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Large specimen Anthurium in a suitably-proportioned antique urn in the Conservatory of Flowers, an elegant Victorian-era greenhouse that is one of the landmarks of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

Made of wood and glass, it was built - from a kit - in 1878, and opened to the public in 1879.

The Conservatory suffered severe damage in 1995 after a devastating windstorm swept through San Francisco. A five-year, $25 million campaign to save the Conservatory resulted in many needed upgrades to the facility and it reopened to the public in 2003.

It is designated as a city, state and national historic landmark.

San Francisco, California.
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Underwater view of Water Lilies, as seen from a viewport in the lilypond at San Francisco’s elegant Conservatory of Flowers, a Victorian-era greenhouse that has graced Golden Gate Park since 1879.

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Pastel-colored Water Lily growing in a pond in the elegant Victorian Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

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A huge cone on a big, old (perhaps a century old), specimen of the Mexican cycad species, Dioon spinulosum.

This plant, along with a number of mature palms, tree ferns and philodendrons, take advantage of the height of the main dome of the elegant Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco’s large, Victorian-era greenhouse in Golden Gate Park.

Constructed of wood and glass, this is the oldest existing conservatory of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. It was built - from a kit - in 1878, and opened to the public in 1879. It is designated as a city, state and national historic landmark.

The Conservatory suffered severe damage in 1995 after a devastating freak windstorm swept through San Francisco. A five-year, $25 million campaign to save the Conservatory resulted in many needed upgrades to the facility and it reopened to the public in 2003.

San Francisco, California.
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A gorgeous blue Water Lily growing in a pond in the elegant Victorian Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

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Yellow Water Lily growing in a pond in the elegant Victorian Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

Note the insect-catching pitchers of a Nepenthes vine hanging over the water in the middle-distance of this view.

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A gorgeous blue Water Lily growing in a pond in the elegant Victorian Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

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Underwater view of Water Lilies, as seen from a viewport in the lilypond at San Francisco’s elegant Conservatory of Flowers, a Victorian-era greenhouse that has graced Golden Gate Park since 1879.

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One wing* of San Francisco’s elegant Conservatory of Flowers showcases a large pond, featuring aquatics such as water-lilies and umbrella-leaved lotus plants, with a jungle of lush tropicals planted along the edges.

As might be expected, this room of the Victorian-era greenhouse is typically very warm, and unavoidably very, very humid. The plants seem to love it; people seem more apt to wilt!

Located in Golden Gate Park, this wood and glass greenhouse is the oldest existing conservatory of its kind in the Western Hemisphere. It was built - from a kit - in 1878, and opened to the public in 1879. It is designated as a city, state and national historic landmark.

It has a permanent plant collection, and also hosts an ever-changing program of special exhibitions.

San Francisco, California.
May 11, 2010

* from a frontal, exterior view, the far-right portion of the structure.

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A gorgeous blue Water Lily growing in a pond in the elegant Victorian Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.

May 11, 2010

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