included
the Lindberg kidnapping and Hauptman trial, Amelia Earhart flying from Hawaii
to California and broadcasting during her flight, Barbara Hutton marrying a
Danish count, Trotzky hiding in France from the Soviets, France rushing troops
to the Rhine, Mussolini preparing for war, and George V celebrating 25 years on
the English throne.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> One</span> headline proclaimed "Col. Howe [President Roosevelt's secretary] predicts woman president
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named in, any of the lawsuits, and the issues never questioned his work on
behalf of the port.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The lawsuits were all
fueled by partisan politics, state vs. local rule, equal representation by the
Broward cities involved, petty squabbles, and individuals who refused to step
down from the board. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all the issues
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1930, the Florida Legislature passed the Port Act allowing for the election of
commissioners rather than having them appointed by the governor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not realizing that it failed to include
provisions for elections after the first term, the Port Authority just went
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results of the election were in on December 12, 1934.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With 19 candidates running, Wray was
reelected with 1802 votes, and Ryan with 1077 votes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Strickland was newly elected with 1230 votes
along with DeLoach with 914 votes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baxter
who had been appointed by the governor to replace Sherwin when he died in 1932
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remain in power until successors were named, presumably by an act of the next
legislature, but the governor went ahead and appointed DeLoach and Strickland to
replace Baxter and Swanson. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone
showed up for the first board meeting, so it was canceled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Baxter and Swanson sought a new
injunction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another lawsuit restrained old
board members from meeting with the new board members.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Local Judge Tedder, assigned to resolve the latest
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telegram arrived from Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
date for the hearing with the Army Engineers about an application for $903,000
for harbor improvement was set for February 4.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>There were no port officials with authority to act, and the funds would
be lost if a delegation did not attend the meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one seemed to object to Wray, Ryan, and
Eller attending because they were familiar with and could defend the
application for the grant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So far so
good, but port funds were tied up because banks had been warned during the
injunctions not to honor port checks or vouchers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no port money to pay expenses for
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from $75 to $125, a tidy sum during the depression years (and one of the
reasons 19 ran for election).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When the
board voted for the extra income, Wray not only cast the only dissenting vote,
he refused to accept the money.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He set
the difference aside in an account each month "to be used for the good of
the port."<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to the May 14,
1935 minutes of the board, the account totaled $1800.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About $490 was used to clear up balloting
debt, pay election workers, police support, and others who served during the
election. It is said part of the money went to port clerks and other workers
who had gone unpaid during the injunctions and were threatening to strike.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And some of that money was used to pay
expenses for the all important trip to Washington.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">The latest case went to the Supreme Court in Tallahassee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They ruled the governor could appoint new commissioners.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then Swanson and Baxter opposed the
governor's right to appoint anyone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>While
the court deliberated that issue, State Representative Rodgers submitted a new
port bill to the legislature calling for a three man port board to serve two
years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He proposed a new election and
defended Wray in the news.</span></div>
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governor named Strickland and DeLoach requires that his appointees must be from
the same section as the men to be succeeded.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Thus, if the governor should reaffirm his appointment of DeLoach he will
automatically remove Floyd L. Wray who was more nearly the unanimous choice of
the entire port district for commissioner than any other man. (Mr. Wray was
high man of all the candidates and received 1,802 votes -- an impressive number
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about bus lines for the port. He reached an agreement with Thomas Cook and Sons
for conventions, and with Holland America to bring in the Volendam. The first
molasses storage tanks were constructed, and work on the tank farms for Standard
Oil and Belcher Oil was completed.</span><br />
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appointed Strickland, DeLoach, and LaBrea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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commissioners. Petitions were still being circulated by citizens who wanted elect
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still in charge, although the secretary of state already signed the commissions
for the new board.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In a last-ditch
effort, a new injunction was requested on the grounds that the governor's
appointees were not legally qualified to serve. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The issue was heard by the state supreme
court, which quickly held that the case had no merit. The appointments made by
the governor were accepted, and the new board of three took office on June 1,
1935.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Great Hurricane of 1926</b></div>
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with a riveting eye-witness
account and photos <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">from the</span><br />
<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> Flamingo Gardens Archives</span></div>
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Hurricanes are always in the news this time of year,
reminding us of Hurricane Andrew’s anniversary and the need to be
prepared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is a long history of hurricanes
in South Florida, but the Great Hurricane of 1926 stands out from all others. </div>
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The disastrous Hurricane of 1926 had a profound effect on South
Florida and its residents, including Flamingo Gardens' founders, Floyd L. and Jane Wray.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hollywood, Florida, September 20, 1926</td></tr>
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The Wrays were living in Florida
for less than a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was selling
real estate in Hollywood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They weathered
the storm with friend D.L. Gregory who wrote the riveting eye-witness account
that follows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It describes what they
were doing before, their efforts to fight the storm, and the aftermath. When the
storm subsided, there were 30 sleeping in the house including neighbors whose
homes <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were destroyed</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>As bad as it was, up north the destruction was greatly
exaggerated.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The New York Times reported
a thousand dead and "scores of towns razed or flooded." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A Philadelphia newspaper ran a headline:
"Southeastern Florida Wiped Out." <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Wray knew there would be no real estate
business for a long time to come.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> T</span>he storm led him to a new career in citrus. By 1927, he had established Flamingo
Groves, which was to become the Flamingo Gardens we cherish today. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Hurricane</b></div>
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On September 18, 1926, 25 years before they started naming
hurricanes, the Great Hurricane roared through.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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Two months earlier, in July, a hurricane had passed out at sea.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was some rain, wind squalls, and high
waves that reached the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">boardwalk</span>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Newcomers, like the Wrays, were left
unprepared for what was to come, thinking that hurricanes were not so bad, and
maybe even a bit exciting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Ships first reported the big storm on September 11.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It went north of Puerto <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Rico,</span> so there was little solid
information.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Storm warnings came from Washington,
DC in those days and were passed on to field offices like Miami.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As of the morning of September 17, less than
24 hours before the 60-mile-wide storm made landfall, there was no warning
issued.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At noon, Miami was authorized to post storm
warnings (one step below hurricane, or winds of 48 to 55 knots). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first serious warnings did not come until the
barometer began to drop rapidly around 11 PM the night of September 17. </div>
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Early the next morning, official weather bureau records “…
recorded a maximum velocity of 128 miles per hours from the east or southeast
at 7:30 a.m. The extreme velocity cannot <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">be
determined</span> from the records, but it was probably between 140 and 150
miles per hour.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The anemometer blew away
at 8:12 a.m. at which time it was <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">recording</span>
120 miles per hour.” </div>
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The storm devastated the Miami/Broward area. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Streets remained flooded for more than a week
after in many places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On October 9, the
Red Cross reported that 372 died in the storm and over 6,000 were injured (one
account said more than 800 <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were never accounted</span>
for). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>M<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">any</span>
who were unaware of the danger went outside to look around <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">as </span>the eye <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">passed
over</span> and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were killed when the winds
returned</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Property damage was the
worst in U.S. history, estimated at $105 million at the time, which would be more
than $164 billion in today’s dollars.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
comparison, Hurricane Andrew’s estimated damage was <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">about</span> $25 billion, but with better forecasting, instant
communications, and better building codes, the death toll was 56. The 1926
hurricane traveled north a bit, then<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> turned toward
</span>Lake Okeechobee, where the dikes <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were
breached</span>, and hundreds of people drowned leading to advances in flood control.The Red Cross reported 150 corpses, but said many bodies were never found, and estimated the death toll was as high as 300. The storm moved on to the Gulf, then
came ashore again near Pensacola, and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">finally</span>
in a weakened state traveled to Mississippi and Louisiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because of the widespread destruction, Miami
appointed a chief building inspector who created and enforced the first
building code in the United States, which was over time put into effect in more
than 5,000 U.S. cities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Eye-witness Account</b></div>
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<span style="color: black; mso-no-proof: yes;">A</span><span style="color: black;"> transcript of the letter above, written by D.L. Gregory soon
after the storm, follows.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was with
the Wrays during the storm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Some corrections
were made for clarity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most corrections are
to punctuation. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even after many days had
passed, his exhaustion and stress were evident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The letter is an outpouring of what he remembered.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the entire letter, there were only a few periods
to end sentences -- just thought after thought with commas sometimes between
them.)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">D. L. GREGORY<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By-the-Sea<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>F. L. WRAY</span></b></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><b> </b></span>Hollywood, Fla.</span></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>October 5, 1926</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Dear Everybody:- </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"> is <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">really</span>
the first time I have had time to write a letter, but I guess when you see some
of the Pathe News Pictures you will know that we had our troubles. I will try
to tell you a little about it if you will be willing to read a <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">typewritten</span> letter, for it goes so much faster,
and I don’t have much time. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Friday, September 17, to start with, the College that I <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">was affiliated</span> with gave a concert of the
faculty only, with a reception after.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The concert <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">was given</span> in the
Methodist Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About four o’clock
that afternoon, the paper came out with an announcement in one-inch type for
one hundred men on the waterfront at once to fill sand bags and re-enforce all
the buildings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These men were extra as
the city had all of their men working there all day Friday, also that all
people should be off of the street by <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">midnight</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">On account of</span>
the storm we had had a few months ago, no one felt that this storm would amount
to much, so we gave our concert to a crowded house, and as the program was a
good <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">one,</span> there were so many encores that
everyone stayed until nearly twelve o’clock. From nine-thirty on, we didn't say
anything, but two men stood at the front doors and held them shut, and also the
doors into the Sunday School rooms, but we felt the church was secure. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">At twelve o’clock <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>we went to the beach, and while the wind was
blowing terribly. It was from the north, and we all felt that there would be no
damage by water for the ocean was quite rough but nothing to worry about, so
the workers along the waterfront stopped work about twelve-thirty but stayed
down there.</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We came home and went to
bed, but the wind blew and howled, so it was hard to sleep, but Mrs. Wray went
to sleep and slept until we called her at five-thirty. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This first storm kept up until about four <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">o’clock</span> when it seemed to die down, and we thought it had passed
without doing any harm. In just a few minutes, the wind started to blow again,
this time straight from the east.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There
had been an Essex stalled in front of our house in the storm, and I got up to
see whether there was <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">anyone</span> in the car,
but the wind was so strong that I couldn't go out into it, but when another car
passed saw that there was no one in it. The wind blew so hard that it would
make the lights go on and off in this car, so I called Floyd and as I did one
of the iron rods on the awning gave way and started to rip a hole in the front
screen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He got <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">up,</span> and I held the flashlight for him as our light went out in the
first storm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We felt so badly about the
small hole in the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">screen</span> and got the
awning fixed and then had to move all the porch furniture into the living room.
Then the other rod broke, and when Floyd reached out to the screen, the wind
pulled him, screen, rod, and all, out. I grabbed him around the knees, and he
got straightened, but the awning went, then the other one. Then the rain, which
had been coming down in torrents, started down the chimney, and I started to
mop. The <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">tile</span> was flying everywhere, and
we looked out the window and saw the Essex go down the street. I think the
fastest it will ever run.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By that time,
it started to get light so we could see better, and one of us held our front
door shut all the time. We would see a half of a house go down the street then
a whole garage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twice we saw garages lifted
completely off of cars, and the cars standing out in the open. The wind caused
a short in a car about a block away, and the horn blew for two hours until the
batteries ran down. </span></div>
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securely, and Floyd was holding the front door shut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>About five-thirty, something hit the back
window in the bedroom, and the screen went there, and as we were trying to
figure what to do, we saw Betty and her mother huddled in the back garage
apartment, their roof had blown off, and they were there alone. The wind was so
strong that Floyd could not stand up to go after them, so we motioned for them
to stay there until he could make it to them. About six-thirty, Floyd made it
over to them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then they couldn't get
back as the tiling and roofs were flying in every direction, and they stood the
chance of being hit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were there for
about <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">one-half</span> hour. When the storm
seemed to subside, and by carrying Betty, then going back for Mrs. Bowen, they
made it here. </span></div>
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morning, and this time came southeast.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The rain stopped, and in its place came salt water in sheets just as if
it were waves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then is when we started
to work in earnest, for when a sheet of this water came, we couldn't see the
house next door, with the result that the water rose about ten inches in twenty
minutes, and after each <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">gust</span>, when we
could see, something would be gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
water came up onto our front porch, so we all decided to go to the garage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We went <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">there,</span>
but the roof had gone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">First, I must tell you that Floyd tried it first and was blown
about three feet out of his course on the way. He took one [step] at a <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">time,</span> and by both bracing, we made it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the way, Rub thought it was a circus. The
garage floor was full, and the car <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">was drenched</span>
as the water was simply flowing in from the apartment above. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Well,</span> we looked like drowned rats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Floyd had on his heavy hunting boots, and I
made him take them off. The water came in on <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">us,</span>
but we didn't say a word.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All at once,
the water started to recede as rapidly as it came, and the rain started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You will never know the relief to all when we
could taste <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">the fresh</span> water in the place
of salt. The wind went down also, and about ten o'clock, Floyd started
out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">First, the people on the corner from us came all wet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their roof had gone. Next Floyd went to
Lamonaca, and they were all but crazy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Their roof had gone, and they <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were
huddled</span> in one corner, with their two babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They came over to our house, and I got out
the old stern heat, which we had gotten back in the good old days in Miami.
When the crowd was too great then, we had to cook with it once in a while.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I started to make coffee, and the more I <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">made,</span> the more people Floyd sent in. Where they
came from, and where they went, is more than I will ever tell you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One man had been in an apartment with wife
and five children, when the whole thing went, leaving them not high and dry,
but low and wet, under a table with a mattress to protect them. Next Floyd went
to a grocery that had blown down and salvaged as much as possible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In less than a half-hour after the storm, our
house, which seemed to be the only dry spot, <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">because</span>
the roof held and no water came in, <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">was crowded</span>.
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">At twelve o’clock, Mrs. Bowen and I went over to the school about
two blocks <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">away</span> and helped there as best
we could.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were bringing in the
wounded by the car full. Some people had <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">been
blown</span> away from their families, and I never want to see anything like it
again, legs <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">broken</span>, one man with a broken
back, faces and arms torn, and the people so afraid it was awful. There was no
water to do anything with, and outside you had to pick your way around in the
water, for the streets <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were covered</span> with
wires, boards, roofs and everything you could think <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">of</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We housed thirty the
first night, six in a bed and the rest on the floor, and glad to get the floor
where it was dry. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">I think regardless of what is said to the contrary, Dania got it
the worst.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything is demolished
there, except the bank and the Dania Beach Hotel, to such an extent that it
will have to <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">be rebuilt</span>. So many people <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were drowned</span> <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">there</span>
and at Davie. I am going to cite two cases, which are parallel to possibly
hundreds of others. <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">One woman was taken off of a
houseboat</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had gone out to
take care of a maternity case on this <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">houseboat</span>
and had taken her <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">nine-year-old</span> son with
her. The night of the storm the baby was <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">born,</span>
and died from exposure also in the midst of the storm. The mother died. There
was a man on the boat about seventy, and the boat broke away from its holding,
and they drifted. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Was called down to the Relief Room and this is the first
opportunity I have had to write <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">since</span>.
Will start where I left off. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">These people drifted all day Saturday, and all night people tried
to swim to them, but it was impossible, and all of the other boats were either
sunk or up on dry land having been thrown there by the high water and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">the wind</span>. When these people <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were finally rescued</span>, they were sure in awful
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">Another woman and her son were adrift on a barn door from Saturday
morning about five o'clock until Sunday afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their house had blown down and a beam, which
fell, hit her husband in the head and knocked him unconscious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The woman and her son, nine years old,
managed to get him on the barn door. As the water came up so high, they could
not stand up, and they floated tied to this door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The man died about an hour after they got on
the door, and they <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were not found</span> for
over twenty-four hours after this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
woman was sure brave, for they found them floating out into the Everglades, and
when they took them off of the door, she had her husband taken to an
undertaking <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">room,</span> and they buried him at
once. Then she said that she would have to have some attention, and it <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">was found</span> that she was badly injured, but she
has never uttered one complaint. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There were five babies born in the temporary hospitals the first
night after the storm, and there has been about three a day ever since. All of
them have been good babies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have had
the pleasure of furnishing several of them with all kinds of clothing, as there
was only one woman who was able to save any of her baby things. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The way <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">everyone</span> worked will
never be forgotten. There <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">was</span> lots to be
done, and as everyone was in the same fix, all water soaked and nothing dry to
put on. The Red Cross was on the job as soon as it was possible to be on the
job, and the first thing they took care of was food, and then the distribution
of clothes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rich and poor alike had to
be clothed. I loaned and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">borrowed</span> until I
had to stop or go <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">like Eve</span> myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">Food</span>
was furnished by requisition for almost two weeks, also coal, oil, and stoves
and water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We had a nice clean time washing dishes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>All the water was salt water and dirty. We
managed to catch a tub full when it rained, but to wash dishes for thirty, it
didn't last long. There was no water for the bathrooms, and you can imagine how
hard that was.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We just locked our
bathroom door and wouldn't let anyone in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">The hard part was that there was no place else to go, but at that,
we were better off than the places that <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">were
used</span> for hospitals and sleeping.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Hollywood Beach Hotel was thrown open for refugees, but there was no
water, no <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">lights,</span> and wet beds. The hotel
stood the storm fine, that is above the first floor, but the windows were
broken <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">out,</span> and everything was soaked.
The people were allowed a glass of water three times a day, and the only way
that they could wash was to get <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">salt</span> water
out of the ocean, and they had to get that themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can imagine, with one dress, and that wet
and dirty, how they looked. And that went on for almost two weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">In fact, the water is not down at the hotel yet, but it <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">is closed</span>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In the front of the hotel along the <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">boardwalk</span>
where there was so much damage done by high water and <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">wind</span>, just to show you the force of it, there was a drug store that
had just opened, and they had installed a fountain that weighed two tons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was moved to the back of the store a
distance of twelve feet, the partitions all along the hotel front that <span style="mso-no-proof: yes;">se</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Methodist Church, Hollywood, FL after the Hurricane</td></tr>
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The Wrays and Gregory were at a concert in the Methodist Church when the winds started to pick up. The concrete block structure sustained
severe damage. Some accounts say it was totally destroyed.<br />
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For a time, Wray sold real estate in Hollywood-by-the-Sea for Homeseekers. </div>
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The Red Cross arrived as soon as possible after the storm and raised funds throughout the country for the relief effort. In a Chicago Daily Tribune article published on September 23, they estimated 50,000 homeless and more than 4,000 injured and needing aid.</div>
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Major flooding remained in some areas of South Florida for more than a week, and hundreds drowned when the dike collapsed at Lake Okeechobee. In response, the State Legislature created the Okeechobee
Flood Control District. President-elect Hoover visited and authorized cooperation with the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers to create a comprehensive long-term plan for flood control in South Florida. </div>
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Wood homes were reduced to rubble throughout South Florida. The storm led to creation of the first building codes.<br />
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The concrete block structure was damaged, but the trains ran. The first aid to arrive was a relief
train to Miami guarded by state militia that brought medical staff, drugs, water, and other supplies as soon as the storm passed. </div>
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Despite it all, in the face of adversity, life goes on, as this photo attests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A woman out with her children getting some fresh air, one riding a
tricycle, on the sidewalk in front of their damaged, but still standing,
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Elizabeth Kosteckihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03942268065593081651noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-26561017748043519802017-04-11T10:02:00.000-04:002017-04-20T10:43:52.345-04:0090th Anniversary Celebration<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIX1NVHVRvbgwuPjWPc90Ud3tRF2ZX9UlDur1QQEYJkp83xIOXYDIVHGayFkXZeQ2e5acIK_pjf5bFp0D10_jjgIwjkkhGLhg4WkLPDIw6mC_A3PlzlbzLNRbFK6GmQ0j9nkqMYZOExfM/s1600/Flamingo+Gardens+90th+Anniversary.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIX1NVHVRvbgwuPjWPc90Ud3tRF2ZX9UlDur1QQEYJkp83xIOXYDIVHGayFkXZeQ2e5acIK_pjf5bFp0D10_jjgIwjkkhGLhg4WkLPDIw6mC_A3PlzlbzLNRbFK6GmQ0j9nkqMYZOExfM/s200/Flamingo+Gardens+90th+Anniversary.jpg" title="" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">2017 is the
90th Anniversary of Flamingo Groves, the forerunner of Flamingo Gardens. The
founders, Floyd L. and Jane Wray, moved to Florida in 1925. They were thrilled with their new home and the beauty of South Florida. He had a good job selling property in Hollywood-by-the-Sea.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">Then came 1926. It was not a good year for South Florida or the Wrays. The real estate boom was
ending, and on September 19, a devastating
hurricane made landfall.</span></span></div>
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imagine how the Wrays felt after the storm subsided. They were grateful they fared the storm better than most. But, with the real estate business
gone, Floyd knew he had to pick himself up and consider his options. He decided
on a<span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";"> </span>venture that would take him in a whole new direction --
citrus. He believed he could make a go of it if he bought inexpensive land in the drained Everglades and grew a new
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Groves was incorporated on January 2, 1927. The first bare-root Lu Gim Gong summer-ripening orange tree was
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exotic botanical gardens were created with the
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A flamingo pond was added and peacocks roamed the grounds. Flamingo Groves became a South Florida show place. Other growers began to plant citrus until
western Davie was almost a continuous citrus grove. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">Wray built retail outlets for his fruit and other citrus-related items, </span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">and the first modern packing and shipping plant in Broward County. He was one of the first elected commissioners that turned Bay Mable Harbor into Port Everglades, a world-class shipping and cruise facility, in only five years. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">He
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the other groves eventually made way to development, Jane Wray had the foresight to create a
foundation to preserve the best 60 acres. Today, visitors from the state, country, and all around the world enjoy the botanical gardens and native wildlife exhibits. The historic <a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org/wray-home-museum.html" target="_blank">Wray Home Museum</a> shares Floyd and Jane's history and their legacy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "calibri" , "sans-serif";">It all began with that one tree planted so many years ago. Join
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<a href="http://flamingogardensorg.blogspot.com/2015/02/" target="_blank">The First Tree Was Planted in 1927</a><br />
<a href="http://flamingogardensorg.blogspot.com/2014/12/" target="_blank">Flamingo Groves/Flamingo Gardens: Always a great place to party!</a><br />
<a href="http://flamingogardensorg.blogspot.com/2014/10/" target="_blank">Flamingo Gardens a Spectacular Setting with an Eventful Past</a><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>My Aunt Phyllis is a talker. </b>She’s the talkingest Flamingo in our entire flamboyance , to use the proper jargon. How talking is she? </span></div>
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<li style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 5px;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica"; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal;"></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">They also say if you crossed Aunt Phyllis with a shark, you’d have a bird that would talk your head off.</span></li>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Needless to say, she loves her cell phone. I remember once she was at the doctor’s office to talk about </span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">She did eventually pay attention, at least long enough to ask the throat doctor, “How will they keep my mouth open during the surgery?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">The doctor replied, “Oh, that part’s easy, we’ll just keep a phone in your hand.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">If you love your cellphone like Aunt Phyllis does, you probably like the newest model, right? Flamingo Gardens now has a way to let you upgrade “for good.” That means upgrading for wildlife!</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">You can donate your old, outdated iPhone, Android, other smartphone or tablet to Flamingo Gardens and know that your old phone is going to support rescue and rehabilitation efforts. The Flamingo Gardens animals get the benefit, and you get the tax deduction!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">That old phone sitting in a drawer, or that phone you’re ready to get rid of, well, it isn’t obsolete or worthless… you can <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=FNmdY&m=K489ujfz32urqn&b=EB3HT.2kvB048O_NOK1cIQ"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); color: #0433ff;"><b>donate your old devices right through our website.</b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Imagine your old phone doing some good right here, right now… and donating it takes less than a minute… just <a href="http://clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=FNmdY&m=K489ujfz32urqn&b=EB3HT.2kvB048O_NOK1cIQ"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); color: #0433ff;"><b>Click here!</b></span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">This is called an in-kind donation, and phones aren’t the only thing you can donate. <b>You can also donate old vehicles, stock, bonds, unused gift cards, even property!</b> Aunt Phyllis always gives me gift cards I never use, so I like to donate them to Flamingo Gardens. Like the phones, these get converted to cash and the cash is donated to Flamingo Gardens. If you’re interested in learning more, check out the Flamingo Gardens donation page <a href="http://nebula.wsimg.com/91921f125384550b764237109bbfe858?AccessKeyId=308D96BB5CB6972E1D1A&disposition=0&alloworigin=1"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); color: #0433ff;"><b>here.</b></span></a> Every season can be a season of giving!</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And speaking of seasons: Ahhhh…. fall. December is here, and so is cooler weather. If you missed all the Harvest Fest events in October, you missed a lot of fun. But no worries, because December is the month of giving, and nowhere will you be more giving of your time than when you're at our own Flamingo Gardens in December. Check out all the Holiday Fun! Ride the Holiday Express Train to visit Santa and help Mrs. Claus pass out treats to the animals at 3pm on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 10, 11, 17 & 18. Or come visit </span>the Garden of Lights after dark and see the music and light show on December 9, 10, 11, 16, 17, & 18 from 5-8pm. </div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And make sure you check out the new North American River Otter Habitat which is now open!</span><br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So we already covered the fact that a group of flamingos is called a “flamboyance.” What is a group of otters called? </span> A __________ of otters.</div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Visit our Facebook page and answer all correctly. One of the right answers at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/flamingogardens.org"><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(4, 51, 255); color: #0433ff;">www.facebook.com/flamingogardens.org</span></a> will get 4 free passes to Flamingo Gardens!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Flamingo Gardens is a 60 acre Botanical Garden and Everglade Wildlife Sanctuary. The Flamingo Gardens botanical gardens in Fort Lauderdale, (Davie) Florida, features over 3000 species of rare & exotic, tropical, subtropical, and native plants and trees. Flamingo Gardens wildlife sanctuary is home to the largest collection of Florida native wildlife including alligators, bobcats, eagles, otters, panthers, peacocks, and of course… flamingos!</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Flamingo Gardens is owned and operated by the Floyd L. Wray Memorial Foundation, Inc. which was established in 1969 by Mrs. Wray in honor of her late husband. Her wish to preserve the core property for future generations and emphasize the flora, fauna, and history of the Florida Everglades is the core of Flamingo Gardens' mission still today.</span></div>
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<b style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Back when I was still in Flamingo chick school, </b><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">my 3 favorite months were June, July, and August. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"></span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Summer vacation is something everyone loves, right?</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">When it comes to travel, the birds at Flamingo Gardens spend our summers right here at home, but I hear a lot of birds visit the Canary Islands.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Sharks, of course, enjoy Finland.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">And goldfish go ‘round (and ‘round) the globe. ba-dup-bump!</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">1. You can be lazy if you want… just ask Anne Marie, our newest Florida Panther</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And hey, folks, newsflash: It’s FLORIDA. Come September, the weather is still going to be great, the days are still long and hot, but it’s going to be way cooooler under our green canopy high on this hardwood hammock. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">And September means your chance to do it all, as we birds like to say, on the cheep! It’s time for $7 Saturdays in September! September 3, 10, 17, and 24, 2016 admission is only $7 for both adults and children! Plus $7 specials in the gift shop, and $7 combo meals at the Flamingo Cafe, Garden Grill, and Tropical Marketplace. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><b>Some people call it July Fourth, </b>others the Fourth of July. Some fancy folks call it Independence Day, while most British people don’t call it anything special at all. But whatever you call it, the day between July 3</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 9.3px; line-height: normal;"><sup>rd</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> and July 5</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 9.3px; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> is always a lot of fun here at Flamingo Gardens—and we like to get festive with our Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration. </span></div>
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<a name='more'></a><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">This year, there were watermelon and pie eating contests, sack races, spoon races, and lots of tunes from days gone by to help remind folks that Flamingo Gardens has been doing this a long time.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">We've been hosting picnics and barbeques since our founding as a citrus grove and botanical garden way back in 1927. Get a load of this Flamingo Gardens BBQ picnic from the 1930s.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> Love those classic threads!</span></div>
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A. There's a lot at STEAK here!<br />
B. Why are you all up in my GRILL?<br />
C. Dear, use your napkin.<br />
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Now, flamingos are famously NOT complainers, but I got to say that there is one thing that gets a little annoying on July 4</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 9.3px; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> and it’s those birds that never need a comb-- Abe & Liberty, the resident Bald Eagles. They strut around from dawn to dusk acting like it’s their day or something. </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">Very serious birds.</span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;"> </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: initial;">As Liberty says, “There are no knock-knock jokes about Bald Eagles, because FREEDOM… RINGS!”</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Anne Marie is a female Florida panther—and one look lets you know that the Sunshine State did good back in 1982 by naming these beautiful creatures the official state animal. Florida panthers are still on the endangered species list, and we’re glad Anne Marie has found a home here in our naturalistic sanctuary—Flamingo Gardens only hosts permanently injured big cats which could not otherwise survive in the wild.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Anne Marie has been occupying her habitat alone to allow her to get used to it. It won’t be long, however, until she’ll be joined by our 2 male Florida panthers, Bubba and Osceola. We’ll be monitoring everything in the hopes that everyone gets along.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">Here’s a little trivia—Florida panthers lack the ability to roar. Instead, they make distinctive sounds like chirps, growls, hisses, purrs, and whistles. And once those boy cats get a load of Anne Marie, it’s entirely within the realm of possibility that you’ll be hearing authentic Florida Panther whistles real soon. </span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">We’re sorry if you missed the Old Fashioned Fourth of July, but you’re welcome to stop by anytime! Another good time is Wet & Wild Weekend, July 16</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 9.3px; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none;"> and 17</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 9.3px; line-height: normal;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none;">. Cool your jets with 20 foot waterslides and water games, and it’s a HALF-PRICE WEEKEND! Bring the kids—it won’t be too long until they’re back in school. You’ll have your sanity back, but then everything will be just too darn quiet.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">This is MC Flamingo, signing off for Flamingo Gardens as always with impeccable timing and some skillful rhyming:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">There’s a Florida panther named Anne Marie,</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">At Flamingo Gardens-- you got to see.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">She’s a beautiful cat, in her habitat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">With a stately walk like an aristocrat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-kerning: none;">So welcome Anne Marie, to your brand new home.</span></div>
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MC Flamingo is an author, explorer, poet, rapper, entertainer, emcee and all around celebrity among birds. MC, or just M as his friends call him, spends his days skimming for algae at Flamingo Pond and posing for the lady 'mingos. At night he composes and writes about his experiences.</div>
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Keith Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07404137603874438316noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8646043084500007403.post-11152259912175142702016-01-24T15:47:00.000-05:002017-04-19T15:15:47.015-04:00Establishing A Wildflower Garden in South FloridaA wildflower garden can be gratifying endeavor for gardeners that prefer an informal or "cottage garden" look, but growing one can be challenging in South Florida. Wildflowers commonly purchased at the big-box retailers act more like annuals here and often die out quickly in our hot and humid summers; that's usually because they're not suited for our area. The solution can be in selecting Florida native wildflowers that can withstand our local climate.<br />
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The <a href="http://flawildflowers.org/" target="_blank">Florida Wildflower Foundation</a> defines “Florida native wildflower” as “any flowering herbaceous species that grew wild within the state’s natural ecosystems in the 1560s when Florida’s first botanical records were created.”<br />
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Wildflowers have long held great significance in Florida. When Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted land in the new world in 1513, he dubbed it La Florida - “land of flowers”. Florida’s indigenous people and early settlers used wildflowers for food and medicinal purposes.<br />
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Wildflowers are critical to Florida crop production and agriculture as they serve as food and protection for pollinators like birds and bees as well as for native wildlife.<br />
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Native wildflowers are good for the environment as well. They have adapted to local conditions and are more resistant to pest problems, thereby reducing the need for harmful pesticides and helping to reduce harmful toxic runoff. Landscaping with native wildflowers can also eliminate the need for lawn equipment, thereby helping reduce emissions of air pollutants and helping to improve air quality. Most native wildflowers are drought tolerant and have little need for irrigation, reducing water usage as well.<br />
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Not all Florida native wildflowers will grow well here in South Florida. Your best option is to find a local nursery that specializes in native plants to find species that grow well in the southern part of the state. These are a just a few of the plants that have performed well at <a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org/" target="_blank">Flamingo Gardens</a> in our Florida Wildflower Garden:<br />
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<i>Rudbeckia hirta</i> is commonly known as <b>Black-eyed Susan </b>or Coneflowers. It is found throughout Florida, but the variety <i>Rudbeckia hirta var. floridan</i> is endemic to Central and South Florida. It is a perennial that grows 12-24” tall with deep yellow ray flowers with dark brown spherical centers. It blooms spring through fall, and after flowering and seed maturation, the plants die. Black-eyed Susan is an important component in erosion control and offers protection and food to several song and game birds. It is an excellent source of nectar for butterflies and a larval host to some moths.<br />
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<i>Gaillardia pulchella,</i> also known as <b>Blanketflower</b>, Firewheel, or Indian Blanket, occurs throughout Florida coastal areas. It is an annual or short-lived perennial that grows 12-18” tall in natural conditions. In a garden it may grow twice the size. It’s bright colored flowers, drought tolerance, and long blooming season make it a popular garden plant. Flowers can vary greatly, but are typically bi-colored with inner bands of red surrounded by a yellow outer band. It’s grayish green leaves are linear or lance shaped and quite hairy. Blanketflowers are excellent nectar plants for butterflies and other pollinators. It is an aggressive re-seeder, especially in loamy soils, and its tough demeanor makes it an ideal plant for erosion control in sandy, sunny spots where little else grows.</div>
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<i>Solidago sempervirens</i>, <b>Seaside Goldenrod</b>, is the most commercially available of the four native Goldenrods of Florida. Its showy masses of golden-yellow tubular blooms are commonly found on dunes, brackish marshes and sandy soils along the coast. Its 4’-6’ tall stems bloom from spring through fall here in South Florida. Goldenrod is an excellent nectar plant for butterflies and other pollinators, and attracts birds in search of insects. </div>
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<i>Salvia coccinea,</i> Scarlet Salvia, <b>Red Salvia,</b> or Tropical Sage, is the most commonly available of the three native Salvias found in Florida, and is found throughout the state with the exception of the Keys. Despite the common name of Red or Scarlet Salvia, cultivars also come pink, white, and bicolor. It is a short lived perennial that blooms throughout the year in South Florida and reaches 18 to 36 inches high. Salvia is a great nectar source and attractant for butterflies and hummingbirds, as well as other pollinators. </div>
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<i>Monarda punctacta</i>, better known as <b>Spotted Beebalm</b> or Spotted Horsemint, is a bushy perennial found in dry sandy soils along roadsides and in open pine flat woods. The flowers grow to 3’ and are creamy white to yellow with purple spots, with showy bracts of lavender to cream. Its lance-shaped leaves are scented like oregano or thyme.Beebalm is perhaps the best Florida wildflower for attracting a wide variety of pollinators. Its showy blooms attract a great many species of butterflies, many native bee species, as well as hummingbirds. </div>
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<i>Coreopsis</i>, is the State Wildflower of Florida and refers to all eleven species native to Florida. <i>Coreopsis leavenworthii</i>, also known as Leavenworth’s Coreopsis, or <b>Tickseed,</b> is the most common species and is found throughout Florida, especially along roadsides, pine flatwoods, and prairies. It is an annual to short-lived perennial. Its daisy-like flowers are bright yellow with a dark brown center held upright upon tall, leafless stems. Coreopsis is a great nectar plant for butterflies and other pollinators.</div>
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<i>Helianthus debilis</i>, or <b>Dune Sunflower,</b> is a low-growing, native- a tender herbaceous perennial forb in southern Florida and a reseeding annual throughout central Florida. Sand dune stabilization, wind erosion protection, and beach beautification are the principle conservation uses of the beach sunflower. Specimens produce a wonderful floral display and attract the attention of butterflies and other pollinators, including bees. It is a nectar source for many of these insects.The plant’s tight canopy affords protection to a wide range of small wildlife: insects, lizards, and even small birds.The seed of the dune sunflower also provides food for wildlife.</div>
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To see these and other Florida native wildflowers, visit the Florida Wildflower Garden at Flamingo Gardens, 3750 S Flamingo Rd, in Davie FL. The Florida Wildflower Garden is sponsored by Flamingo Gardens and the State of Florida and the <a href="http://flawildflowers.org/" target="_blank">Florida Wildflower Foundation.</a> More information may be found at <a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org/">www.FlamingoGardens.org</a>.</div>
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Hummingbirds have a fast metabolism and their flight patterns and habits require the use of a lot of energy. They need a constant supply of food, so one of the primary ways in which gardeners are successful in attracting them is by providing nectar. The hummingbirds gravitates toward a garden filled with vibrant red and orange colored flowers. The best flowers for attracting hummingbirds often have tubular or trumpet-shaped flowers and a long blooming season. The firebush, firecracker plant, coral honeysuckle, snapdragon and Mexican sunflower are excellent choices. </div>
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Regardless of which varieties of flowers a homeowner selects for a backyard hummingbird garden, it is important to consider when the flowers will bloom. Ensure that nectar is available to the birds whenever they visit. A gardener who fails to do this will often discover that the birds have left the property and may not return. The most successful garden selection includes varieties of both annuals and perennials which have different growing periods. This will help to ensure steady blossoms from spring to fall and possibly even a year-round nectar source. </div>
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When planting a hummingbird garden, it is important to not only offer vibrant colors and tasty nectars, but to create a habitat that offers shade, shelter and security. A tiered garden created by incorporating dwarf trees, flowering bushes and herbs offers hummingbirds places to rest in flight, take shelter from predators and build their nests.</div>
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If a yard is small, an existing larger oak tree, trellis, shed, covered deck or other structure can be used to support hanging vines. Pots and window boxes also offer additional places to plant flowering varieties, creating the tiered effect that hummingbirds prefer. Whatever varieties a garden offers, it is always important to carefully consider the distance between plants to allow enough room for their growth and the flight patterns of visiting hummingbirds.</div>
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For gardeners who hope to encourage visiting hummingbirds to nest in their yard, adding fuzzy plants often helps. The soft plant fibers of pussy willows, cinnamon ferns and catkin-bearing trees are a preferred material for nest lining for hummingbirds because of the soft and supple qualities that the blooms of these plants offer. Moss and lichen that grow naturally on trees should not be removed in a hummingbird garden, as they are important materials used to camouflage nests, eggs and baby birds. </div>
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When maintaining a hummingbird habitat, it is important to remember that this species of bird is somewhat fragile, and they benefit greatly from organic gardening practices. The use of pesticides and insecticides near hummingbirds exposes them to potentially deadly toxins and eliminates an important part of their diet, the spiders and small insects that they feed on for protein. </div>
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Simple organic solutions for controlling damaging pests in a garden include starting with healthy plants, controlling the saturation of soil, hosing off the leaves, hand picking aphids from bushes and pruning dead leaves and decaying plant life. It is also a good idea to research the soil in an area in advance of starting a garden to ensure proper pH levels and composition for the flowers being planted there. Use organic fertilizer or compost to supplement, as appropriate.</div>
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Hummingbirds are beautiful, exotic creatures that enhance gardens. They also play a vital role in supporting native plant life by acting as pollinators. Attracting them requires patience and persistence, but once a hummingbird finds your garden, they will often return frequently and provide immense enjoyment for the entire family. </div>
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If you are searching for ideas for your own hummingbird backyard oasis or simply want to visit these beautiful birds and enjoy watching them in flight, we welcome you to view our botanical collection at Flamingo Gardens. Our seasonal visitors include several different species of hummingbirds including the majestic Ruby Throat Hummingbird. </div>
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Our gardens include over 3,000 species of beautiful wildflowers, flowering plants, trees and bushes in a serene setting, perfect for the entire family to enjoy. Spend a day with us to learn more about the hummingbird and many of Florida's other amazing native wildlife and plant life. You are certain to gain a new appreciation for these amazing creatures and leave feeling inspired to create your own hummingbird backyard habitat. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "helvetica";">Jonathan Leger is a sponsored member of the Garden Writer's Association and a gardening enthusiast. He runs a small site dedicated to the history, education and care of a variety of roses at </span><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(2, 30, 170); color: #021eaa;"><a href="http://cabbageroses.net/">http://cabbageroses.net</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">He bought 320 acres inexpensively in the drained Everglades west of Davie from Frank and Mittie Chaplin. Flamingo Groves was incorporated in January of 1927. Floyd L. Wray was President, Frank Stirling Vice President, and Jane Wray was Secretary-Treasurer. With the help of <span style="color: black;">Frank Stirling, a member of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Florida State Plant Board, a bare field soon became citrus as far as the eye could see. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Not a pretty picture. This is what the plowed land surrounding the oak hammock looked like in 1927. The area was already drained by canals built in 1906 by Florida Governor Napoleon Bonaparte Broward. The soil was rich and, with time, a lush grove of citrus would replace the bare landscape.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">To raise funds during the depression, Wray offered 5-acre parcels for sale with a five-year contract. Flamingo Groves would care for the trees. After five years, buyers had the option to return the land at a previously specified price or receive the profits for sale of the fruit. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Today, unfortunately, there are few citrus trees left anywhere in Broward County, due to hurricanes, and rapidly spreading diseases like canker and citrus greening. <a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org/">Flamingo Gardens</a> today has a few citrus trees, but most have been replaced by mangos and other varieties of fruit. </span></div>
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UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 2 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="69" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Medium Grid 3 Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="70" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Dark List Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="71" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Shading Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="72" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful List Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="73" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" Name="Colorful Grid Accent 6"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="19" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Emphasis"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="21" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Emphasis"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="31" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Subtle Reference"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="32" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Intense Reference"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="33" SemiHidden="false" UnhideWhenUsed="false" QFormat="true" Name="Book Title"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="37" Name="Bibliography"/> <w:LsdException Locked="false" Priority="39" QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles></xml><![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;">Floyd L. and Jane Wray, the founders of Flamingo Gardens, were very social people. They often hosted parties for friends, business associates, civic and church groups at Flamingo Groves. Food was prepared in the outside kitchen with its huge fireplace. Guests dressed up for the occasion. Most men wore suits and ties but removed their jackets in the heat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Floyd, wearing an apron, is at the top right in front of the outdoor kitchen. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">His hand is on Jane’s shoulder (seated).</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jane was ready, whether there were 25 or 200 guests. Just in case you ever need 5 gallons of barbecue sauce, here is her recipe along with some 1960s grocery prices and shopping list notes for 25, 60 and 200 people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Who did all the cooking? Everyone pitched in. Floyd barbecued wearing his apron, and even the guests were invited help with the cooking.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">1932 barbecue at Flamingo Groves </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">When Wray was Chairman of Port Everglades in the early 1930s, the local Propeller Club cadets and their New York guests were treated to a barbecue at Flamingo Groves.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The party for the Wrays' 25<sup>th</sup> Anniversary, on September 1, 1935, was a huge celebration and major social event in South Florida. More than 300 friends stopped by during reception hours at their Hollywood home, and articles appeared in the local papers. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's a good thing Jane had a guest book ready for visitors to sign. The guest book for the Wrays' anniversary contains signatures and good wishes, telegrams, letters, and cards from around the country, along with news clippings, so we have them to share today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Their anniversary even became the subject of a popular syndicated newspaper column. </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Over the years, there have been countless parties, events, and receptions at Flamingo Gardens, too. Today Flamingo Gardens hosts an annual recognition luncheon to honor its dedicated volunteers, has special openings for new exhibits, dining under the stars at the annual fundraising Gala in the Gardens and many, many other annual events to enjoy throughout the year. For more information, see Events at <a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org/" target="_blank">flamingogardens.org</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">You can make arrangements to celebrate almost any special occasion at Flamingo Gardens including birthday parties, weddings, and family reunions to name just a few. And, it is a splendid location for corporate events, celebrations, and meetings. See Rentals at </span><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org/" target="_blank">flamingogardens.org</a><span style="font-size: x-small;"> for more information.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The short answer is that Floyd L. and Jane Wray bought </span><span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 16px;">320 acres in the Everglades</span><span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12pt;"> for just under $5 an acre in 1927, incorporated as Flamingo Groves, and planted 40 acres of citrus orchard. In 1969, upon Jane Wray's death, 60 acres of the property was preserved and became Flamingo Gardens.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">It all begins 10,000 to 14,000 years ago, Paleo-indians lived here in South Florida, probably with mammoths and bison. Cypress swamps and hardwood hammocks appeared about 5,000 years ago. An archeological dig less than a mile west of Flamingo Gardens on Long Key shows civilization 3,000 years ago. The Tequesta lived here in the southeast. When the Spanish explorers came in 1510, they found Seminoles living and growing crops on this land. As time went on, the Seminoles and Miccosukees agreed to move to areas that were set aside for preservation of the environment and to use as a safe haven in which to maintain their customs and traditions. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Wrays were newcomers when they moved here from the Midwest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They bought property in the Everglades from Frank and Mittie Chaplin and started a citrus grove.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s easy to see in that photo that there wasn’t much here when the first tree was planted on February 22, 1927. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Jane said, “There was no road within four miles.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Roads had to be built, ditches dug, drainage provided.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no water, electricity, telephones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The only toilets were outdoors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was no Road 84.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What a thrill to sink our first plow; to plant our first tree!”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That first year, they planted 40 acres of summer oranges.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">In 1928, Wray began planting the botanical garden with exotic plants and seeds provided by the government “so that our guests might realize the beauties of this tropical section of South Florida and to further emphasize the wonderful climate.” </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Construction began on Flamingo Road in 1929.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the early 1930s, there were oranges to sell and ship.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As the first elected Chairman of Port Everglades, Wray acquired federal funds to widen the entrance and deepen the basin at the port to allow large freighters and cruise ships to dock at Fort Lauderdale instead of Miami for the first time, and allow convenient shipping of fruit to the north.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The gardens at Flamingo Groves were open to visitors 12 months a year.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>An early newspaper ad read, “A Cordial Invitation is Extended to Guests and Citizens of Fort Lauderdale to visit Flamingo Groves, Southern Florida’s Newest and Largest Orange Grove Development.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There was a small sightseeing tram ride with a talk about citrus, the groves, and the Everglades, a pond with 12 flamingos, free-roaming peafowl, the prized botanical collection, and of course, a fruit stand. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Mr. Wray passed away in 1959; Mrs. Wray in 1969. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her will endowed the Floyd L. Wray Memorial Foundation to honor her husband and preserve 60-acres, including the beautiful botanical gardens, to share with the public.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It's greater purpose was to <span style="layout-grid-mode: line;">teach awareness of the beauty and bounty of the Everglades. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Today Flamingo Gardens is an enduring gift from the Wrays, and a living museum of Florida’s past, a refuge to endangered and injured wildlife, as well as a haven for native and migrating species.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Schoolchildren of all ages arrive daily during the week on field trips, and guests visit from around the world to enjoy the legacy left them by the Wrays and to learn more about the Everglades, environment, animals and history of the area. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;">By the way, if you have old photos of Flamingo Gardens or Flamingo Groves in digital form to share, please email them to flamingoelk@hotmail.com</span><span style="font-family: "windsord"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> along with the dates and your recollections.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Call the Flamingo Gardens at 954-473-2955 if you have photos that you can bring to be scanned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We would love to add them to our archives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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On a family trip to <a href="http://www.flamingogardens.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Flamingo Gardens</span></a>, my toddler was absolutely delighted by their butterflies. They have a spectacular array of species fluttering around. Pat Birdsong, Volunteer Coordinator, beautifully captured this malachite on the <span style="color: blue;"><a href="https://pickmeyard.wordpress.com/tag/tropical-rose-hydrangea/"><span style="color: blue;">Seminole dombeya</span></a>,</span> also referred to as the Florida hydrangea or tropical rose hydrangea.<br />
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Gardening has been a long time hobby of mine. As a young girl, my older sister and I would grow veggies and flowers in our backyard. My dream has always been to one day do the same with my own children. Now that my daughter really enjoys the outdoors, it couldn't be a better time to start a vegetable and butterfly garden. Ultimately, we would be cooking and eating healthier (another one of my hobbies, making <a href="http://sarahsprimalkitchen.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Paleo recipe's</span></a>), be more active, and maybe even enjoy a few butterfly sitings.<br />
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My latest gardening attempts were reserved to small containers on a balcony (since I lived on a second floor apartment). Before you knew it, with just a few flowers and herbs, butterflies were visiting. I once found a caterpillar feasting on my herbs! Somehow, I had unintentionally attracted these beautiful creatures, a pleasant surprise indeed.<br />
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Butterflies can sometimes wander away from flowers, and caterpillars may find their way into your edible garden. First, I'd be sure to place your butterfly garden as far from your vegetable garden as possible. If you do find a caterpillar away from it's home, you can hand pick and place it back on a host plant. After all, it's a small price to pay and very few species are considered serious <a href="http://www.birdsandblooms.com/gardening/garden-bugs/controlling-caterpillars-garden-insect-pests/"><span style="color: blue;">garden pests</span></a>.<br />
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Actually certain butterflies are finding it increasingly difficult to find their habitat. The <a href="http://monarchjointventure.org/"><span style="color: blue;">Monarch Joint Venture</span></a>, encourages gardeners to create a habitat for the monarchs and their caterpillars. They were first listed as an endangered species in 1983. In 2010, the World Wildlife Fund included the monarch in the "Top 10 To Watch" list of species that needed to still be closely monitored and protected for their survival. Even a small home garden can make a difference.<br />
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This monarch caterpillar is feeding on the milkweed plant. It is a necessity for their survival as they eat large amounts of the leaves. Planting milkweed in your garden will not only attract the monarch but help them thrive.<br />
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Fall is an agreeable time to get outdoors and start planting in South Florida. I hope you have been inspired to do so as well. Let's enjoy nature, every bit of it. From the birds and the bees, to the butterflies and even the creepy crawlers.<br />
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<a href="http://www.floridaplants.com/Reprints/butterfly.pdf"><span style="color: blue;">Here</span></a> is a helpful site that will get any butterfly garden in Florida on it's way. Complete with butterfly species and larval food preferences.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilL_8rcA0hFwTItT6vebI1Bo7xr0gx-XEr3e9HtIHFF-91F-ctxun9koWEj5PUehunGsmslj1PgN7lEsqUNDK4INR698o6L2FXVWPkdZB12jTmkpcyCj2jcc4dXM5W5JF7f9OSgTmcAD8/s1600/10369148_10152261042131423_7342855911845358485_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilL_8rcA0hFwTItT6vebI1Bo7xr0gx-XEr3e9HtIHFF-91F-ctxun9koWEj5PUehunGsmslj1PgN7lEsqUNDK4INR698o6L2FXVWPkdZB12jTmkpcyCj2jcc4dXM5W5JF7f9OSgTmcAD8/s1600/10369148_10152261042131423_7342855911845358485_n.jpg" width="240" /></a>With the help of my husband and one friendly neighbor, we built two, 8ft. x 4ft. <a href="http://onelittleproject.com/how-to-make-a-garden-box/"><span style="color: blue;">raised garden beds</span></a> to start my edible home garden. I placed them near the kitchen window so I can see what's ripe for the pickin' while I'm preparing a meal. </div>
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