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kew orchids
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Taken with a new Lumix snapper LX 100. Tracker of the trip below.
We visited Kew to see the orchid display with a Thai theme; we had a vegetarian Thai Massaman curry for lunch.
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by Matt
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 The Palm House |
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 Native narcissus |
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 Verdun Bench On Monday the 19th of December, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew unveiled a special Verdun Bench, crafted by Gaze Burvill with timber from a specimen of Quercus petraea which was struck and felled during “St Jude’s storm” in 2013. This tree was planted at Kew in 1919, from an acorn picked up after the” Battle of Verdun”, in remembrance of Kew staff who died during the Great War, and all soldiers from the different nationalities who fought in this dreadful battle and “the Great War”. |
 Helleborus corsicus |
 Early spring flowers |
 Succulent |
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 Thai cart on loan from the Royal Thai Embassy. |
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Thailand is home to 1,100 species of orchid. Botanists have been naming and describing orchids for more than 250 years. Last year alone, 600 new species were discovered worldwide, including three from Thailand. Many orchids have important medicinal properties. |
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 Parasols and paper lanterns |
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We went into the hotter and more humid part of the glass house. Everything steamed up including lenses and glasses |
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 Still steamed up |
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 Traditional Thai market boat |
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 From the bridge |
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 Aroid |
 Lanterns |
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 One good flower |
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 Nepenthes - pitcher plants |
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 Sucker mouth catfish? |
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From here onwards I used Silkypix to process the RAW2 files. The highlights are a lot better... |
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 The fish was too fast for me |
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 Cocoa pod |
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 Slipper orchid |
 Thai Gong |
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 Acer griseum |
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 We enjoyed the winning prints in the Photographic Competition at the Pavilion |
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 Tropaeolum tricolor |
 Fritillaria |
 Tecophilaea cyanocrocus leichtlinii |
 Dionysia |
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 Crocus tommasinianus 'Ruby Gem' |
 Widow Iris |
 Lady's slipper orchid |
 Fritillaria |
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 Fritillaria chitralensis |
 Aroid |
 Iris sindpers - (Iris aucheri x Iris persica) |
 Crocus minimus |
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 Tulipa kaufmaniana |
 Folly |
 Camellia with sport |
 Egyptian Goose |
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