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Blooms of the week

The Hacienda, nicknamed the “Sunlight Conservatory”
Photo: Jardin botanique de Montréal (Michel Tremblay)
The Hacienda the atmosphere of Hispanic gardens
  • The Hacienda the atmosphere of Hispanic gardens
  • Begonia 'Escargot'
  • Bovine skull in the Arid Regions Greenhouse
  • Miltonia 'Morris Chesnut'.
  • Vriesea
  • Platycerium superbum
  • Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse
  • Tillandsia usneoides and Cissus discolor
  • Ferns Greenhouse

Week of May 8, 2023

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  • Alpinia purpurata

    Hospitality Greenhouse

    • Insectivorous plants in the terrarium. 
    • Flowers: red ginger, false iris, Amazon lily, anthurium, etc.
    • Fruits: screw pine, Christmas palm

     

  • Bromeliads

    Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse

    • Flowers: some bromeliads and orchids, Mexican shrimp plant, lollipop plant, Amazon lily, Mysore clock vine, etc.
    • Colourful leaves carpet the ground and Spanish moss serves as a backdrop. 

     

  • Citrus reticulata

    Tropical Food Plants Greenhouse

    • Fruits: banana tree, papaya, coconut palm, jackfruit tree, rose-apple tree, etc.
    • Flowers: banana tree, naranjilla, cacao tree, grapefruit tree, etc.
  • 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, tree gloxinia, rhytidophyllum, sinningia, passion flower, chandelier plant, corytoplectus, etc.
    • Plant walls
  • Arid Regions Greenhouse

    Arid Regions Greenhouse

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

    Hacienda

    • Flowers: Echeveria laui, desert rose, orchid cactus, etc.  
    • Peeling bark of the fragrant bursera
    • Strange caudex plants

     

  • Penjings in the Garden of Weedlessness

    Garden of Weedlessness

    • Beautiful penjings
    • Flowers: common camellia (end), Banksian rose, chocolate vine, wisterias, Chinese peashrub.
  • Calliandra haematocephala.

    Main Exhibition Greenhouse

    • Closed

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