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In every zone, plants typical for a particular region can be found. The geography and landscape of each territory were recreated as well. Also, the garden has a large collection of unique and rare tropical and subtropical plants that are represented in the greenhouse. The Botanical garden can impress with more than 350 species of orchids.
Mimosa pudica (also called sensitive plant, sleepy plant, [citation needed] action plant, humble plant, touch-me-not, touch-and-die, or shameplant) [3] [2] is a creeping annual or perennial flowering plant of the pea/legume family Fabaceae. It is often grown for its curiosity value: the sensitive compound leaves quickly fold inward and droop ...
Graf, Alfred Byrd (1986) Tropica: color cyclopedia of exotic plants and trees for warm-region horticulture–in cool climate the summer garden or sheltered indoors; 3rd ed. East Rutherford, N.J.: Roehrs Co; Lord, Tony (2003) Flora : The Gardener's Bible : More than 20,000 garden plants from around the world. London: Cassell. ISBN 0-304-36435-5
Leucocoprinus birnbaumii is a common find in greenhouses and potted plants all over the world having been spread by human activity. [53] When Europeans started exploring the tropics and bringing back exotic plant species for study or cultivation they were unwittingly bringing fungal hitchhikers back with them in the soil.
Individuals have been surveyed in a variety of environments, from gardens with native and introduced plants, to broadleaf and mixed forests, to moss on rocks at high altitude. [2] Common host plants of Siphanta acuta within New Zealand are Coprosma , citrus trees, various ornamental shrubs; within Australia they are found on a large variety of ...
Brighamia insignis is a potentially branched plant with a succulent stem that is bulbous at the bottom and tapers toward the top, ending in a compact rosette of fleshy leaves. The stem is usually 1–2 m (3–7 ft) in height, but can reach 5 m (16 ft). [6] The plant blooms in September through November. [7]
A woody, rhizomatous plant with a slender green trunk, it is found in tropical areas and grows to 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) tall (rarely to 4–5 m (13–16 ft). It has 1.2 centimetres ( 1 ⁄ 2 in)-long ringed stigma , punctured crescent-shaped leaves, erect buds , and flexible tubular stems without spines with generally pinnate foliage.
The leaves are smooth and leathery. The plant is a showy-flowering, evergreen tropical climber. The large heads of rosy mauve to purple coloured, bell-shaped flowers 8 cm long with hairy yellow throat, borne at the ends of the branches, often appear year-round. When in flower, it is regarded as one of the outstanding climbers of the world.