Conservatory 2019 b

The Main Conservatory at Longwood is a very large rectangular space divided into two halves.

Aisles go all around, and each aisle has different colors and different flowers.  My favorite

this time was definitely this one, emphasizing the huge "Corcovado Oriental  Trumpet Lily."

Up above hang large baskets of "Cape Primrose."  They are lowered to the ground each morning

to be watered.  Along the pavement beneath the lilies are "Gerbera Daisies."

You can also see the "Dark Blue Canterbury Bells" lining the Center Aisle.

Hanging baskets of "Cape Primrose."

This is the Eastern half of the conservatory.  On the bottom left are pink and white
"Satin Flowers / Evening Primrose."

"Satin Flowers / Evening Primrose"

Pink and White "Evening Primrose"

The "Corcovado Oriental Trumpet Lilies" were very large and in a pale peach color.

These are 8-10 inches in diameter.

"Corcovado Oriental Trumpet Lilies"

The lilies have very long stems and a single blossom on each stem.

This is looking to the West.  The Dark Blue Canterbury Bells show clearly.

Orange and Yellow Gerbera Daisies

The NW Aisle is in orange and purple, Rieger Begonias and Purple Bartlettina.

Orange Rieger Begonias and Purple Bartlettina

"Carneval" Rieger Begonias

"Carneval" Rieger Begonias

Looking Across the Eastern Half of the Main Conservatory

The SW Aisle in Pink Geraniums and Yellow Snapdragons.

The flowers start off on the right with the Evening Primrose.

Pale Yellow Snapdragons and Pink Geraniums

Yellow Snapdragons and Pink Geraniums

There is a mirror in back which enlarges and deepens the space.

The East Aisle featured this pale yellow and white Oriental Trumpet Lily

named "Concha d'Oro" and a variety of Peruvian Lilies.

"Lima Sunrise" Peruvian Lily / Alstroemeria.
This flower is common in South America but has only recently come into the U.S.

"Mulan" Violet Peruvian Lily / Alstroemeria.
The flower is also known as the "Inca Lily."

"Eliane" Peruvian Lily / Alstroemeria

"Inca Princess" Pink Peruvian Lily / Alstroemeria

Corovado Aisle leading into Geranium Aisle

The Eastern Aisle was filled with "Crimson Sunset Snapdragons" and "Yellow Broom."

"Yellow Broom"

The NE Aisle was devoted to the white "East Lily," offset with green ivy, or

Red Ti Plants, or small red Marguerite Flowers, as here.

White Easter Lilies and Red Marguerites

The Easter Lily Aisle; they were in full bloom.  Further down you can see

the Begonia and Bartlettina Aisle.

Easter Lily Aisle

Looking across the Eastern Lawn from Easter Lilies to Corcovado Lilies.

"Hot Red Ti Plant,"  "Nellie Wright Easter Lily", and "Red Marguerites"

"Red Marguerites"

A cluster of Easter Lilies.

The Acacia Passage links the conservatory to the Orchid House.  The Passage is lined

with pots of "Hot Red Ti Plants,"  "Pink Large Leaf Hydrangeas," and Ivy.

The Pink Hydrangeas are also used in the "Children's Greenhouse,"

but look what the bright sun does to their color in photographs.

Hot Pink Large Leaf Hydrangeas

"Flowering Azalea Bonsai Tree."

There is also a very nice collection of bonsai trees.

A last look down the South Aisle of the Conservatory.

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