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The (15 ha / 37 acres) [1] garden is the historic estate of Madame Ganna Walska. Lotusland is home to 3,500 different plants. [2] The County of Santa Barbara restricts visitation via a conditional use permit: Lotusland botanic garden is open to the public by reservation only, with walking tours 1½ to 2 hours long.
Brocchinia reducta, like many other bromeliads, forms a water-storing cup with its tightly overlapping, bright yellow and green leaves, creating a cylinder when growing outdoors called a rosette. [7] The leaves surrounding the cup of B. reducta are coated with a very loose yet thick wax coat. [ 5 ]
This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in California is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of California. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Name
One study found 175,000 bromeliads per hectare (2.5 acres) in one forest; that many bromeliads can sequester 50,000 liters (more than 13,000 gallons) of water. [31] The aquatic habitat created as a result is host to a diverse array of invertebrates , especially aquatic insect larvae, [ 32 ] [ 33 ] including those of mosquitos. [ 34 ]
Some of the species, like the majority of Bromeliaceae, grow as funnel bromeliads, with a compressed stem axis. The leaves are then close together in rosettes, and cover the lower areas of the leaves, forming a funnel for collecting water. [2] These leaf rosettes, a common physical characteristic in Tillandsia species, collect nutrients and water.
Portea Petropolitana growing in shade. Portea petropolitana var. extensa native to Espírito Santo. Introduced by American plant collector and breeder M. B. Foster. It is smaller in all parts compared to the other variety. [2] It is characterized by light yellow green leaves and a coral red inflorescence with an upright rosette.
About 200 of the world's 300 species of aloes reside in the upper garden. Most are from southern Africa. Aloidendron barberae (syn. Aloe bainesii), which can grow fifty feet high, is the tallest. Puyas are terrestrial bromeliads (Bromeliaceae) that put on a spectacular floral display in April and early May.
Tillandsioideae is a subfamily of plants in the bromeliad family Bromeliaceae.This subfamily contains the greatest number of species (about 1,400). Most are epiphytic or lithophytic, growing in trees or on rocks where they absorb water and nutrients from the air.