Today in Siva’s Garden

Enter Siva’s Garden

The garden changes day to day, hour to hour, it is never the same. Walk along the paths today and it won’t be like it was last month. This is the garden now, October 12, 2024. Did you know that plants can communicate with each other and with insects through chemical signals. When under attack by pests, some plants release volatile organic compounds into the air. These signals can warn neighboring plants to preemptively strengthen their own defenses and can also attract the predators of the pests attacking them, effectively calling for backup. And there is this: Some plants exhibit incredible adaptability to extreme environments. For instance, Welwitschia mirabilis, found in the Namib Desert, survives with only the moisture from fog and dew; it can live for over a thousand years in one of the harshest environments on Earth.

The Sugar Palm seeds are about 3/4″ long and a most delightful purple/green gradient

Each one a palm tree of the future.

Birds are drawn to the dark purple “seeds” and in the process brush up against the orange flower structure and pollinate the flowers.

False Fruit Tree, such architectural structure.

Grammataphyllum scriptum “Citronum” on the way to Iraivan Temple on a palm tree

This hydechium is blooming for the first time in 7 years!
Over by Gurudeva’s murti on the Path of the Saiva Satgurus.

Queen’s Wreath or Sandpaper Vine in lush bloom

The flowers are so dense. No wonder it is named Petrea volubus.