Tuberous begonia flowers have a kind of Victorian atmosphere about them. I think it’s their delicate layer upon layer of petals – in this case the colour of linen – and that they live in hot houses. The Palm House at Kew. Wardian cases. Tuberous begonias, along with aspidistras, orchids, carnivorous plants, and palms, help form the horticultural features in a steam punk world. Steam punk is an aesthetic movement dedicated to considering what our world look like if we’d retained Victorian design ideals – brass, leather, cogs, goggles, and fine craftsmanship. I love it. I don’t have any aspidistras, orchids, or palms any more, and I don’t grow tuberous begonias, but I do still have a nice young Nepenthes growing to welcome guests.
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What a gorgeous photo of the flower – the petals look like fabric, so soft I just want to touch them!
When you get to London we will have to do a trip to Kew gardens – they now have this cool sounding Sky Walk which is a path they have built around the treetops so you get a birds eye view of things (you have to take a lift to get to it!) and it weaves it’s way around the trees, very cool.