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Post by lola on Nov 5, 2010 0:13:12 GMT
So lovely, K. I always wondered what that building looked like inside.
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Post by tod2 on Nov 5, 2010 6:20:33 GMT
It was wonderful to go back to your first photos and see the avenue of trees in their Spring leaves and then see them again in those golden autumn colours! Very lovely.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2010 6:57:40 GMT
There are 3 other hothouse buildings besides the main one: New Caledonia (which has just been planted), desert plants and the history of vegetation. Let's take a look in the cactus house. A lot of the cacti were just beginning their "career" under public scrutiny.
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Post by hwinpp on Nov 5, 2010 8:11:39 GMT
The history of vegetation would probably be interesting...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2010 10:47:24 GMT
Coming up next.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2010 15:29:21 GMT
The "history of vegetation" hothouse concentrated a lot on the first water plants and ferns and conifers and also displayed quite a few ancient plant fossils. As I walked away from the buildings, I knew that I would be back when it gets really cold.
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 6, 2010 14:39:05 GMT
Ohhhh ~~ thank you for going there and taking these pictures, Kerouac! I see lots of pals in the cactus section that either I grow or that are wild around here. Did you have flashbacks to your Gulf coast childhood when you saw the water lettuce, the cypress, and the horsetails? (my provincial thought was, "ooo, Louisiana plants!") Interesting to see how plants maintain their blooming schedules, wherever they might be. The 5th pic in #32 shows a cousin to Mick's stone plants (#107). Your photos are wonderful, with clever angles and beautiful closeups. I think my monitor steamed up from the humidity. I love the old postcard feel of the last shot.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2011 14:41:09 GMT
In mid winter, the Jardin des Plantes looks a bit more austere. A lot of the plants have been chopped back so that they will pop up again during the spring. A renegade pink flowered tree is blooming anyway. And a yellow flowered tree is trying to compete. The joggers are out, but the bees are staying in their rooms at the hotel. Things will be nicer when spring returns.
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Post by denise on Jan 29, 2011 11:52:23 GMT
:)Hi Kerouac......I browse here occasionally but never post.
Thanks for your recent pictures of Jardins La Plantes. As you know I walked through there last week and visited the Grande Gallerie d'Evolution., inspired by your other post on that subject. Ohh such nice memories it evokes of that day. I had mint tea and sticky cakes at the Mosque de Paris , another nice memory.
Denise Love from England
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Post by Deleted on Oct 30, 2013 22:03:49 GMT
Reading this report again, which isn't bad if I do say so myself, I realised that I did not give a link to the companion report about the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution.
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Post by htmb on Oct 31, 2013 3:27:06 GMT
What a nice report. I'm so glad you brought it back up, since it's one I haven't read. Now, to follow the link.....
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