Saturday, October 8, 2011

Shanghai Botanical Garden (10/8/2011)

Saturday, October 8, 2011
After lunch we went to the Shanghai Botanical Garden.
Exterior fence:
Ceramic bamboo:
At Entrance #3, a rock with a hole:
Arbor:
Pyracantha saphyr Jaune/Firethorn:
Rose Garden & gazebo:
Rose:
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Sophora japonica pendula/Weeping Japanese Pagoda Tree:
Rosa chinensis Jacq.:
With multi-colored blooms!
Kent on the stepping stone bridge:
Autumn Crocus:
Arched bridge:
Hibiscus mutabilis/Confederate Rose:
Cymbidium Garden:
There were no cymbidiums (an orchid genus) here.
Carved display table:
Tufted Roman Goose:
Someone important to cymbidiums:
Pond:
Either diseased grass, or they have fluffy light white seeds:
Rock doves:
Tropicarium:
This is where the cymbidium are!
Tillandsia cyanea:
Strelitzia reginae/Bird of Paradise:
Zelglossoda "Calico Gem:"
Camellia Circle ladies: How's this for a container?!
Nepenthes pitcher plant:
A Musa:
Salvia:
Hedge Art:
In the conservatory, Plumeria rubra/Frangipani:
Tinsel bunnies:
Animals covered with seeds:
Natural-material hedgehog:
Encephalartos hildebrandtii (cycad) cone:
Canna:
Hydroponics?
Penjing Garden entrance:
A latticed window or shelving?
Camel rock:
Penjing is the Chinese version of bonsai:
Metal grillwork with two cranes:
Stone penjing:
Lots of penjing:
Fence with "latticed windows:"
Gate:
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Tamiko and elephant sculptures:
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Lily pond:
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