
Species: Acacia farnesiana
Common name: Huisache
Family: Fabaceae
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Yellow fragrant flowers |

Species: Cereus
Family: Cactaceae
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Red seed pod |

Species: Opuntia
Family: Cactaceae
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Red fruit |

Species: Cassia wislenzii
Family: Fabaceae
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Yellow fragrant flowers |

Species: Opuntia microdasys
Family: Cactaceae
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Photo on the right shows the crested variation |
Species: Faucaria longidens
Common name: Tiger Jaws
Family: Aizoaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Yellow flowers |
Species: Cedrus deodara
Common name: Deodar Cedar
Family: Pinaceae
Region of Origin: Himalayas
Location in Garden: Lily Ponds
Notes: Male pollen cones are ripe and there is a carpet of pollen on the ground |

Species: Melaleuca quinquenervia
Common name: Cajeput, Paperbark Tree
Family: Myrtaceae
Location in Garden: Lily Ponds
Notes: White stamen flowers; the bark peels off in sheets |

Species: Cupressus cashmeriana
Common name: Kashmir Cypress
Family: Cupressaceae
Region of Origin: India (Kashmir)
Location in Garden: Lily Ponds
Notes: Photo on the left shows the tree in 1977; the photo on the right shows today's tree; soft gray-green foliage |
Species: Strelitzia reginae
Common name: Bird of Paradise
Family: Strelitziaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden
Notes: Orange flower |
Species: Strelitzia reginae
Common name: Bird of Paradise
Family: Strelitziaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden
Notes: Yellow flower |
Species: Aechmea aquilegia
Family: Bromeliaceae
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden
Notes: Red/yellow flowers |
Species: Aechmea fasciata
Family: Bromeliaceae
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden
Notes: Pink flowers |

Species: Monstera deliciosa
Common name: Swiss Cheese Plant
Family: Araceae
Region of Origin: Mexico
Location in Garden: Jungle Garden
Notes: Spathe (bract) and spadix (flower) |