COOLED CONSERVATORIES

Rat Tail Cactus

It was quite a while since I visited the conservatories.

The Flower Dome has interesting plants such as Rat Tail Cactus and Grevillea while the Cloud Forest has mostly interesting orchid species and a number of interesting gesneriads.

a Grevillea

an orchid

close-up of the orchid

Kohleria

close-up of the flowers

Masdevallia pinocchio

FLOWER DOME - AUSTRALIA AND SOUTH AMERICA

After the Baobab Village are the Australian and South American gardens stops, although most of the plant photos shown here are from the former:

• Anigozanthos cultivar (Common Name: Kangaroo Paw; Family: Haemodoraceae)
• Callistemon (Common Name: Crimson Bottlebrush; Family: Myrtaceae)
• Xanthorrhoea australis (Common Name: Grass Tree; Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae)
• Jacobaea maritima (Synonym: Senecio cineraria, Senecio maritimus; Common Name: Silver Ragwort, Dusty Miller; Family: Asteraceae / Compositae)
• Nicotiana cultivar (Family: Solanaceae)
• Araucaria araucana (Common Name: Monkey Puzzle Tree; Family: Araucariaceae)
• Grevillea brevifolia graft (Common Name: Cobberas Grevillea; Family: Proteaceae) 

FLOWER DOME

These were photos taken from the Flower Dome. Some of the interesting plants captured include:

• Pseudobombax ellipticum (white flower)
• Anigozanthos cultivar
• Grevillea cultivar
• Gazania cultivar
• Plectranthus cultivar
• Camellia japonica 

FLOWER DOME PART 3

These photos captured the Baobabs and diversity of succulents, Australia, Africa and South America gardens which feature the following amazingly beautiful plants:

• Anigozanthos (common name: Kangaroo Paw; Family: Haemodoraceae)
• Grevillea cultivar (Family: Poteaceae)
• Strelitzia reginae (Family: Strelitziaceae)
• Protea cynaroides (common name: King Protea; Family: Proteaceae)
• Rhododendron (Family: Ericaceae)
• Jubaea chilensis (common name: Chilean Wine Palm; Family: Arecaceae)
• variegated Weigela florida (Family: Caprifoliaceae)