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kew with matt

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Logger above, gps below

 

Crocus speciosus

Temple of Aeolus

Autumn colour

Dahlia 'Bishop of Llandaff'

Actaea alba - white baneberry / doll's eyes

Arbutus unedo 'Elfin King'

There was a long border with salvias flowering profusely

Salvia splendens 'Van Houttei'

Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii'

Rock Garden

Gladiolus carmineus

Crocus tournefortii

Oxalis melanosticia

Crocus kotschyanus

Gladiolus carmineus

Narcissus viridiflorus

Habranthus martinezii

Spiranthes spiralis

Oxalis smithiana

Amorphophallus kiusianus, picture in spathe below from the web

Petrocosmea possibly 'minor'

Allium wallichii

Alpine House roof

Tigridia pavonia

Cannas outside the conservatory

Close-up

Melianthus major a foliage plant.   New growth fresh green mature growth almost blue.   Newly opened fan below

Eucalyptus gunnii 'Little Boy Blue'

Paphiopedilum - Slipper orchid

Must be imitating an insect

Hoya

Amorphophallus titanum

We were so lucky to find that the Titan Arum was flowering.   We had noticed an aroma, but not realized what it was.

Amorphophallus titanum

Amorphophallus titanum

This enlarges a lot

Titan arum foliage

Frill with the light through it

Amorphophallus titanum base

Pachypodium lamerei

A few flowers still in October

Chains if fruits

Monkey puzzle flowers

Autumn crocus

Autumn colours

In the Temperate House

Hebe corriganii

Datura - Angel's trumpets

Phymosia umbellata

Double flowered datura

Osteospermum

Osteospermum

Osteospermum

Gazania

Gazania

Leonotis leonuris

We walked down to the Pagoda

Raked gravel in the Japanese Garden

Cladrastic Kentukea - Yellow Wood

Ostrya virginiana

Early Camellia

Holly

We had a cupof coffee then visited the

Palm House

Bottle Palm

Dorstenia barteri var multiradiata

Dioon spinulosum

The banana is too big for the space

Museum No. 1 designed by Decimus Burton and opened in 1857.

Across the pond

Water Lily House

not many on show and a bit tatty

Kew's 'Kabuki'

Kew's 'Stowaway Blues'

Nymphaea hybrid

Bottle gourd

Leaves and reflections

Matthew's Pictures

Salvia involucrata 'Bethellii'

Allium wallichii

Eucalyptus gunnii 'Little Boy Blue'

Palm

Crocus speciosus

Cladrastic Kentukea - Yellow Wood turning gold

Ostrya virginiana

We visited the

Rose Garden

before going home

Rosa 'Lady of Shallot'

Enormous bumble bee

Rosa 'Crown Princess Margareta'

Rosa 'The Herbalist'

Rosa 'Morning Mist'

Matt caught a train immediately on arriving a the station and I caught one a few minutes later.   I arrived home an hour and ten minutes after setting out from Kew Gardens