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UNAM botanical garden

19/8/2013

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In Mexico City I visited the university's botanic garden, together with Dr David Gernandt and his daughters, and later with David and Dr Susana Magallon.

It was the first time I'd seen a botanic garden with mostly succulents. I loved wandering around the paths of endless yuccas, agaves and opuntias (prickly pear). The prickly pears were especially fun because they are prone to dissociating, so each segment was labeled with the number.

Below are some images of the succulents, the signage as hand painted tiles, some cute mini-scarecrows, and of course ferns and cycads. You can click on the images to bring up a slideshow with larger images.
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carl
20/8/2013 02:52:55 am

Nice! I never got there. Very nice C/M. myriophylla, too, I think!

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Simon Goodwin
21/8/2013 07:14:19 pm

The Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney has an interesting collection of 28 Opuntia species - many were sourced from a collection of naturalised species in Australia. Opuntias were a devastating weed problem in Australia until the successful introduction of insect biological controls.

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    CHURCHILL-ABRS FELLOWSHIP

    In 2012, I was awarded a Churchill Fellowship sponsored  by the Australian Biological Resources Study. 
    This blog features postings about the many stops on my itinerary as I meet other scientists and visit botanic gardens in my goal to conserve Australia's endangered cycads.


    All images are copyright to Nathalie Nagalingum, and cannot be used without permission.

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