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kew august 2021
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Logger of the visit above. Lumix LX100 on duty
 Enormous hibiscus outside the palm house |
Palm House It was cold so we started here |
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 Sharp edge |
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 Clivia seed pods |
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 Pineapple |
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 Osa pulchra |
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 Osa pulchra |
 Osa pulchra |
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Osa pulchra is a species of rare flowering plant in the monotypic genus Osa, in the family Rubiaceae. (bedstraw e.g. cleavers / madder e.g. woad in UK) There are only two known populations in Costa Rica, with less than a total of thirty individual plants and a small population in Panama. |
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 Ixora coccinea 'Corner's Dwarf Coccinea' |
 Vegetable and mineral |
 Allamanda |
 Banana stumps |
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 Episcia (cupriata?) |
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 Rosa 'Olivia Rose Austin' |
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 Rosa 'Lichfield Angel' |
Waterlily House |
 Nelumbo in the lobby |
 Lotus in the pond |
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 Nelumbo / Lotus seed head |
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 Nynphaea tarpentariae 'André Leu' |
 New leaf forming and possibly a flower bud |
 Nymphaea immutabilis |
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 Nymphaea 'Kew's Kabuki' |
Herbaceous Borders |
 Cardoon |
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 Red hot poker |
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We had a toasted sandwich lunch in the Orangery |
 Lobelia tupa |
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| Alpine House |
 Ptilotus manglesii |
 Jamesbrittenia bergae |
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 Amorphophalus kiusianus |
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 Tigridia pavonia |
 Tigridia pavonia |
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 Outside the conservatory |
 Canna |
Princess of Wales Conservatory |
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 Hymenocallis speciosa |
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 Chassalia boryana |
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 Bromeliad |
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 Striking bromeliad |
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 Passion flower |
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 Red Maple - Acer Rubrum dedicated to the memory of Diana Princess of Wales |
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| Temperate House |
 Golden lotus banana |
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Palm bole
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 Heliconia |
Abutilon |
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 Cobaea scandens |
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We had a coffee before catching the train home. Matt waited 2 mins, I waited for 4. It was a good connection at West Hampstead too | ||||||||||
