Atlanta Botanical Gardens 5/15/8

[mari]

I went to the Atlanta Botanical Gardens on Sunday. They had a concert on the greens. They gave away snow cones, popcorn and cotton candy...Of I go for the plants. If you ever want to know what ground cover works or you need ideas for your garden, visit your local botanical garden. Also, for all of you collectors out there, it gives you a chance to see some of the palms, ferns and bananas that your have on a larger scale. Here are a few pictures I took on my camera phone:

What is this? Is it some kind of ficus...it in about 6 feet tall over all with large shiny leaves. My photo of the tag is blurry.

Inside desert garden

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Outside desert garden

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Outside of the greenhouse

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Childrens garden

Orchard room

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Amazon room, it was cold in this room

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Japanese Garden

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Tropical Greenhouse

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The Grounds

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[Ken Johnson]

Is that one pic showing the Bismarkia in the center of the glass house?

[Walter John]

travel logs ?

[Dave-Vero]

A decade or so ago, the garden had some very cool displays of native carnivorous plants.

Looks like the outdoor palms have been thriving. The garden's outstanding facilities are, in part, one of the memorials to a terrible tragedy back in the 1960s when a planeload of Atlanta's elite crashed in Paris.

[galveston1602]

great pics,

What is the lg palm in post #9 pic 1

[mari]

Is that one pic showing the Bismarkia in the center of the glass house?

Yes, that is a Bismarkia in the tropical greehouse. It is alomost at the top of the glass ceiling. It is not a blue as it should be and its trunk is not as wide as I have seen out west. I guess that is because of the light, moisture and overall environment.

[mari]

A decade or so ago, the garden had some very cool displays of native carnivorous plants.

Looks like the outdoor palms have been thriving. The garden's outstanding facilities are, in part, one of the memorials to a terrible tragedy back in the 1960s when a planeload of Atlanta's elite crashed in Paris.

Wow, that is a fact that I did not kow about. The ABG stillhas a decent display of carnivous plants in the greenhouse as well as outside. Georgia appears to have a native popilation of pitcher plants.

[mari]

great pics,

What is the lg palm in post #9 pic 1

That palm pictured in post 8 last photo and post 9 first photo is a White Elephant Palm, Kerriodoxa Elegans. Its leaves are massive and it has powdery white undersides. It is one of my favorite palms.

[Jeff Searle]

I was there several years ago and they had a nice selection of palms and cycads in the conservatory. I was curious if Ron Determan was still the palm curator up there? Thanks for the pics.

Jeff

[mari]

I was there several years ago and they had a nice selection of palms and cycads in the conservatory. I was curious if Ron Determan was still the palm curator up there? Thanks for the pics.

Jeff

Jeff,

Ron was the curator last year. I am not sure if he still holds that position.