My first visit to the botanic gardens located in Palmero, the trendy and leafy barrio of Buenos Aires. The gardens were created in 1898 by the French botanist and landscape architect, Charles Thays. There are trees from all over the world, but my main interest is in the local flora of Argentina. The Pea family (Fabaceae) is very well represented in a whole variety of trees from all over Argentina, including the Acacias (Acacia) and Algarrobos (Prosopis). Other notable families are the Palm trees (Arecaceae) from Northern Argentina, mallow family (malvaceae), bignonias (bignoniaceae) and the cashew family (Anacardiaceae). Other plants of interest were the monocotyledons, bromeliads and heliconias, and the downy maiden fern, (Thelypteris dentata) and Culandrillo, maidenhair fern, (Adiantum raddianum).
The gardens were pleasant to walk round, a bit shabby in places with some ongoing restoration and sadly the butterfly garden was closed. There were many local men sitting quietly reading the newspaper and a group relaxing doing tai chi. The gardens are apparently a favourite place to abandon domestic cat in the knowledge that the cat would be cared for and hopefully rehomed, which explains the many content cats sleeping amongst the vegetation.
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| Epiphytic bromeliad |
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| Barba de chivo (Caesalpinia gilliesii) Fabaceae |
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| Heliconia subulata Heliconiaceae |
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| Bromeliad flower (I saw a hummingbird pollinating the flowers) |
Second visit to the botanic gardens on a sunny weekday lunchtime in early November. Lots of school children visiting and many art students drawing and painting.
It is difficult to get good pictures of the trees as they are so enormous. The Jacaranda was looking amazing covered in purple flowers.
Many more photos on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/99813076@N06/
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