The Climatron at the St. Louis Botanical Garden

We really were n’t quite ready to leave the tropics yet , were we ? have ’s smooth the changeover back into winter weather by visiting a diminutive slice of the Torrid Zone , good manners of Linda Mayer , who says,“My photo are from theClimatronat theMissouri Botanical Gardenin St. Louis . The Climatron is an R. Buckminster Fuller - design geodesic line dome sate with around 2,800 plants–1,400 different tropic specie . Average humidity is 85 % , and temperatures browse from 65 degrees at night to 85 degrees ( F ) during the day . It sport dense foliage , coruscate waterfalls , bouldery cliff , and a bridge from which the tree canopy can be watch . It opened to the public in 1960 . For more information about this fabulous botanic garden go to < mobot.org > I ’m sorry there are too many specie to set about to name , but I did include the name of an peculiarly marvellous begonia . “I was just at the Missouri Botanical Garden last summer , Linda , and for some unusual reason , I did not go inside the Climatron ! What was I thinking ? ? But this is a remender to all of us that your local botanic garden is worth a visit in winter , too . I call in the conservatoire at the New York Botanical Garden a couple of winter ago , and it was heavenly to walk through the warm , steamy air and breathe in all the planty goodness … Go ! ! You wo n’t rue it . OK , next week we ’re back to some really beautiful snowy scenes . Stay tuned !

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