My friend Ashley works at Murdough Greenhouse, and when I came up to Dartmouth for Winter Carnival in 2007, she took me to see it.
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The greenhouse is on the roof of Gilman Hall |
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Welcome to Murdough Greenhouse |
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The main rooms of the greenhouse, from the entrance |
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Another row, along the windows; the plant in the hanging box is an Agapetes serpens |
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The pink and white flower in the foreground is an Amaryllis 'Dancing Queen' |
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I forgot to note the names of this pink-petaled flower and this pink-leaved plant... pretty, aren't they? |
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A Cycas revoluta, an Old World palm tree |
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This spiky orange flower is a Burbidgea scheizocheila |
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These little orange-like fruits belong to the Citrofortunella mitis |
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The Taxus brevifolia has medicinal use; it's the source of a drug used in cancer treatment |
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This Coleus plant is called 'Green Margin' - now why would that be? |
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The Nepenthes is a pitcher plant; it traps insects in its cup and digests them; this one is a 'Miranda' |
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I couldn't find the label for this bright yellow flower |
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The purple flowers in this photo belong to the Duranta repens |
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The leaves of the Aloe distans form a pleasing star shape |
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Another Coleus plant; this one is a 'Nottingham Lace' |
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A Bougainvillea "Double Red" |
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This plant is unexpectedly growing from the pipe under the sink! |
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The mommy of the under sink plant; it released its spores (see the rows of little black dots?), and one took root there |
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The bright little flowers of the Camellia 'Prof. Sargent' |
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The Murdough Greenhouse also houses the Brout Orchid Collection |
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One of the two orchid rooms |
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A Vanda Pakehong |
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A BLC, or Brassolaeliocattleya hybrid |
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An assortment of Phalaenopsis orchids |
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A closeup of the white Phalaenopsis from the previous photo |
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This Clowesia Jumbo Lace won an award at the NHOS show in 2006; its blossoms are less extensive this year |
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A Cattleya and some sort of animal bone |
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A Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum |
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The carnivorous plants; note that they're behind glass so they don't eat visitors |
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One of the orchid rooms includes a nice coy pond |
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The coy enjoying a delicious meal of fish food flakes |
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Darwin and Linnaeus, the Zebra Finches who live at the greenhouse |
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Stepping out onto the roof, you can look across north campus to Baker Tower |
Copyright © 2007 by Ronald J Kimball