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Flora Walking Tour
  
Flora Walking Tour - July 15
   
To: members@thegraduates.org
Subject: Flora Walking Tour

Graduates:
This walking tour has been planned by Joan Calder. Please respond to Joan as requested in the directions below. 

Exotic Flora Walking Tour

The Graduates are invited for an Exotic Flora walking tour of UCSB campus and the Greenhouse led by Joan Calder, Greenhouse manager Sunday July 15 at 10:00 A.M.

The tour takes you on an hour-long loop through some of the most unique and prized tree specimens on campus, for example - African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata), Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), and a Jurassic Park courtyard, home to various plants whose ancestors were present with the T. rex. After the walk the Greenhouse will reveal present research as well as orchids, gingers, and other tropical plants.

Reservations: Please email or call Joan Calder. When you email you will receive directions. Parking is $2.00.

Please wear comfortable walking shoes, hat, sunscreen, water. if necessary. The entire tour should be approximately 1.5 hours – 2 hours.

You may wish to bring friends and plan lunch after the tour at the Beachside Bar Café, 5905 Sandspit Rd, Goleta
Phone: (805) 964-7881 

Photos by Joan Calder

  

Stanhophea orchid - open
Stanhophea orchid - buds
Thank you for joining me on the tour of the UCSB grounds and greenhouse.  On Monday the Stanhophea orchid opened so I attached two pictures.  On these you can see the open one and the other just the buds.

Also the name of the grass seed I gave to Eldon is Stipa tenuissima  but they recently changed the name to nassella tenuissima.

The taller red wavy grass is pennisetum seteceum ruberum  or purple fountain grass.

Loropetalum or Chinese fringe flower was the shrub with the little pink fringe flower.

There are several different leaf colors  from green to purple and mixed. The flowers on the green one are white.  They bloom most of the year.

Leucadendron 'Safari Sunset' is the shrub with the red flower head and stays red most of the year.

Happy gardening
Joan
The Graduates – 2007