Greenhouse: Does anyone have a Conservatory???, 0 by WNYwillieB

WNYwillieB wrote:
I think I lost count at 150 (and I tried to only count "mother plants" and not any of their cuttings). Still room for many more. :-)

Nice Conservatory there you have.

The last great Botanical Gardens I visited was the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam. I still need to develop my film from there. I almost forgot about that!! I think Amsterdam is my favorite city I have visited, so far. My Great Grand Parents (mom's side) were Updike (e.g. Opdijk in Dutch, or On the dike - granny was a Potter), so I have someDutch in the genes there somewhere. Oddly, I felt most at home and familiar in A'dam!

One of the oldest in the world, it was founded in 1638 by the city to serve as herb garden for doctors and apothecaries. It contains more than six thousand tropical and indigenous trees and plants. The monumental Palm House dates from 1912 and is renowned for its collection of cycads.

Hortus Botanicus's initial collection was amassed during the 17th century through plants and seeds brought back by traders of the East India Company (VOC) for use as medicines and for their possibilities for commerce. A single coffee plant, Coffea arabica, in Hortus's collection served as the parent for the entire coffee culture in Central and South America.

Likewise, two small potted oil palms brought back by the VOC from Mauritius, an island in the Indian Ocean, produced seeds after six years, and these were propagated throughout all of Southeast Asia, becoming a major source of revenue in the Dutch East Indies and now in Indonesia.

In 1885-1918 Hugo de Vries was the director of the garden.
Recent additions to Hortus include a huge hothouse, which incorporates three different tropical climates.

Website:
http://www.dehortus.nl/index.asp

If yer patient, you can get them to do this!!