The United States Botanic Garden Tour

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[ahtfireflies]

The conservatory is pretty small compared to a lot of other BGs, but you can't beat the location and price! There's actually a huge greenhouse complex in southeast DC that has occasional open house visits. They have a ton more specimens for the things that rotate through, including a lot of huge mature Anthurium. I would say the biggest behind-the-scenes collections are the orchids and the titan arum/corpse flower; USBG is a major research center for both. They also grow out a bunch of unusual poinsettias for the Christmas display.

One of the quirky collections is whole rooms dedicated to just big pots of bushy Aglaonema, pothos, peace lilies and other "standard"/easy houseplants. These are rotated into the hallways of the Capitol building for decor. Because USBG is part of the Architect of the Capitol, it's under the US Congress directly, so all the plants are considered federal property in a pretty serious way. No cuttings can be taken or sold out of the collections, sadly. They did a giveaway of little coffee seedlings at my last greenhouse visit, but those were grown out specifically for the occasion.

[RubenvanKuik]

My country (The Netherlands) has a zoo with an enormous botanical garden with free roaming small animals in it. I haven't been there in several years. I really should go back there soon.

[henne]

2:25 it’s an adansonii var. laniata, this form is called Fairchild Garden or double window

[oliverohm]

Really love this kind of video from you. Your voice made me so relaxed and please do wild orchids exporter again pls😊

[burntorangehorn]

I love that place, and used to walk over there when I worked in DC (FAA). Some workers would even allow me to take a cutting here and there, including from a lignum vitae tree.

[doom]

I think the first few plants shown are Colocasia esculenta (apart from the one at 1:13, that might be Leucocasia gigantea). Great footage though!!

Edit: Colocasia esculenta 'Pharao's Mask', 'White Lava' and 'Black Magic'

[cindystimson]

Thank you for taking us traveling with you. Beautiful video

[lorirober]

Thanks for the video showcasing all these amazing plants.

[xanjamanuo]

This place is local to me and I love going there!! Great video as always Techplant.

[FloridaHiker]

Thanks for making botanic garden videos. I enjoy your channel.

[aidens-cd]

The alocasia you mentioned mostly were actually colocasia

[aerin]

Wow that is beautiful 😀
Will have to check it out sometime.
Looks like you had a great time~~~

[Stickyfpv]

You should visit the old botanical garden in göttingen lower Saxony Germany it has a big fern house you would like it

[damonperron-laurin]

Reminds me of Montreal's botanical garden and biodome. I should check it out aoon, it's been too long since my last visit ❤😅

[alanssnack]

imagine taking a tiny cutting off every single plant

[ShadowsEcho]

This may be a silly question, but it's a genuine phobia of mine:

Ant Plants-- Do they put off a chemical that attracts ants?

I like this plant, but never purchased one yet because I was afraid of this possibility. Spiders are fine, but I do NOT want ants in my house! 😖
(My Logic: Butterfly Bushes attract Butterflies, so is this also why Ant Plants have their name?) 🤔

[epicsushi]

Imagine the net worth of all the established plants there lol