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Palmenhaus Schönbrunn


Zeeth

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My girlfriend is doing research at a chemistry lab in Vienna, Austria working for the summer, and one of her colleagues told her about the Schonbrunn palace palm house when she told him about my hobby. She made sure to visit and snap some good photos while there, so I'll share them here!

Here are some shots of the outside

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A potted Trachycarpus that I suspect might not need much protection even in Vienna

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I imagine that if I lived in Vienna I would be here weekly

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Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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ID on this Pritchardia? Looks like it could be P. schattaueri but I'm not sure...

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Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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That's all! Hope you guys enjoyed.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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A Lodoicea in Germany !!! and not in my garden!

Nice interesting pics of this collection, Thanks.

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Philippe

 

Jungle Paradise in Sri Lanka

 

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That's impressive, a Coco de Mer in the heart of Central Europe is definitely a feat. Must be quite a heating bill in the Winter.

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Most of the palms look pretty good, actually. Love the architecture, too. Do you know when it was built?

the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Most of the palms look pretty good, actually. Love the architecture, too. Do you know when it was built?

It was opened in 1882, but was hit by a bomb in WWII, and wasn't re-opened until 1953. The plants that weren't transferred to the desert garden all died, so the garden is effectively 61 years old.

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Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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That's impressive, a Coco de Mer in the heart of Central Europe is definitely a feat. Must be quite a heating bill in the Winter.

I would imagine so! I'm not sure what they plan to do with it when it gets very large. The leaves are already the size of a small car.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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thats just like my garden--plant 1st & think about how big things will get/how close they are later! :mrlooney:

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the "prince of snarkness."

 

still "warning-free."

 

san diego,california,left coast.

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Great photos ! Hard to believe all this is in North Europe, I doubt the whole of India has a botanical park with a well grown Lodoicea. Trust the Germans to transliterate the scientific names into german ! :mrlooney:

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Fantastic! Love the architecture and all the palms looked very healthy! Beautiful dark green.

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I will definetly visit the Lodoicea on my next trip to Vienna. Sadly Palmenhaus Schönbrunn is not in Germany as often stated above. I wish it were.

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Vienna is not just around the corner. Maybe next year we could combine a visit with a skiing trip to Austria.

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Thanks for all the comments guys! I think it'd be nice to visit in the winter to see what it's like inside.

Keith 

Palmetto, Florida (10a) and Tampa, Florida (9b/10a)

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WOW!

Palm pictures, Vienna, and a very nice Deutsch tutorial!

Looks a lot like my yard, except no coco-de-mer Palme for me . . . .

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Trust the Germans to transliterate the scientific names into german ! :mrlooney:

:hmm: Yes...as mentioned it would be the Austrians if it was so and not the Germans, yes the Austrians do speak German. However it's not so, those are the common names in German, they haven't been transliterated from Latin. :mrlooney:

Lovely shots thank you. I haven't been to the palm house since the eighties.

Vienna has gone through a bit of a cultural and physical resurgence since. When I visited The palm House a lot of it was run down and rather neglected. The city its self was too, it did however offer a tremendous evocative feeling of the past and of the Austrian Hungarian empire come to rest in 1918, almost untouched. Most of the empires glory and grandeur remain intact in fact in Vienna.

I have been back since and today it's a newer brighter Vienna with even more joi de vivre than its had since before World War ll when it was the party city like no other. It's nice to see the palm house fully restored. Its not difficut to see how it got called "an architectural waltz" of a city, with its baroque buildings, marble statues everywhere, beautiful squares, grand palaces and famous concert halls etc etc. I went to the opera a few times in Vienna it was tremendous.

My niece who I saw last year in Sydney Australia is now finishing her Ph.D Science doctorate at the University of Vienna, she loves the city so much my sister bought her an apartment there.

Cerdic

Non omnis moriar (Horace)

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