US Botanic Garden and Washington DC Trip

[PAPalmtrees]

On thursday we took a day trip down to washington DC to the botanical gardens and a few museums. One disappointing thing is the jungle room in the botanical garden was closed for maintenance which it's one of the main rooms, Either way it was still a fun trip. I didn't take as many photos as I thought but I did post a Youtube tour of it if anyone wants to watch it 

The needle palms at the US Botanical Garden sign They are surprisingly damaged it was a very cold winter in DC but still very surprising how damaged they are

Here's a close up look, very surprising how damaged they are, downtown DC is realistically a z8a 

here are some Sabal minor In the courtyard Completely undamaged

Here's a big giant coconut palm!

Here's some cactus in the World Desert Room

I really like this agave I forget the name of it

Some really big barrel cactus! There's some Hardy barrel cactus varieties but I would like to grow a massive one like this

I love these palms at the Botanical garden! I believe there's some sort of Phoenix  Species if anyone knows let me know

I love these cactus!

This orchid is so beautiful! I would love to grow it

An orchid growing on some Spanish Moss

A big saw Palmetto! I wish I could grow one like this unprotected

I never looked at the name of this agave but it's so beautiful!

I don't know why I never looked at the name of this plant I wish I did i'm guessing it's some sort of cycad Species if someone knows let me know

A nice view of the capital with some Forsythia Blooming  in the corner

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Downtown DC has such a great microclimate almost every single tree I saw was leafed out or leafing out

Here's a big southern Magnolia they're everywhere! some of them were planted in the 1800s

I love these mini daffodils they're everywhere!

Here's a nice star Magnolia in Bloom

We went to the annual Orchid show in DC I don't know the names of most of the species but they are beautiful

I love this flower it's so unique looking!

I love this one!

This one has such cool looking flowers!

This has to be one of my favorite orchids I saw

this is my favorite one!

 

I love this one!

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I'm not sure the exact variety on this Magnolia but I love it!

 

 

 

[ck_in_fla]

The palm you identify as "some sort of Phoenix" may actually be Queen Sagos.  Not actually palms but cycads.  Really good looking specimens.  Just my opinion.  I may be wrong and I am sure someone will correct me if I am...

[PAPalmtrees]

31 minutes ago, ck_in_fla said:

The palm you identify as "some sort of Phoenix" may actually be Queen Sagos.  Not actually palms but cycads.  Really good looking specimens.  Just my opinion.  I may be wrong and I am sure someone will correct me if I am...

I wasn't even sure if they were some sort of phoenix species When I first saw them I thought they were some sort of cycads, but I don't know 

[Fusca]

7 hours ago, PAPalmtrees said:

I really like this agave I forget the name of it

This is Agave macroacantha (black spined agave).  

[PAPalmtrees]

5 minutes ago, Fusca said:

This is Agave macroacantha (black spined agave).  

Thank you!

[PalmsInBaltimore]

On 3/14/2026 at 5:44 PM, ck_in_fla said:

The palm you identify as "some sort of Phoenix" may actually be Queen Sagos.  Not actually palms but cycads.  Really good looking specimens.  Just my opinion.  I may be wrong and I am sure someone will correct me if I am...

You're correct they are queen sagos (Cycas rumphii). Look just as good as the last time I was there in 2024