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Munich, Germany.

Day Four. Today we went by tram to the Munich Botanical Garden (Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg).

We got there just about 10:00. It was crisp, but gloriously sunny ... a perfect winter day.

After lunch in their cafe we headed towards the big glasshouse. The glasshouse is divided into halls to cater for different environments and types of plant. Desert ... cacti ... bromeliads ... orchids ... ferns ... plants with medicinal or culinary uses. Brilliantly done.

Calibanus was a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, both evergreen succulents from dry areas of northeastern Mexico. The genus was subsumed in the genus Beaucarnea in the year 2014.

The APG III classification system places Beaucarnea in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae). The now-defunct Calibanus was formerly included in the Agavaceae (now Agavoideae) but was separated from them, for it is polycarpic and dioecious.

Its name refers to the monster Caliban, an antagonist in Shakespeare's The Tempest.

One of only two species in its genus, Calibanus hookeri is native to Tamaulipas in Mexico. It can can easily be mistaken in the wild for a boulder overgrown with grass tufts.

Calibanus hookeri forms a large caudex which has been known to reach diameters and heights of up to 2.6 feet. Atop the caudex sprouts narrow greyish-green leaves that look like grass. Each leaf rosette grown from the caudex is believed to be a vegetatively produced independent plant which dies after fruiting to be replaced by a new one. Branched flower stalks grow to 3 feet tall and bear tiny, greenish white flowers.

Munich, Germany.

Day Four. Today we went by tram to the Munich Botanical Garden (Botanischer Garten München-Nymphenburg).

We got there just about 10:00. It was crisp, but gloriously sunny ... a perfect winter day.

After lunch in their cafe we headed towards the big glasshouse. The glasshouse is divided into halls to cater for different environments and types of plant. Desert ... cacti ... bromeliads ... orchids ... ferns ... plants with medicinal or culinary uses. Brilliantly done.

www.inaturalist.org/observations/254379879

www.inaturalist.org/observations/254379879

www.inaturalist.org/observations/254379879

www.inaturalist.org/observations/254379879

Oxford, England ... in the Oxford Botanical Gardens.

I had wanted to follow some (if not all) of the Wild In Art sculpture trail in Oxford. It was not logistically possible! But they were having a farewell weekend, where all the large oxen and some of the calves were herded together in the Westgate Mall in Oxford.

So I set off early so as to see the sculptures, then visit Oxford Botanical Gardens ... another place I have never visited. In fact I had never been to Oxford at all, so it was a good chance to get a taster of the city too.

Disporopsis is a genus of plants in the Asparagaceae. It is native to China, Indochina and the Philippines.

Funchal, Madeira.

Today we had a wander around the gardens of the Quinta Magnolia.

Dasylirion (commonly referred to as sotols or hair-trees) is a genus of North American flowering succulent plants in the asparagus family Asparagaceae, all native to Mexico and the American Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas). In the APG III classification system, Dasylirion is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae).

Dasylirion are dioecious, with the male and female flowers on separate plants.

Funchal, Madeira.

A lovely day up in the Jardim Botanico.

Drimiopsis is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to sub-Saharan Africa. Sometimes species are placed under the genus Ledebouria.

Drimiopsis maculata, also known by the common names little white soldiers, African false hosta, leopards ears, African hosta, leopard plant, and Injoba is a flowering plant species in the genus Drimiopsis. It is the type species of its genus. It occurs from Tanzania to South Africa.

Funchal, Madeira.

A lovely day up in the Jardim Botanico.

Drimiopsis is a genus of African bulbous perennial herbs in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, native to sub-Saharan Africa. Sometimes species are placed under the genus Ledebouria.

Drimiopsis maculata, also known by the common names little white soldiers, African false hosta, leopards ears, African hosta, leopard plant, and Injoba is a flowering plant species in the genus Drimiopsis. It is the type species of its genus. It occurs from Tanzania to South Africa.

Funchal, Madeira.

A lovely day up in the Jardim Botanico.

Semele androgyna, also called climbing butcher's broom, is a plant species in the asparagus family ( Asparagaceae).

Semele androgyna is widespread on the Canary Islands, with the exception of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and also on Madeira. It grows in laurel forests at altitudes of 300 to 1000 metres.

Funchal, Madeira.

A lovely day up in the Jardim Botanico.

Semele androgyna, also called climbing butcher's broom, is a plant species in the asparagus family ( Asparagaceae).

Semele androgyna is widespread on the Canary Islands, with the exception of Lanzarote and Fuerteventura, and also on Madeira. It grows in laurel forests at altitudes of 300 to 1000 metres.

www.inaturalist.org/observations/205819412

www.inaturalist.org/observations/205819412

www.inaturalist.org/observations/205819412

www.inaturalist.org/observations/205819412