Agave, Botanical Gardens, Cactus, Greenhouse, Succulent

Hamilton Garden Greenhouse; The Desert

Now we have the second part of the Hamilton Garden Greenhouse. I’m going out on a limb and calling this wing The Desert. The walkway in here is set up similar to The Jungle; it draws the eye to a corner, making you wonder what you can’t see. I can only hope that someday I can make my own greenhouse look half as good as this one. The quality of the plants in here is amazing! I only wish there were more labels…

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This looks like a rock wall. Very much like what you’d find in a desert. Too bad it’s not made of a single type of rock, like what you’d find in an actual desert.
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Look at these huge plants!
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Stripes!
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NOID Aloe
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Opuntia to the roof. That’s around 12-13 feet up.
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A very interesting xeric vine… no idea what it is. But I like it! EDIT: It’s a Pereskia aculeata, Barbados Gooseberry. Actually a cactus, but you wouldn’t recognize it.
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A close-up of the vine’s(Pereskia aculeata) leaves and flowers.
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Stapelia of some sort, blooming and filling the greenhouse with a very distinctive scent.
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Alluaudia procera, Madagascar’s version of Ocotillo.
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Gasteria kirsteana in the lower left corner. There were some pretty gnarly spiderwebs in the back.
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The red stands out.
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Stapelia, or Huernia possibly?
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I know that I’ve seen this one somewhere…
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Some serious size to this one!

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The variegation on this Agave is striking. Once again, no name.

This post would be a little longer if I had names for more of these awesome desert dwellers, but then the mystery wouldn’t be there. I guess life can’t be all lists and labels. Sometimes you’ve just gotta sit back and enjoy the cactus!

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justinvance

I love a challenge. Whether it is germinating seeds from exciting new plants (at least exciting and new for me), keeping and raising fish, poison dart frogs, and ornamental shrimp, or navigating new areas of the world without maps or guides, I am interested in it. I have lived in the Pacific Northwest most of my life, and I'm still fond of moss and gray skies.

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