Danita and I headed to the State Botanical Garden of Georgia today to see what was blooming.

Visitors coming from the parking area pass through a nicely done entrance area which includes the fountain seen in the photo above.

Spring has already begun in this part of the country, which means stuff is blooming. We passed by a large bucket full of flowers at the Visitor Center entrance.

Tulips and daffodils line the entrance to the Visitor Center.

More tulips and daffodils.

The photo above is of another fountain at the entrance to the Visitor Center. This fountain is called the Water Garden and features native freshwater plants.

The inside of the Visitor Center is full of individual gardens, and is referred to as the Tropical Conservatory.

Visitors are, essentially, walking into a large greenhouse.

The lower level of the center features a short landscaped indoor path.

We hit the indoor path first passing by a display of orchids.

There were many varieties of orchids on display.

We continued following the indoor path past an area filled with tropical plants.

Passing by the area of tropical fruits.

Macadamia Nut tree.

Macadamia Nut tree.

Passing through the tropical fruits.

The area seen in the photo above contained tropical ornamental plants.

Passing through the tropical ornamental plants area.

Manila Palm tree.

Manila Palm tree.

More tropical ornamental plants.

More tropical ornamental plants.

I couldn't help but notice an interesting looking plant suspended from the ceiling.

Zooming in on the plant's tag told me it was a Staghorn Fern.

I've never heard of a Staghorn Fern.

Zimbabwe Creeper.

A giant Zimbabwe Creeper also suspended from the ceiling.

We headed to the upper level of the Visitor Center to check out the Staghorn Fern.

Staghorn Fern.

This Staghorn Fern was quite large.

More information on the Staghorn Fern.

Checking out the Staghorn Fern.

The photo above gives a better impression of just how large the Staghorn Fern was.

The upper level offered a good view of the tropical flowers below.

The plant in the center of the photo above is a hybrid orchid Degarmoara Memoria Jay Yamada.

Degarmoara Memoria Jay Yamada orchid.

Degarmoara Memoria Jay Yamada orchid.

A Papaya tree.

The photos above and below are of a very large Papaya tree. I took the photos from the upper level of the Visitor Center, meaning the tree stretches from the floor below me to the roof of the building.

Zooming in on a Papaya tree.

Zooming in on a Papaya tree.

I kept snapping photos of the tropical plants below me from the upper level.

The one thing I forgot to do is take pictures of the tags for some of the plants I was seeing.

The photos above and below zoom in on some kind of tropical plant. But I don't know what it is.

Zooming in on the tropical plants.

Zooming in on the tropical plants.

We headed outside to check out the various gardens. A Blue Atlas Cedar evergreen sat outside of the door.

It looks like this Atlas Blue Cedar evergreen was planted recently.