Chicago Botanic Garden

What's in Bloom

What's in Bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden

Education Greenhouses — November 2009

PHOTO: giant toad plant

Giant toad plant

PHOTO:  gold shower thryallis

Gold shower thryallis

PHOTO: Fringed hibiscus

Fringed hibiscus

Arid Greenhouse: Impala lily (Adenium multiflorum), crinkle leaf plant (Adromischus poellnitzianus), Aloe cooperi, Aloe hereonensis, Aloe thraskii, pickle ice plant (Delosperma pruinosum), Echeveria 'Black Prince', Echeveria elegans,hybrid crown-of-thorns (Euphorbia 'Duang Heng' & E. 'Welcome Home'), Ancient's spurge (Euphorbia antiquorum), Euphorbia cap-saintmariensis, Euphorbia capuronii, Euphorbia croizatii, white scarlet plume (Euphorbia fulgens 'Alba'), Euphorbia hamata, Euphorbia lophogona, crown-of-thorns (Euphorbia milii var. imperatae, var. sonora,var. splendens 'Apollo' & 'Ruby Red', var. tananarivea), Euphorbia millotii, Euphorbia pedilanthoides, Euphorbia tubifera ssp. ambovombensis, Gasteria bicolor 'Frosty', Gasteria liliputana, Gasteria maculata, Gasteria skinneri 'Variegata', Haworthia mirabilis, desert cabbage (Kalanchoe thyrsiflora), Kleinia leptophylla, Australian bottle plant (Jatropha podagrica), twin-spined cactus (Mammillaria geminispina), feather cactus (Mammillaria plumosa ), false sea onion (Ornithogalum caudatum), Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerii), blue chalk-sticks (Senecio talinoides ssp. mandraliscae), silvery cassia (Senna phyllodenia).

Tropical Greenhouse: Seasonal flowers: Many varieties of colorful bromeliads on towers (Neoregelia 'Ardie', Vresea 'Christiane') and along the main aisle (Guzmania 'Formosa', Guzmania 'Hilda', Guzmania 'Irene', Guzmania 'Laura', Guzmania 'Marjan', Guzmania 'Saffron', Guzmania 'Switch', Neoregelia 'Tricolor Perfecta'). Flamingo flower (Anthurium 'Red Hot'), Begonia 'Lomita Lady', annatto tree (Bixa orellata), bleeding glory bower (Clerodendrum thomsoniae 'Delectum'), Hawaiian ti plant (Cordyline terminalis), firecracker plant (Crossandra infundibuliformis 'Tropic Flame'), white laced euphorbia (Euphorbia leucocephala), Bolivian Sunset gloxinia (Gloxinia sylvatica), white ginger (Hedychium coronarium),wild plantain (Heliconia bihai), shining bird-of-Paradise (Heliconia metallica), fringed hibiscus (Hibiscus schizopetalus), spicy jatropha (Jatropha integerrima 'Compacta'), banana (Musa x paradisiaca), cardinal guard (Odontonema strictum 'Panama Purple'), golden candle plant (Pachystachys lutea), crimson passionflower (Passiflora vitifolia), Phalaenopsis and other orchids, cocoa tree (Theobroma cacao), blue trumpet vine (Thunbergia laurifolia).

Semitropical Greenhouse: Seasonal: Sundaze® Flame strawflower (Bracteantha bracteata 'Flobrafla'), wishbone flower (Torenia 'Summer Wave Large Blue') –soon to be replaced by poinsettias. Flowering maple (Abutilon x hybridum 'Roseus' & 'Voodoo'), sweet almond verbena (Aloysia virgata), golden trumpet (Allamanda cathartica 'Golden Butterfly'), cane-stemmed begonia (Begonia 'Di-Anna' & 'Orange-Rubra'), Begonia odorata 'White Angel', angel's trumpet (Brugmansia 'Dr. Seuss'), purple jessamine (Cestrum elegans 'Smithii'), bleeding glory bower (Clerodendrum thomsoniae 'Delectum'), blue glory bower (Clerodendrum ugandense), Deppea splendens, Dianthera nodosa, sky flower (Duranta erecta & cultivar 'Alba'), bamboo orchid (Arundina graminifolium ), blue sage (Eranthemum pulchellum), gold shower thryallis (Galphimia glauca), Chinese hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis), jungle geranium (Ixora coccinea 'Florida Sunset'), shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeana 'Variegata' & 'Yellow Queen'), shrub vinca (Kopsia fruticosa), rose grape (Medinilla magnifica), fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans ),Mexican butterwort (Pinguicula moranensis), spur flower (Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender'), Swedish mosaic ivy (Plectranthus oertendahlii), Argentine senna (Senna corymbosa), winter cassia (Senna bicapsularis ), Cape honeysuckle (Tecoma capensis 'Golden'), Brazilian spider flower (Tibouchina grandifolia, granulosa & urvilleana), white candles (Whitfieldia elongata).