yes, that was graphic enough for me!

I can take it in still shots, but not in motion.

where's our ewwww icon??

Here are a few that are a little nicer to view. I don't know enough about Fl. wildflowers to know what they all are or whether they are much wanted wildflower or noxious invasive but they are all pretty.
Big Lantana bushes much bigger than the annuals I grow at home.

Pretty sure this is Castor Bean, looks just like mine but it isn't red like mine is.

Blanket Flowers

Lanceleaf Arrowhead

NOID

wow, beautiful! Wish I could take that lantana home with me!

Some of those Lantana were 2-3 ft tall.

Great pictures Holly Ann. I am thrilled when I walk around the yard and find lantanas and beautyberries which grow wild in FL, along with some other plants. I am so glad you got to see the spoonbills and enjoyed Black Point. We make at least one trip down there each time we are in FL and have never been disappointed. Perhaps that was "George" that you saw feasting on what looked like an inhinga.

wow!

I though it might be an inhinga pretty big and dark.

So we were told that it is Manatee mating season and these guy were really getting frisky.
We found these two in a secluded little nook. Hard to tell exactly what is what but there was a whole lot of splashing going on.

This big guy was looking pretty lonely

We decided to give them a little privacy and we moved on to another area. Much to our surprise there was a regular orgy going on. One little lady was leading a couple of boys around the pond while there was a lot of tail flipping going on in another part of the pond.

On the other hand I found this lonely little (not so little) guy Fl. Softshell hanging by the road, I was very surprised to see him out of the water and wondered if maybe he couldn't find a mate in his own pond and was looking farther afield.

Too funny, Holly!

Great critters!

And Holly, I grow my lantana in a clay pot on the deck, which I bring in to a south window for winter and it BLOOMS inside.

Great pictures, Holly!

Bonsai growers actually train lantana like a tree. They're gorgeous when in bloom.

Oh I bet they are!

ssgardener said:Great pictures, Holly!

Bonsai growers actually train lantana like a tree. They're gorgeous when in bloom.

Would love to see that!

I just googled lantana bonsai and there are many pictures. What a cool thing!

wow, the blossoms look like ornaments hanging from the branches!

OMG - some of them have "trunks" so thick they must have been passed down from generations!!!
MARVELOUS!!!!

WOW that is impressive. Mine be a fun thing to try.