"To discover and share knowledge about plants and their environment in order to preserve and enrich life." -- Missouri Botanical Garden mission
Founded in 1859, the Missouri Botanical Garden is the nation's oldest botanical garden in continuous operation and a National Historic Landmark.
The Garden is a center for botanical research and science education, as well as an oasis in the city of St. Louis. The Garden offers 79 acres of beautiful horticultural display, including a 14-acre Japanese strolling garden, Henry Shaw's original 1850 estate home, and one of the world's largest collections of rare and endangered orchids.
For over 154 years, the Garden has been an oasis in the city, a place of beauty and family fun-and also a center for education, science, and conservation.
wow, this was absolutely great to watch. I'm totally new to orchids. Putting a green house together and thought of giving them a try. Im in the panhandle area Zone 9a-9b or so...any advice/tip will be greatly appreciated . Have a great year you all.
Visuals great, but Dan, the presentor needs, really needs to take a 'how to make a presentation' class. Throughout his talk there were gaps and his humor lost me
Would I be wrong if I wrote that if you want to see Darwin's Comet orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale), or a closely related Angraecum species, it's usually best to come the first week?
Interesting that Emily DIckinson refers to Epigea (2:01), preferring the botanical genus instead of its common names of trailing arbutus or Mayflower. It is a low, creeping shrub of New England woodlands associated with the first spring of the surviving Pilgrims who arrived on the Mayflower. This explains why it is (was?) the state flower of Massachusetts and why wild populations suffered from over collection..
Very interesting research, thanks for sharing. It would be so importat to research about the huge percentage of edible plants that the World is not including in the food production system and people's diet...all that related to food sovereignity and not just to food market and conventional agriculture models.
