Oxford Botanic Gardens (piccy heavy)

Random stuff taken by my other half!



Dodgy fella! [emoji23]

 

It was in bloom. Here it is in one of your photos.................

 

How could you have missed me?

 

So it was! Funnily enough, I never looked up there. I was looking at all the potted plants on the shelf and the lily pond. I'm quite gutted now. Ah well, I purchased an annual pass as I'm regularly in the area so I'll remember to look up next time.

 

It only blooms for a few short weeks but when the blooms drop off they're quite fascinating close up.
The Lily House is my favourite part and it is just coming into its own now.

 

Great pictures and love the Pleione's Coolsox.

 

Some photos from todays visit.

On the walk there I decided to take the long way down Dead Mans Walk where I saw these two Echiums outside Merton College.................




Into the gardens proper and these two Eucomis wre in the porch. Eucomis zambesiaca.............


Eucomis vandermerwei...................


Tecomanthe dendrophylla..............


A really large Crinum..............


Goethea strictiflora was interesting. It is a member of the Mallow family and what you can see here are basically the bracts..............




Ruspolia seticalyx...............


Allamanda cathartica................




Encyclia fragrans.................

 

Anyone want to take a punt at this plant from the tropical house as I couldn't find the tag.............


My best guess is that it is in the Lobelioidea subfamily...............


Thunbergia mysorensis (AKA The Clock Vine)...............


Pachystachys lutea..............


Heliconia stricta.............


Whitfieldia longifolia..................


I couldn't find the tag for this one either. One of the Gingers maybe..............


Solanum wendlandii...............


Anigozanthos flavidus...........

 

Heading outdoors I was shocked to see Erythrina crista-galli in bloom.............




Eryngium planum..............


Eremurus?


Colutea x media...............




An unknown Gladioli species............

 

I had to turn the flash on for Salvia brevilabra as unusually for a Salvia it was growing in deep shade.............




Impatiens balfourii...............


Solanum crispum............


Digitalis stewartii...............


Phlomis x margaritae...............


I need an id for this Verbascum too. It was close to two and a half metres and multi-branched in habit.................






And that's it for today!

 

Wow - some really interesting plants there. That T. mysorensis is fantastic. And what a size for that Pachystachys lutea. I killed mine which made me very sad.

I am dying to see a Heliconia in flower - never seen one. But I bought a rhizome back from Madeira earlier this year, which is growing well. So I live in hope. I have no idea what species it is - is stricta the most common one? Many thanks for the excellent pictures. Its an eye opener to see so many new things.

 

I don't suppose it would make you feel better if I told you that it is almost an invasive weed in this particular glasshouse would it

Good luck! They are on my "to do" list as well.

I have no idea. There are close to two hundred species I believe.

Even after all these years I'm still finding new things there!

 

Another visit to the gardens yesterday and this time I had my camera with me. Leastways, I did until the battery went flat!

First off, the Orangery;
Pelargonium uniondalense..............
Pelargonium uniondalense by longk48, on Flickr

Correa reflexa.............
Correa reflexa by longk48, on Flickr

Citrus aurantifolia (Lime)..............
Citrus aurantifolia by longk48, on Flickr

Finally, Dichroa febrifuga was looking really good...................
Dichroa febrifuga by longk48, on Flickr

Dichroa febrifuga by longk48, on Flickr

Into the Lily House there was plenty going on but the humidity was causing my cold camera to fog up really badly so there are only a couple of hasty snaps;
Aechmea recurvata................
Aechmea recurvata by longk48, on Flickr

Anthurium andreanum.............
Anthurium andreanum by longk48, on Flickr

Plumbago indica..................
Plumbago indica by longk48, on Flickr

For @PeterS here is Thunbergia mysorensis still blooming in the passageway............
Thunbergia mysorensis by longk48, on Flickr

In the Palm House this Canna x ehemanii was blooming at a height of 2.5 to 3 metres!
Canna x ehemanii by longk48, on Flickr

Back in the passageway was one of my favourites - Barnadesia caryophylla.............
Barnadesia caryophylla by longk48, on Flickr

Barnadesia caryophylla by longk48, on Flickr

In the Arid House I just managed to get a couple of photos before the camera battery went flat;
Aloe ferox...............
Aloe ferox by longk48, on Flickr

And lastly Aloe cryptopoda...........
Aloe cryptopoda by longk48, on Flickr