What's in Bloom at the Chicago Botanic Garden
The Greenhouses - December 1, 2002

Main Gardens Outlying Gardens

Native Habitats

West Greenhouse

Crown-of-thorns Adenia keramanthus, blue century plant (Agave potatorum) - 15-foot spike, look up!, Aloe cooperi, Aloe dawei, Aloe harlana, chiltepines pepper - in fruit (Capsicum annuum var. aviculare 'Tohono O'odham'), ancients' spurge (Euphorbia antiquorum), scarlet plume (Euphorbia fulgens 'Alba'), Euphorbia hamata, crown-of-thorns (Euphorbia milii var. imperatae, var. sonora, var. splendens, 'Georgusis #1', & var. tananrivea), Euryops pectinatus, Australian bottle plant (Jatropha podagrica), kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana), Madagascar palm (Pachypodium lamerii), Kirk sansevieria (Sansevieria kirkii var. pulchra).

South Greenhouse

Bougainvillea Red ginger (Alpinia purpurata), dwarf red ginger (Alpinia purpurata ‘Dwarf Red’), angel-wing begonia (Begonia 'Corallina de Lucerna'), winter-flowering begonia (Begonia x hiemalis 'Barkos'), James Walker bougainvillea (Bougainvillea x buttiana ‘James Walker’), bleeding heart vine (Clerodendrum thomsoniae ‘Delectum’), coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) - in fruit, ti plant (Cordyline terminalis 'Lilinoe'), Costus 'Hot Lips', cigar flower (Cuphea ignea 'David Verity'), Japanese fatsia (Fatsia japonica), wild plantain (Heliconia bihai), heliconia (Heliconia stricta 'Sharonii'), banana - in fruit (Musa x paradisiaca), Cardinal guard (Odontonema strictum), orchids, including Epidendrum Hokulea and X Odontonia Lorraine's 14th, golden candle plant (Pachystachys lutea), pomegranate (Punica granatum 'Nanum'), Java skullcap (Scutellaria javanica), golden chalice vine (Solandra maxima), Domino peace lily (Spathiphyllum ‘Domino’), pink quill (Tillandsia cyanae), beehive ginger (Zingiber spectabilis).

East Greenhouse

Hibiscus Flowering maple (Abutilon x hybridum ‘Silver Belle'), Anisodontea urena, Hong Kong orchid tree (Bauhinia blakeana), cane-stemmed begonia (Begonia 'Di-Anna'), Brazilian skyflower (Duranta erecta), poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima 'Festival Red' & 'Red Velvet'), gold shower thryallis (Galphimia glauca), Bolivian Sunset gloxinia (Gloxinia sylvatica), Turk's-cap (Malvaviscus arboreus var. mexicanus), Brazilian jasmine (Mandevilla sanderi 'Rosea'), medinilla (Medinilla magnifica), Pavonia multiflora, yellow pavonia (Pavonia praemorsa), Egyptian star-cluster (Pentas lanceolata 'Ruby Glow', 'Shell Pink'), peace lily (Spathiphyllum 'Lillian'), Petite spathe flower (Spathiphyllum 'Petite'), Thunbergia battiscombei, purple heart (Tradescantia pallida 'Purple Heart').