As I am away, you can walk through the Mount Congreve gardens all by yourself. These pictures were taken in early September.

Ancient tree with an ancient Hoof fungus on it.

It is what a Rhododendron leaf looks like after a year on the forest floor.

These steps take you under the thick canopy where the sun doesn’t shine and some mysterious, alien-looking things are growing.

Strikingly beautiful plant with scarlet leaves is literally glowing in the dark. It is a Bromelia with a beautiful name Fascicularia bicolor.

The ‘thing’ in the middle is the flower itself, or rather, a flower head which consists of many small flowers.

Another alien thing. You will love the name – White Elfin Saddle.

Well, this is too much of scary :). I advise you to click on the picture to enlarge it. It looks like this Hoof mushroom has lips!

I think you have to get out of this dark corner ASAP.

Hope this walk was not boring. Next week you will walk through the rest of the garden.

 Have a wonderful weekend!