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  Belle Isle Botanical Society: Conservatory Images

Belle Isle Botanical Society

8109 East Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, MI 48214

email: bibsociety@att.net




Inside the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory
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  Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory




  Perennial Gardens at the Conservatory




  Bananas growing in the Tropical House
Musa acuminata 'Cavendishii'
Dwarf Banana




  Orchids
Children's Christian Temperance Union fountain presented to the City of Detroit on June 14, 1910. It was moved to the conservatory in 1963.




  Cactus House
View of the Cactus House and Fernery




  Succulents in the Cactus House
Echeveria pulvinata
"Plush Plant"




  Fernery




  Tree Ferns
Cyathea cooperi
Australian Tree Fern




  Show House
Winter Show of cylamens and kalanchoes




  Lily Pond.
The Lily Pond was the first restoration project of the Belle Isle Botanical Society. Volunteers work here on Saturdays from 10:30 to 2:00 from mid-May through mid-October.




  Green Heron
Green Heron fishing in our Lily Pond Garden, Fall 2000.









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