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Blooms of the week

Plant wall in the Begonias and Gesneriads Greenhouse
Photo: Jardin botanique de Montréal (Claude Lafond)
Plant wall of begonias and gesneriads
  • Plant wall of begonias and gesneriads
  • Encephalartos villosus, cone
  • Philodendron melanochrysum and Tillandsia usneoides
  • Anthurium longilaminatum
  • Hymenocallis littoralis
  • Miltonia Morris Chesnut
  • Aloe sp. in bloom
  • Blechnum occidentale, new frond
  • Ferns Conservatory.

Week of December 18, 2023

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  • Alpinia purpurata

    Hospitality Greenhouse

    • Insectivorous plants in the terrarium.
    • Flowers: red ginger, pendent heliconia, blue ginger, and more.
    • Fruits: screw pine, Manila palm and MacArthur palm

     

  • Bromeliads

    Tropical Rainforest Greenhouse

    • Flowers: some bromeliads and orchids, lollypop plant, spider lily, Amazon lily, Mysore clock vine, golden brush, and more.  
    • Colourful leafs carpet the ground and Spanish moss serves as a backdrop. 

     

  • Citrus reticulata

    Tropical Food Plants Greenhouse

    • Fruits: banana tree, papaya, mandarin orange tree, coconut palm, naranjilla, starfruit tree, akee, and more.
    • Flowers: soursop tree, cacao tree, papaya, banana tree, 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.
    • Beautiful maidenhair ferns.
    • Plant walls.
    • Blue strap fern with iridescent fronds.
  • Begonia 'Richmondensis'

    Begoniaceae and Gesneriads Greenhouse

    • Foliage of various shapes, textures and colours.
    • Colourful blooms: begonias, goldfish plant, tree gloxinia, medinilla (also in fruits), rhytidophyllum, passion flower, basket plant, chirita and more.
    • Beautiful plant walls.
  • Arid Regions Greenhouse

    Arid Regions Greenhouse

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

    Hacienda

    • Peeling bark of the fragrant bursera
    • Flowers:Crassula ovata and more
    • Fruits: rhipsalis

     

  • Penjings in the Garden of Weedlessness

    Garden of Weedlessness

    • Beautiful penjings
    • Fruits: diospyros
    • Flowers: wintersweet (fragrant)
  • Calliandra haematocephala.

    Main Exhibition Greenhouse

    Closed

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