Seen in the tropical house, Wintegardens, Auckland Museum. Image: Su Leslie, 2016
The blossoming of a single magnolia flower and the sporadic hibiscus blooms in my garden have lulled me into a false sense of flower security. So when I visited the Auckland Wintergardens looking for a floral fix, I was disappointed so few plants were flowering. Instead my eye was drawn to the variagated foliage of plants in the Tropical House.
They don’t offer the botanical ‘bling’ of flowers; definitely a restrained beauty that I should learn to appreciate more.
Seen in tropical house, Wintergardens, Auckland Museum. Image: Su Leslie, 2016
Written for Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge at Lens and Pens by Sally.
Zimmerbitch 
The variegated leaves can be very pretty, Su.
Leslie
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The patterns on these leaves are indeed very beautiful, despite the lack of flowers.
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As the last image (especially) shows foliage can intoxicate too. Sometime we miss the beauty of a leaf, because we are fixated on a flower. Happy Photo Challenge.
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Love that peep of light on the last shot, Su. Not all beauty is obvious.
janet
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Lovelyln
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Sorry Lovely
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🙂
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It’s a beautiful leaf patterns
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