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kew orchids 2019
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| There were delays on Thameslink and trouble on the Overground so I arrived at 10.45. Matthew had trouble on the District line and caught up with me at lunch in the Orangery. I had no trouble on the homeward journey |
 The weather was dull on arrival |
 Camellia |
 Cornus |
 Helleborus orientalis |
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 Cynara cardunculus - Cardoon |
 Parade to the conservatory |
Alpine House |
 Scoliopus bigelovii |
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 Helleborus tibetanus |
 Iris aucheri |
 Iris vicaria |
 Iris aucheri 'Olof' |
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 Fritillaria radeana |
 Fritillaria eduardii |
Conservatory |
 Butterfly orchids |
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 The Colombians are here |
 Heliconia |
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 Condor |
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 The pond |
 Two spoonbills |
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 Sloth |
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 Sloth |
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 Polaroid transfer |
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 Vanda orchids |
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 Jaguar |
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 Miltonia |
 Cymbidium |
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 Rhododendron scopulorum |
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 Slipper orchid |
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 slipper orchid |
 Paphiopedilum sp. |
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 Vanda |
 Paper butterflies |
 Bottle nosed dolphin |
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| Palm House |
 Pleated leaves  |
 Costus comosus var. bakeri |
 Chassalia boryana |
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 Haemanthus |
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 Amorphophalus konjac |
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 Zingiber spectabile |
Temperate House |
 Rhododendron scopulorum |
 Cymbidium var.
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 Dombeya x cayeuxii 'Pink Snowball'
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 Hibbertia tetrandra in the Australian House |
 Temperate House |
 Strelitzia - Bird of Paradise member of the ginger family |
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 Clivia miniata |
 Dragons on the pagoda |
 Camellia 'Frances Hanger' |
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| We left a bit early in case the Overground and District Line were still not working, but all was well. | |||||||||||||||
