Royal Botanical Gardens, Part II or III

The Mediterranean greenhouse features plants from chaparral habitats. These occur mostly on the western sides of continents in temperate zones where warm ocean currents produce warm, arid summers and mild, rainy winters. Specifically these are found in California, the Mediterranean, South Africa and Western Australia. The plants are adapted for conserving moisture. They are often succulent with fuzzy surfaces, and frequently thorny or spiny.



Many of these plants bloom in February or March, so the greenhouse makes a nice late winter visit. Even more colourful is an adjoining room full of flowering bulbs like this Amaryllis.



Another more elaborate Amaryllis image is posted in macro_pics.

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