HeliconiaHanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden Heliconia, the only genus in the family Heliconiaceae, is among the fastest-expanding groups of ornamental plants. Fred Berry and W. John Kress, Who Published the first book on the subject in 1991, estimated that there were from 200 to 250 named species and almost that many forms or cultivars; in the relatively few years since then, nu..

Peperomia, Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden Members of the same family as the vine grown commercially for black pepper, these low-growing, fleshy plants are often grown as potted specimens because of their often very ornamental foliage. With proper cre, some varieties can also be used as ground covers, especially in arreas where temperatures do not rise above the low 8os F. p...

Angel's Trumpet, Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden Belonging to the Deadly Nightshade family, which also includes the tomato, Brugmansis compreses about 20 different species, nearly all of them poisonous, B, X, candida, Which in time can become a small tree, makes a striking garden ornamental with its large, white, trumpet-shaped flowers that appear in great quantities hanging ..

Hoya, Wax Flower Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden An Evergreen vine that likes to attach itself to trees by means of roots that appear from the stems, Hoya has thick green oval leaves and is prized by many tropical plant collectors because of its small, waxy, starshaped flowers, which are fragrant at night. Numerous hybrids have been made from H, carnosa, some with flowers tha..

OncidiumHanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden This is an extremetly large genus with some 750 species, ocurring in the New world from South Florida to Argentina. They are from South Florida to Argentina. They are mostly epiphytic, though a few grow in the ground and some are found on rocks.Generally they have thick, stem-like pseudobulbs, each with two leaves that vary considerably..

Pyrostegia Venusta, Hanbat Arboretum Tropical Garden Flame vine is a vigorous, fast-growing, evergreen woody vine that blooms in winter and spring with spectaular reddish-orange flower. The compound leaves have two or three(2~3) in (5.1~7.6cm) oval leafkects and are arranged in pairs opposite each other on the stem. Often, the center leaflect is modified into a coiled, three p..

영하 23도 맹추위, 유리온실속 Bromeliads The Bromeliads comprise a very large family of some 52 genera and 2,500 recognized spices, a number that is constanly growing through hybridization. All but a single spices, Bromelia pitcairnia, which comes from Senegal, are native to tropical South America and the Caribbean, are found in locations that range from desert to ra..

"English Holy"가 왜 원광대(원불교)교정에 있을까? 호랑가시나무는 학명이 Aquifoliaccae, 감탕나무과에 속하는 상록활엽관목이며, 묘아자나무라고도 불리운다. 높이는 5m까지 자라며 잎은 어긋나고 딱딱하고 윤기가 나고 타원상 육각형이며 모서리의 톱니끝이 가시로 되어 있다. 꽃은 4,5월에 ..

영하 14도, 유리 온실속 거제학동 동백나무 사진의 "거제학동동백나무"는 한밭수목원 열대식물원에서 자라고 있는 "거제학동동백나무". 천연기념물 233호로 지정되어 있는거제학동동백나무의 한가지를 삽목하여 한밭수목원 열대식물원에서 온도, 습도 맞춰서 보호하고 관리하며 키우고 ..

천연기념물센터에서 만난 노랑어리연꽃 무더운 여름철 더위를 씻기 위해서일까요? 연못 가득 노란색 "노랑어리연꽃"이 핀답니다. 잔잔한 연못에 앙증맞은 노랑어리연꽃이 피어 있는 모습을 보니 바라보고 있는 순간 저절로 미소를 머금게 되는데요,,,,, 산형꽃차례로 마주난 잎겨드랑이..