{The Huntington Gardens and Library Part 2}
 

This is part two of my documented trip. In this thread, I will be covering part of the greenhouse.

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I am now in the greenhouse. It is comprised of a total of four areas. It houses their infamous titan arum which was the eleventh one to be taken a picture of in 1999. Titan arums are like your normal stinky arum but imagine the flower is 8 ft. tall. It was the first to ever bloom in California and hit international headlines. Sadly, it was dormant when I arrived.

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This slipper orchid is part of the Huntington's small collection in the front of the enterance. Most of them are unlabled,

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like this one.

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A minature masdevallia. Don't know the species. They're all over the place in the cloud forest exhibit.

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Harella ordata

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Vanda carluea

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A Phrag. Besseae hybrid

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A tropical aquarist's dream, an indoor planted pond full of a large assortment of tropical fish. Yes, I said TROPICAL with a capital T :shock:.

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A maxillaria species, unlabled.

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The Huntington's HUGE vanilla vine. Last time I came I got the chance to see and smell the large flowers. They smelled like their seed pods, only much lighter.

TO BE CONTINUED......

Awesome

Any more pics of that pond?

Really like the Titan, can't stand the smell but its still an awesome plant

WOW. I just realized that I took a picture of the titan arum's leaf :duh:. It's the giant tree-like thing in the pot in the picture with its description.