Floriculture Greenhouse

I've written a number of posts about working at the Floriculture Greenhouses at the School of Environmental & Biological Sciences formerly known as Cook College. It's a complex of greenhouses filled with wonderful plants. We were treated to a tour in January during the plant propogation classes for the Master Gardener course I took. Ever since then, I have taken advantage of my work days there to wander the aisles. I took some pictures inside the greenhouses while I was there last weekend.

There is so much to see that it's hard to decide where to look first. The staghorn fern?

The cacti?

The jade trees?

Have you ever seen an aloe bloom? I haven't.

Ivy . . .

Ferns . . .

Air plants . . .

Pitcher plants . . .

I've forgotten what this one is called but I remember being told that they existed with the dinosaurs.

When the woman who currently runs the greenhouses started, there were only a few orchids. Now she has an entire room filled with them.








By far the biggest event each year is the poinsettia trials. All the new varieties are grown then the greenhouses are open to the public for display and sale. If you look carefully, you can see that the poinsettias occupy three greenhouses.

There are poinsettias of every conceivable size, shape and color. Some of them don't even look like poinsettias.

I missed the open house last year due to my work schedule. I'm definitely going to make it this year. And bring my camera!