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Blooms of the week

Spanish moss and epiphytic plants in the Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse
Photo: Jardin botanique de Montréal (Michel Tremblay)
Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse
  • Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse
  • Carica papaya, fruits
  • Musa sp.
  • Crassula ovata
  • Guzmania lingulata var. cardinalis 'Superb'
  • Oncidium Twinkle g. 'Fragrance Fantasy' SQ /JOGA'
  • Platycerium superbum
  • Euphorbia pulcherrima 'Jingle Bells 3'
  • Alpinia purpurata

    Hospitality Greenhouse

    • Insectivorous plants in the terrarium. 
    • Flowers: red ginger, pendent heliconia, bird of paradise, and more.
    • Fruits: screw pine, Christmas palm

     

  • Bromeliads

    Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse

    • Flowers: several bromeliads and orchids, spider lily, Mexican shrimp plant, aluminium plant and more.  
    • Colourful leaves carpet the ground and Spanish moss serves as a backdrop

     

  • Citrus reticulata

    Tropical Food Plants Greenhouse

    • Fruits: banana tree, papaya, citrus, coconut palm, naranjilla, starfruit tree, akee, jackfruit tree, Malabar spinach and more.
    • Flowers: cacao tree, banana tree, rose-apple tree, pigeon pea, and more.
  • Cymbidium (Gorey 'Trinity' AM/RHS x Maufant 'Rozel' FCC/RHS).

    Orchids and Aroids Greenhouse

    • Spectacularly shaped and coloured orchids. Some are fragrant.
    • Some aroids are also in bloom, such as tailflowers and peace lilies.
  • General view of the Ferns Greenhouse

    Ferns Greenhouse

    • Fascinating staghorn ferns and tree ferns.
    • Plant walls.
    • Blue strap fern with iridescent fronds and strange whisk-fern (terrarium).
  • Begonia 'Richmondensis'

    Begoniaceae and Gesneriads Greenhouse

    • Foliage of various shapes, textures and colours.
    • Colourful blooms: begonias, goldfish plant, tree gloxinia, medinilla, passion flower, rhytidophyllum, Java glorybower, sinningia and more.
    • Beautiful plant walls.
  • Arid Regions Greenhouse

    Arid Regions Greenhouse

    • Flowers: crown of thorns, aloe, and more.
    • Fruits: woolly-joint prickly pear, Barbados gooseberry
    • Over 80-year-old elephant foot trees (next to the doors of the Hacienda).
  • Overview of the Hacienda

    Hacienda

    • Flowers: wickerware cactus, bougainvillea and more.
    • Fruits: wickerware cactus and silver cluster cactus
    • Peeling bark of the fragrant bursera

     

  • Penjings in the Garden of Weedlessness

    Garden of Weedlessness

    • Beautiful penjings
    • Flowers: winter jasmine, wintersweet (fragrant)
  • Calliandra haematocephala.

    Main Exhibition Greenhouse

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