Jardins des Serres d'Auteuil

Yesterday was the second time I went to this park.  The first time was last year, at the height of summer. Not the best idea when it comes to spending an afternoon visiting greenhouses... but yesterday it was the perfect place to be.  It's free, hot, empty of tourists, and gorgeous.  Too bad we didn't bring a flask of tea to drink while admiring these many species of flora, some of which come from Brasil and yet I had to come all the way here to see... 

The first greenhouse we saw was of plants from the deserts in North America; Mexico, Arizona, Texas.  I never saw so many cactii together!

This has been cruelly dubbed "Mother-in-law cushion"

Hibiscus

In this "tropiclimate" greenhouse, there are ponds with rather large, colourful, fish, too. My camera's not good enough to do it justice, however...

Bonus Fauna