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Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich

Dave’s work travels gave him another opportunity to find orchids in Switzerland. He really hit the jackpot a couple weeks ago at the Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich. The garden houses 9000 plant species over 13 acres (5.3 hectares,) with orchids featured in three tropical greenhouses. In addition, there are Mediterranean, alpine, native meadow, and carnivorous plant sections, and much more.

Tropical Greenhouses, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandInside a Tropical Greenhouse, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandEpidendrum species, orchid with purple flowers, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Switzerland

Phaius tankervilleae, orchid species flower, Nun's Orchid, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandMaxillaria variabilis, orchid species flower, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandDendrochilum wenzelii, orchid species flowers, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Switzerland

It was a real treat for Dave to discover vanilla orchids in bloom. We’ve seen countless vanilla vines in glasshouses and travels to the tropics, but the flowers are much harder to find. They’re open for less than a day, and often tough to photograph, since they’re high up on the vines. He was lucky to catch the beautiful vanilla flowers in the next row of photos. With orchid blooms and much more, the Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich brings the tropics to Switzerland.

Vanilla planifolia, orchid species flower, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandVanilla planifolia, front view of orchid species flower, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandVanilla planifolia, orchid species flower, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Switzerland

Pinalia excavata, aka Eria excavata, orchid species flowers, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandLabeled as Dendrochilum uncatum, orchid species flowers, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, SwitzerlandUnidentified orchid flower, Botanical Garden of the University of Zurich, Switzerland

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 26th, 2016 at 8:22 pm and is filed under Botanical Gardens, Photos.

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  1. AboutOrchids » Blog Archive » Orchids at the Montreal Botanical Garden Says:
    May 30th, 2016 at 7:32 pm

    […] if it seems that Dave is on a whirlwind tour of the planet’s botanical gardens, that’s not really the case. […]