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kew january 2020
I left home at 09.00 and arrived at Kew at 10.20 a record, Matthew arrived 10mins later
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 It was a wonderful day |
 View to the Pagoda |
 A sweet chestnut |
 Robin with a particularly rich voice |
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 The sweet chestnuts had varied areas of bark |
 and very odd shapes |
 Noisy parakeet at some distance |
 Rich colour by the Sackler Crossing |
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 Reflections at the Sackler Crossing |
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 Swamp cypress |
 Swamp cypress bark |
 Garrya elliptica |
 Pines |
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| Australia House |
 Kangaroo paw |
 Banksia brownii |
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 Calothamnus validus |
 Hakea multilineata |
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Temperate House | ||||||||
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 Greyia sutherlandii |
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 Sparrmannia africana - Indian Hemp |
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 Iochroma calycina |
 Phymosia umbellata |
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 Phymosia umbellata |
 Tibouchina urvilleana |
 Helichrysum |
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 Camellia saluensis |
We had a very tasty vegan lunch in the Orangery.
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Matt's pictures
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 Stone Pine |
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Chimonanthus praecox 'luteus' Wintersweet. It was wonderfully scented |
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| Alpine house |
 Mutisia decurrens |
 Arisarum vulgare |
 Eriophyllum nevinii |
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 Iris planifolia |
 Lichen? |
Princess of Wales Conservatory | ||||||||
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 Pleurothallis truncata |
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 Miltonia |
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 Possibly Lycaste consobrina |
 Stapelia 'flower' arrangement |
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 Echeveria flowers |
 Echinocactus flower buds |
It was becoming colder so we had a coffee before going home. The return journey was a lot slower. | |||||||||
