Short visit to the botanical garden in St. Gallen 15 minutes by car from us.https://maps.app.goo.gl/SCc97LF3TACam38U9

The garden team does a great job and admission is free for everyone.

Here are just a few impressions.

There was not enough time for more...

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 24, 20251 yr by Mazat

Looks like a tropical paradise…..in Switzerland! Harry

is chamaedorea  tepejilote?

livistona  chinensis 

41 minutes ago, Harry’s Palms said:

Looks like a tropical paradise…..in Switzerland! Harry

Yes😄, they do a great job.
In the same hall where the musa varieties are, there are also a lot of cacti.
But I didn't have enough time. There are 3 halls in total which are heated in winter. The palms and other exotics are in a separate hall for overwintering, at about 16 degrees Celsius. Phoenix canariensis /dactylifera, chamaerops humilis tall, trachycarpus, cordyline, citrus species and others. The light was poor there.
And outside there are many other plant species from various continents.
1 hall still at the end, there they also had a Washingtonia robusta with over 19 ft, which they cut down, a drama, because the leaves reached the roof. We were very annoyed about that...

 

20 minutes ago, gyuseppe said:

is chamaedorea  tepejilote?

livistona  chinensis 

yes, first one is chamaedora tepejilote, also wonderful palm.

the 2. is a panama palm or carludovica palmata.

Also a beauty.

The first time i saw it i thought the same like you

9 hours ago, Mazat said:

yes, first one is chamaedora tepejilote, also wonderful palm.

the 2. is a panama palm or carludovica palmata.

Also a beauty.

The first time i saw it i thought the same like you

yes  carludovica palmata

Hi Tom

 

It`s nice to have a fellow palm nerd from the lake in this forum  

Thanks for the pictures.  Looks like St. Gallen would be worth a visit. I must admit, I`ve seen St. Gallen only when I had to change trains and never been there outside the main station. 

Have you ever been to the masoala hall at the Zurich Zoo? That is definitely worth a whole day visit! In my opinion, one of the best artificial tropics I`ve ever seen.

Greetings from Konstanz!

 

 

On 1/26/2025 at 8:14 PM, Janni said:

Hi Tom

 

It`s nice to have a fellow palm nerd from the lake in this forum  

Thanks for the pictures.  Looks like St. Gallen would be worth a visit. I must admit, I`ve seen St. Gallen only when I had to change trains and never been there outside the main station. 

Have you ever been to the masoala hall at the Zurich Zoo? That is definitely worth a whole day visit! In my opinion, one of the best artificial tropics I`ve ever seen.

Greetings from Konstanz!

 

 

hello Janni

I am just as pleased.

you are from konstanz, a very beautiful city.

yes, the st. allen botanical garden is really to be recommended.

i've been there before in zurich, but it must have been 5 years ago. i'll have to do it again. and yes, it's really beautiful! 

greeting from near switzerland lake constance 😀

2 minutes ago, Mazat said:

hello Janni

I am just as pleased.

you are from konstanz, a very beautiful city.

yes, the st. allen botanical garden is really to be recommended.

i've been there before in zurich, but it must have been 5 years ago. i'll have to do it again. and yes, it's really beautiful! 

greeting from near switzerland lake constance 😀

by the way, there is also a subspecies of the madagascar day gecko in st.gallen and they reproduce very well there.

On 1/26/2025 at 4:11 AM, gyuseppe said:

yes  carludovica palmata

in the case of chamaedorea tepejilote i remembered that the chief Gardener said to me that frost  only down to -2 degrees Celsius hardiness and wind they don't like it.

 

mine survive up to -4 degrees celsius

On 1/29/2025 at 10:47 AM, gyuseppe said:

mine survive up to -4 degrees celsius

Good to know !