Oxford Botanic Gardens

I took a little time out yesterday and called into the Botanic Gardens. Lots to see and here are a few quick snaps.

In the porch as you enter the glasshouse area was Weldenia candida. It is in the Commelina family and as such related to Tradescantia..............


Next to it is Ledebouria cooperi...................


Also in the porch is Arisaema ciliatum........................




Tulbaghia alliacea..................


I struggled to get a decent photo of Maxillaria tenuifolia as the passageway had just been misted and the humidity kept misting the lens.................


Into the Lily house.....................




More to follow.

 

longk,

Always nice seeing fantastic plants at public gardens.

 

Allamanda schottii is a shrubby Allamanda. The flowers are about half the size of A.cathartica..................


The next three are from the carnivorous house;
Sarracenia leucophylla...................


And Utricularia reniformis.....................




And Sarracenia rubra................


Growing in a sheltered spot out of a wall is what would appear to be a self seeded Fuchsia...........


On re-entering the glasshouse area you're immediately in contact with one of my favourite climbers - Thunbergia mysorensis...................

 

Agave ferox looks fantastic (as always).....................


Another Thunbergia - T.vogeliana.....................


The Heliconia are just coming into bloom. This is H.rostrata..............


And H.pendula....................


Outdoors later.......................

 

Lovely shots Lonk

 

Thanks Sirius and Zigs!!

Moving outdoors. This is Anthericum liliago..................


A couple of unknown Penstemons....................




Paulownia tomentosa managed to get it's flower buds through the winter and looks great!




An unknown Linum that had large flowers of 30/35mm or so......................


Sisyrinchium striatum...................


Libertia formosa..................




I'll add a few more later.

 

Really nice , Longk ....
how funny that most of the plants are easy to find
got some Utricularia reniformis seeds coming on my way

 

Hard to grow this well though! I want a Heliconia pendula, but the leaves alone are too tall for my house!!!

Got any Thunbergia mysorensis seeds coming? I keep checking the floor under it, but no joy yet.

 

I had one but trust me really hard to grow even indoor , if you want to try
Himalayan garden sell them for £5 (out of stock at the moment)

http://himalayangardens.com/detail/98/Heliconia-rostrata.html

I`ll may able to find you some cutting .

 

Thanks JWK!

No space sadly...................

I would love you forever!!!!!

 

My Utric reniformis has a long way to go.
It is still quite small at the moment. But the flowers are worth waiting for.

 

I never had any success with U.reneformis. I could grow it, but not get it to flower. In the end I gave up as it was just taking up valuable space.

U. Longifolia has flowers identical to reneformis but is a lot more obliging!