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Hilary

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« Reply #75 on: May 19, 2023, 08:19:29 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Coffea arabica

And, for the philatelists, a postage stamp issued in 1956 by Cameroun
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #76 on: May 20, 2023, 06:24:35 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Colocasia esculenta ‘Black Magic’
This plant seems to be grown for its, ornamental, dark green leaves.

I found three references to Colocasia esculenta in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN but none for this particular dark leaved one.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2015,
ISCHIA: THE MAIN PROGRAMME
By Edith Haeuser
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
 number 83 January 2016
 
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #77 on: May 21, 2023, 07:15:46 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Costus barbatus

The notice is from our last visit in 2018, I couldn’t find it this year
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

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« Reply #78 on: May 22, 2023, 07:53:05 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Heliconia schiedeana
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No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #79 on: May 23, 2023, 06:30:19 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Iresine herbstii ‘Wallisii’, Herbst’s bloodleaf
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #80 on: May 24, 2023, 06:02:00 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Oxalis triangularis
And a photo of this plant growing in a pot at Sparoza, October  2017
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Madrid
« Reply #81 on: May 25, 2023, 07:42:48 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Pachystachys lutea

And a photo taken in 2015 in the Grandes Serres du Jardin des Plantes in Paris 

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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Madrid
« Reply #82 on: May 26, 2023, 05:45:14 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Strelitzia nicolai

This plant is mentioned several times in THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN
I chose

 THE STORY OF STORMS RIVER HOMESTEAD,
 A WOODLAND GARDEN
IN SOUTH AFRICA
By Anda Wayland
THE MEDITERRANEAN GARDEN number 59,
 January 2010
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Madrid
« Reply #83 on: May 27, 2023, 05:41:34 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Streptocarpus saxorum
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
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Hilary

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« Reply #84 on: May 28, 2023, 06:36:54 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Stromanthe thalia
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #85 on: May 29, 2023, 06:51:19 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL DE LA ARGANZUELA
ZONA TROPICAL 1
Alpinia nutans, Dwarf Cardamom
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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« Reply #86 on: June 01, 2023, 06:33:57 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL
DE LA ARGANZUELA
Zona Desertica

A general view of the space

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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Madrid
« Reply #87 on: June 02, 2023, 07:38:43 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL
DE LA ARGANZUELA
Zona Desertica

Cleistocactus strausii

Silver Torch or Woody Torch

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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Madrid
« Reply #88 on: June 03, 2023, 06:32:27 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL
DE LA ARGANZUELA
Zona Desertica

Euphorbia curvirama

Cape Candelabra Tree


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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care

Hilary

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Re: Madrid
« Reply #89 on: June 04, 2023, 06:50:41 AM »
PALACIO DE CRISTAL
DE LA ARGANZUELA
Zona Desertica

Euphorbia umbellata ‘Rubra’

Red African Milk Bush
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Living in Korinthos, Greece.
No garden but two balconies, one facing south and the other north.
Most of my plants are succulents which need little care
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