11 July 2012

CLOUD FOREST PART 2

This is the well-known Mulan (木兰) or Magnolia flower. Although the trees look straggly, the fragrant flowers particularly the pink ones, which resemble the lotus, completely overshadow the entire tree.

From inside the mountain, some of the arches were planted with numerous pendulous Lycopodium to soften the hard edges and frame the openings.