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General Subjects => Travel / Places to Visit => Topic started by: shelagh on May 23, 2012, 04:00:49 AM
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On the same coach holiday we had the opportunity to visit Glasgow Botanic. Having seen this in October courtesy of a SRGC Discussion Weekend trip we thought we'd have another look.
It is by far the poor relation although it has the Kibble Palace a wonderful Victorian glasshouse and a superb orchid collection we were very dissapointed by the lack of outside colour. Also it was absolutely pouring down for the whole time (another 2 hours) so I looked at the succulents which I would normally have given a miss.
The only 'alpine' plants are in the entrance to the orchid house so I'll start with those, then on to the Kibble Palace.
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Not quite sure what happened to the pictures then so I will try again.
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A lot of the plants were labelled but occasionally they had either crept or grown over them so if a picture is labelled unknown it's 'cos I couldn't find one.
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More Kibble Palace, then into the Orchid house.
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Some more from the fabulous orchid house and apologies for reflections.
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After the orchids come the succulents.
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The last of the succulents and a very wet trip to Glasgow.
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Thanks for sharing Shelagh. Isn't Glasgow a beautiful place in the pouring rain! (before anyone has a go at me I'm a native and entitled to say what I like).
Lastly, problems sleeping?
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Thanks Shelagh, the Orchid House looks well worth the visit, I wonder whether that is really Echium wildpretti though.
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Yes Martin.
Brian I can only say it was one of the labelled ones but I'm now expert on succulents.