University of Copenhagen Botanical Garden
A few weeks ago we visited Denmark we were pleasantly surprised to find it had a botanic garden so here are a few shots of the impressive glass houses.
The idea of a botanic garden in Copenhagen dates back to 1600 but this the 4th such garden which dates back to 1874 when the glass houses were opened to the public 274 years after the founding of the first botanical garden.
Amorphophallus titanum
Angiopteris
Did not get the i.d on this fern below?
Cordyline stricta
How is your Danish
Rhapis excelsa
The cycads were awesome
E.villosus below
Dioon edule var imbricatum
A fruiting Cycas rumphii front below and Zamia lindenii rear
Loved this Ceratozamia mexicana
This did not look like the middle of Copenhagen but more a Costa Rican cloud forest
One for Chris e Philodendrum squamiferum very neat leaf stalk.
Livistona chinensis
The biggest cycas in the glasshouse was this Cycas circinallis it was a monster stretching up into the top of the highest part of the glasshouse
Caryota mitis
Who had the idea first London (Kew) or Denmark a fab spiral staircase
Doryanthus palmeri
Spot the automatic closing curtains all around the glass house side and roof
Philodendron gloriosum
Dracaena umbraculifera not sure if its the correct name but it seems to be on the red list
Annoyingly I could not find/know what this was below...anyone?
Flowers from?
We used to grow Globba's I wonder what happened there then
Meryta denhamii and Wollemia pine
This plant below said Jatrophe integerrima
The end greenhouse had some super ferns/ plants in it slightly cooler than the humid palm house seen here below
Loved this it said Piper arboreum but its not its probably that dead stick...anyone?
Platycerium willinckii
Maybe Myriocarpa longipes
Above all the ferns you have Clerodendrum splendens flowering
As we walked along I thought I had quite an understanding of lots of different plants till I came to this part of the glasshouse I started never heard of it never heard of it etc etc
So anyone recognise any of those?
This Rhipsalis pilocarpa looked like it was just growing in moss
Just as we were leaving through the most humid part Jackie spotted this leaf
So we thought I wonder if it flowers .......Oh my does it flower.
Obviously its a Gurania makoyana just a jungle cucumber.....I can see Chad flicking through the seed catalogues as we speak.
Short
We can certainly recommend a visit to Denmark though [/size]you will probably not be getting a suntan!