Sunday 13th Sept 2015 Early Autumn Helen and Peter in Kew Gardens again. Mainly flowers and red appeals to me!
The Palm House |
Fountain |
The Campanile |
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Griffin |
Colourful Flower Beds |
Dahlias closer up |
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Hibiscus sinensis |
Nymphaea 'Tropic Sunset' |
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A newly identified species of water lily, Nymphaea, as yet unnamed was discovered in Australia. This one on the left was grown in Kew from unidentified collected seeds. See Kew News |
Is this a colour variation of the one to the left? |
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Nymphaea 'Foxfire' |
Nymphaea Green Smoke |
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Nymphaea 'Saint Louis Gold' |
Young Victoria Regia Lily, uncurls |
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Dutchman's Pipe, Aristolochia littoralis |
Aristolochia littoralis |
He always seems to prefer this perch. |
Line of Heraldic Animals |
Bizzie Lizzie carpet |
Replica Greek Vase, consulting the Delphic Oracle? |
Eucalyptus |
Water Hyacinth |
Red Passion Flower |
Grevillea 'Coastal Sunset' |
Allamanda cathartica |
A Single Flower |
Giant Passion Flower, Passiflora quadrangularis |
And its fruit |
Nymphaea 'Saint Louis Gold' |
Blue water lily |
Victoria Regia Lily pond |
Gusmania |
Air plants |
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Aechmea Blue Rain |
A "Princess" |
Gusmania Tempo Red |
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Red Passion Flower |
Aechmea Fasciata "Primera" |
Purple Orchids |
Detail (a bug?) |
White Orchids |
Heliconia psittacorum |
Astrophytum ornatum |
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Mother-in- laws Seat, Echinocereus grusonii |
Aloe reitzii (yellow) |
A Detail |
Living Stones, Aizoaceae Conophyium recisum |
Mandevilla laxa |
Mandevilla laxa flower |
Peacock |
Cactus |
Colchicum autumnale |
Rock Garden |
Cyclamen Graecum |
New Alpine House |
Rock Garden waterfall |
Cyclamen in the Alpine House |
Zephyranthes verecunda |
Campanula isophylla |
Cyclamen Graecum |
Rhodophiala bifida |
Zephyranthes verecunda |
Biarum ditschianum |
Gravel Bed in the Alpine House |
Grasses in Prairie Planting |
A "Sower" broadcasts seed |
Herbs and Spices display |
Playing in the leaves |
Autumn Crocus |
Conversation piece |
Resting |
Seesaw |
Sunday Times reader |
The Broad Walk |
Curved Bridge, Sackler Crossing |
Pagoda Avenue |
Swan Family learning to fly |
Reclining Mother and Child by Henry Moore |
The Palm House |
Orange Rose |
In the Palm House Aquarium, a Mini Dory |
Tasselled File Fish |
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Aquarium under the Palm House |
Terrapin |
Blue and Orange Discus fish |
Piranha |
Lemon Fish |
Copperband Butterfly Fish |
Garden Eel looking out |
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Puffer Fish |
Razor Fish swim vertically heads down |
Greek Temple replica |
Kew Gardens Station Buffet |