Jardim botanico, Lisboa

[Sandra]

A few years ago I spent my holiday in Lisbon/Portugal. In the neighbourhood of the University the “jardim botanico” is located (http://www.jb.ul.pt/). The gate-money was 1,50 Euro. The university itself cultivates and maintain the garden. Near the entrance you have the possibility to buy seedlings and little plants. Seeds are free you only have to pick them up round the plants/palms .

to be continued…

[Sandra]

part 2:

All/most? of the plants have a label and are named with the country of origin and in which region they occur.

to be continued…

[Sandra]

part 3:

Best regards, Sandra

[bubba]

Sandra, Portugal and those Palms are amazing. Are those Howeas in the initial pictures? It is incredible what can be grown at those Latitudes! Thank you

[freakypalmguy]

Looks like a beautifull place Sandra, thanks for sharing the pictures. Love those Cycads.

Matt

[Kris]

Lovely coverage and thanks for posting stills in big size,as its easy on the eyes !

Love,

Kris

[Charles Wychgel]

The Encephalartos lehmanni is quite bigger now.

Plus : a nice Stangeria eriopus(grassland form?)

Forgot to take photos of the beautiful E.horridus, sorry

[Carlo Morici]

I love that place, even if it somehow messy.

The old stonework on that path is incredible, just one of the best in the world.

I remember a large tree of Ficus habrophylla, from New Caledonia... is it still there?

Carlo

[Sandra]

Some more pictures of the garden:

[Sandra]

... and of Lisbon:

Vasco da Gamma

Torre de Belem

an elevator:

I love that town!

Sandra

[Kim]

Sandra, thank you for the tour! I can't say enough good things about Portugal -- the people are friendly, the food is good, the countryside is soothing, the beaches are refreshing, the architecture, both historical and modern, is fantastic. I did not visit the botanic garden on my short trip, and it looks like I missed out, so thank you for the photos. We hope to return and spend more time there.

I dug up a few photos from 2006: a view of Lisbon from St. George's castle

a look at Sintra's Moorish ruin

a typical small street in Evora

[paulgila]

looks like a great place to visit!

[bubba]

Pink Beaches also on the Algarve!