Richard collects driftwood mainly from the Keys and likes to

experiment with tints and imaginative arrangements. Some of them end as hanging items like the ones pictured below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Driftwood is also assembled as supports or pedestals to hold some plants or objects like the shiny globe below. In this bed, the composition shows three reddish Aechmeas from Bullis derived from Ae. ‘Patricia”. These are taller, with straight hard leaves and are expected to be named Ae. ‘Hacienda”.  Right, a wide based blooming Ae. Zebrina is propped against a tree.

Here, one is a work in progress with Cryptanthus on a tall piece of driftwood and another an innovative use of a fallen tree , a victim of hurricane Wilma.