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🤡So, here's a fun one!🤡⁠
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🍊This happy little ball of orange fluff is actually a seed! ⁠
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❓️Can you tell us what species this seed belongs to? ⁠
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👀Stay tuned, we will reveal the responsible plant tomorrow...

The swirling remains of 𝘐𝘱𝘰𝘮𝘰𝘦𝘢 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢, or purple morning-glory. ⁠
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🪜Like all morning glory species, this plant entwines itself around structures, growing to a height of 3 metres tall. ⁠

💛Hawaiian lily, cup of cold vine or golden chalice vine: a few describing common names of the 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢. In our tropical greenhouse you can find this species climbing up the wall.⁠
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😍It has very large yellow flowers and there are still many buds waiting to open.

🧡The absolutely stunning 𝘉𝘳𝘶𝘨𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢 or golden angel's trumpet can now be seen in bloom in our Palmhouse! It spreads a lovely fragrance, which is strongest in the evening.⁠
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☠️Brugmansia species are amongst the most toxic of ornamental plants. All parts of the plant are highly poisonous and contain a high concentration of the psychoactive scopolamine. ⁠
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🥴Parts of the plant have been used as a 'truth serum': this species is also known as 'borrachero' which loosely translates to 'get-you-drunk'. ⁠

"In winter, we struggle with the lack of sunlight and being inside a lot but this place really gave us the green boost we needed."⁠
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Lovely words by Hortus visitor @theblightynomads! Thank you💚⁠
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🙌🏼Come visit our garden this weekend if you're feeling a little under the weather. Plants will cheer you up!🍃

The stunning flowers of Baker's aloe (𝘈𝘭𝘰𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘪) in our desert greenhouse. Its flowers are very attractive to birds, bees and wasps. We can see why they're so loved! Look at these colours.🌈⁠
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The species is native to Madagascar and unfortunately critically endangered in the wild.

In our tropical greenhouse you can still spot the unique flowers of 𝘈𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘢 𝘢𝘳𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘢. ⁠
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🏵️The flowers usually appear in small groups at the base of the stem (cauliflory) with single or paired flowers a bit higher up in the leaf axils. They form an insect trap - just like other species of the genus Aristolochia. ⁠
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🐝💨The pollinators are held for a day, during which they become covered with pollen. After the flower withers, the insect is released!

This star flower (𝘖𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢) is thriving in our desert greenhouse! ⁠
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👃🏼Star flower (or 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘷𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘢, its older name) is also known as carrion flower, because this pretty looking flower has the odor of rotting meat to attract pollinating flies. ⁠

💚These curly ferns look like they're in the middle of a conversation.⁠
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🐣Ferns are a hardy plant species. In winter, the fronds will protect the plant's center crown, where new growth will emerge in spring.

Sometimes even the leaves in our tropics look autumnal! ⁠
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🍂🧡Enjoy your weekend and don't forget to go out and explore some nature.

Another look at the strange and spiky thorn apple (𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮). Now ripened, it's ready to cast its seeds! ⁠
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🧹In early times, the thorn apple was considered an aid to the incantation of witches. The extremely poisonous plant was also considered a bringer of bad luck for anyone who grew it in their garden.

𝘊𝘰𝘤𝘩𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘢 is also known as corkscrew vine, because of their distinctive curled shape. It grows in our nursery greenhouse and doesn't it look fascinating?!🍾⁠
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🐜The flowers are white with purple streaks and hang in long clusters. This species is pollinated by ants. You can find corkscrew vine in the tropics of South America and Central America. ⁠

Foxglove (𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢) grows from May - November. It's a widespread and common plant, but did you also know this? ⁠
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❤️🩺Foxglove is the original source of the heart medicin digoxin. During the Second World War, County Herb Committees were established to collect medicinal herbs when German blockades created shortages. This also included foxglove to regulate heartbeat. ⁠
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☠️Mind you: foxglove is poisonous to humans and animals, and can even be fatal when ingested.

𝘌𝘶𝘰𝘯𝘺𝘮𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘦𝘪 or wintercreeper is a very opportunistic plant. It invades forests damaged by insects of fires. It then spreads rapidly and with a dense mat of vines it prevents the growth of seedlings and robs nutrients from the soil. ⁠
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😍It's pretty looking though! The fruits are small pink capsules that will split open to reveal seeds with red-orange arils

This spiny seed capsule belongs to the thorn apple (𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘶𝘮). Also known as devil's snare or devil's trumpet.⁠
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👹There's good a reason for these unfriendly names: being a member of the nightshade family (𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘦), thorn apple is a highly poisonous plant. Many indigenous peoples across the Americas have used this plant in sacred ceremonies, for it has hallucinogenic properties. ⁠
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🍏You can find these dangerous little apples in our Snippendaal garden! ⁠
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