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Curcuma 'Sparkling' is one of our favorite summer bulbs for Florida. We may not grow tulips and daffodils, but these beauties are wonderful! #florida #bulbs #bulbchat #plants
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Butterfly chrysalis of all shapes and sizes! Our Butterfly Garden features a "Chrysalis Box" where you can see these developing. #beauty #butterfly #pollinators
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Afternoon rains are plumping up the resurrection ferns! These plants have amazing survival techniques to handle dry conditions. Once the rains return, however, they are the first thing to the green! #leugardens #plants #nature
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Acerola is a small edible fruit tree. The fruit, about the size of a cherry, contain the highest concentration of vitamin C among any fruit. #edible #leugardens #nature
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Spend your Friday afternoon with us! Pokemon players will love the lures we are dropping from 3-5 pm today at our 25 stops in the gardens!! #leugardens #pokemongo #catchemall
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You never know what you will find walking through @leugardens! This Florida Box Turtle didn't seem too concerned about the intrusion! #leugardens #loveOrlando #turtle #nature
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We are dropping lures at Leu Gardens until noon! There are 25 stops within the Gardens' boundary! #leugardens #pokemongo
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These Sunrosas don't seem to mind the daily rains and humidity at all!
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Look who we found! Caterpi the caterpillar seems right at home at Leu Gardens! There are 25 stops and 3 gyms here so bring your device... and look around once and a while to enjoy the beautiful gardens too. #catchemall #pokemongo #leugardens
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New gomphrena flowers add a cool splash of pink to the gardens. #leugardens #flower
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Flower beds don't have to only be flowers! These 'Sedona Sun' ornamental peppers are a stealing the show right now in our "flower trials."
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Philodendron 'Prince of Orange' adds color to shady areas. New leaves emerge a deep orange and slowly fade to green. #learning #leugardens
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For a moment this dragonfly stops to rest on the top of a large bromeliad flower. #nature #beauty #leugardens #bromeliad
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Celebrate Independence Day by visiting beautiful Leu Gardens! We are open today from 9 am until 5 pm.
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Bat Flowers are these amazing, out of this world-type of flowers! Their unusual form means you just HAVE to take a picture whenever you see them! #leugardens #flower #florida
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It might look fierce, but this Gulf Fritillary means no harm! Native #butterfly happy to munch on passionflower vine in the gardens. #leugardens #pollinators #plants
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With the 4th of July just around the corner we start looking for plants that look like fireworks! Do you have any favorites? Show us with #fireworksflowers
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An Eastern Tiger Swallowtail visits the gardens for the afternoon. Zinnias, like the pink ones here, area favorite of butterflies. #leugardens #butterfly #pollinators
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This weekend is a great time to stop by Orlando's Leu Gardens! #loveOrlando #beauty
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swaying in the breeze, this Dancing Lady Ginger doesn't mind the heat a bit. #ginger #leugardens #plants
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It's national pollinators week! We love seeing bees, like this one, visiting the flowering basil. #pollinators #bees #leugardens
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Hibiscus schizopetalus shows off the delicate, fine petals of this species. "Schizo" means serrated and "petalus" for petals makes sense of the name for "serrated petals". #learning #plants #leugardens
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This early morning bee is heading directly for a closing Cereus vine flower. This night-blooming vine climbs palms and trees, opening these huge flowers in early summer. #plants #plantchat #vines #leugardens
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This pink pineapple is glowing under the cloudy weather! Such a pretty color. #learning #leugardens
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It's a beautiful day at @leugardens! #nofilter #sunflower #bees
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The 'Blue Glitter' Eryngium are catching some early morning sun after last night's heavy rains. #leugardens
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This wild looking flower is a Voodoo Lily, Amorphophallus paeoniifolius. Worth the wait! #plantgeek #plantchat #bulbs
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Hibiscus 'Fire and Ice' bears this amazing colorful foliage. With leaves like this, flowers are just a bonus! #leugardens #flowers #plants
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Gardenias are in flower throughout Leu Gardens. These sweetly scented flowers are a staple of southern gardens and last well floating in a bowl of water. #leugardens #flowers #plants
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This Butterfly Bush, Senna bicapsularis, is literally buzzing with bees! #leugardens #butterfly #bees #pollinators