Giant bromeliads are blooming at the UC Berkley Botanical Gardens (“the only botanical garden in the world with a view of the Golden Gate Bridge.”)

What looks like spikes sticking out are actually sterile flower spikes which serve as bird perches.  The birds drink the rich and abundant nectar in the flowers.

Very cool.

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