During our trip to San Diego last month a friend recommended as a possible nursery visit. A quick look online wasn’t confidence building (what a horrid website) and I learned they were in the middle of moving locations. However we had time, and so we stopped by…
Burly men were loading plants in trucks (above), while large pots were grouped nearby waiting their turn.
I wondered if we hadn’t made a mistake and should just get back in the car and head on to the next stop.
But I do love wandering through a decrepit greenhouse, wondering what I might find.
Especially when (as I soon discovered) there were still a lot of plants!
Elegant Asplenium nidus…
And platycerium… (to call out a few)
The further in I went, the more things started to fall apart.
Wowsa!
I think these are Tillandsia secunda.
At some point Andrew and I crossed paths, after roaming on own for awhile. The former factory manager in him was horrified. How do they even know what they have here?
Check out that spore-laden pyrrosia…
Everything was covered in spore.
In a couple places the ceiling trusses were collapsing.
I actually did find someone to ask the price on a couple of things (a bromeliad and tillandsia), thinking maybe they’d cut a deal so they wouldn’t have to move the plants. Ha, no. The prices were higher than I expected, even at a nursery that wasn’t falling down around me. It was terribly fun to wander though, for that I am grateful.
