Chicago Botanic Garden

What's in Bloom

What's in Bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Education Greenhouses — July 15, 2010

 

PHOTO: Haworthia

Haworthia

PHOTO: Beehive ginger

Beehive ginger
(Zingiber spectabile)

PHOTO: Flowering maple

Flowering maple
(Abutilon x hybridum
'Roseus & 'Voodoo')

PHOTO: Agave AmericanaArid Greenhouse: The century plant (Agave americana) is flowering, with a huge flower stalk going through the glass roof!

Impala lily (Adenium multiflorum), crinkle leaf plant (Adromischus poellnitzianus), Aeonium spathulatum, Aloe jacksonii, Aloe jucunda, Aloe vera, elephant foot palm (Beaucarnea stricta), Cephalocereus polylophus,  Peruvian apple (Cereus peruvianus), Natal lily (Clivia miniata ), Echeveria elegans, Echeveria secunda var. glauca,  hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus viereckii var. viereckii), Echinopsis 'First Light', Eulophia sp. #2 (a green orchid), hybrid crown-of-thorns (Euphorbia 'Duang Heng' & E. 'Welcome Home'), Euphorbia capuronii, Euphorbia croizatii, Euphorbia lophogona, crown-of-thorns (Euphorbia milii var. imperatae, var. sonora,var. splendens 'Apollo', 'Ruby Red', var. tananarivea),  Euphorbia pedilanthoides, Euphorbia tuberifera ssp. ambovombensis, Gasteria 'Broad Point', Gasteria bicolor var. bicolor, cow-tongue Gasteria (Gasteria disticha), zebra Haworthia (Haworthia fasciata ), pink haworthia (Haworthia tessellata), Haworthia tortuosa, Australian bottle plant (Jatropha podagrica), Kalanchoe blossfeldiana,  Ledebouria ovalifolia, whitey cactus (Mammillaria geminispina), Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerii), Pachypodium rosulatum 'Antsohisy'.

Tropical Greenhouse: Vase plant (Aechmea 'Blue Tango'), red ginger (Alpinia purpurata), flamingo flower (Anthurium 'Anouk' & 'White Heart'), flamingo flower (Anthurium 'Red Hot'), Titan arum or corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanium) -8 feet tall, not blooming yet; giant yellow shrimp plant (Barleria oenotheroides), night-blooming Jessamine (Cestrum nocturnum), African glory bower (Clerodendrum splendens), bleeding glory bower (Clerodendrum thomsoniae 'Delectum'), spiral ginger (Costus barbatus 'Red Velvet'), spider lily (Crinum augustum 'Queen Emma'), firecracker plant (Crossandra infundibuliformis 'Tropic Flame'), blue ginger (Dichorisandra thyrsiflora), hurricane lily (Eucharis grandiflora), fire bush (Hamelia patens), wild plantain (Heliconia 'Richmond Red'), fringed hibiscus (Hibiscus schizopetalus), spicy jatropha (Jatropha integerrima 'Compacta'), Mexican honeysuckle (Justicia spicigera), banana (Musa x paradisiaca), cardinal guard (Odontonema strictum 'Panama Purple'), many beautiful orchids including Spathoglottis plicata, golden candle plant (Pachystachys lutea), Panama rose (Rondeletia leucophylla), Brazilian petunia (Ruellia elegans), Java skullcap (Scutellaria javanica), giant pinwheel flower (Tabernaemontana holstii), cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), beehive ginger (Zingiber spectabile).

Semitropical Greenhouse: Flowering maple (Abutilon x hybridum 'Roseus & 'Voodoo'), golden trumpet (Allamanda cathartica), cane-stemmed begonia (Begonia 'Orange-Rubra'), Begonia odorata 'White Angel', paper flower (Bougainvillea x buttiana 'Barbara Karst'), Smith's shrub Jessamine (Cestrum elegans var. smithii), bleeding glory bower (Clerodendrum thomsoniae 'Delectum'), Deppea splendens, Dianthera nodosa, Venus' fly trap (Dionaea muscipula), sky flower (Duranta erecta & cv. 'Alba'), lace-flower vine (Episcia dianthiflora), gold shower thryallis (Galphimia glauca), gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides), Grewia biloba, jungle geranium (Ixora coccinea 'Florida Sunset'), shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeana 'Variegata' & 'Yellow Queen'), shrub vinca (Kopsia fruticosa ), New Pink dipladenia (Mandevilla 'Pink Ice'), spur flower (Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender'), Swedish mosaic ivy (Plectranthus oertendahlii 'Emerald Lace'), firethorn (Pyracantha 'Mojave'), Mexican bluebell (Ruellia tweediana 'Katie'), snow rose (Serissa japonica 'Flore Pleno'), black-eyed Susan vine (Thunbergia alata 'African Sunset'), glory bush (Tibouchina grandiflora ), white candles (Whitfieldia elongata).