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EXPERIENCE THE POWER OF PLANTS 🌱✨ 📍 Sydney | The Domain | Mount Tomah | Mount Annan
Joined December 2009
Horticulturist Valeriu Pintilie has captured incredible timelapses of flowers in our Glasshouse. Stanhopea tigrine ‘The Predator’ is an #orchid with a lovely, light fragrance. Look out for our series of #timelapses to see the unique processes and formations that #flowers undergo.
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While we don’t encourage any nudity in our garden – we repeat, do not come to #RBGSydney in the nude! - if you’re participating in World Naked Gardening Day in your own backyard today @dale_dixon has a few safety tips for you…#WNGD #WorldNakedGardeningDay
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Looking stunning this morning: Alloxylon flammeum, our Tree Waratah is plant of the month. #Proteaceae
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Why is this tree leaning? 🤔. It's an Araucaria columnaris, or CookPine, native to New Caledonia. When grown outside New Caledonia the whole tree leans towards the equator. The further away from the equator the larger the lean.
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🎵 Once upon a time I was falling in love, now I’m only falling a part. Nothing I can say, total Eucalypts of the heart #vdaypunoff #ValentinesDay
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Camellia azalea adding a touch of colour and class to the Garden today. Loving the pops of colour from this robust shrub. #Theaceae
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Still got chocolate on the brain? Oncidium Aka Baby Raspberry #chocolate is named due to its unique deep burgundy #flowers that give off a rich cocoa scent. See this #timelapse of the flowers coming to life 📽️ Valeriu Pintilie #RBGDaily
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Mistletoe magic - the original Australian Christmas Tree. Did you know that the oldest mistletoe still surviving today is the Nuytsia floribunda, found in Western Australia? 🌿🧡 . 📷 Graeme Churchard/Flickr
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#Pincushion plants (Leucospermum) may not be as prickly as their namesake, but these unique flowers have a secret 💮 . Each spiky stigma hides a small seed, coated in a protein-rich mixture. Delicious - for ants! . 📍 Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah
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Visit @RBGSydney today to see the tropical display in our Latitude 23 Glasshouse. Open 11am-2pm. @dale_dixon #Orchid
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We’re back for day ✌️ of the #TomatoFestivalSydney! Come down to join in on the fun at #RBGSydney
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Our Grevillea Honey Barbara is looking stunning at the Garden now. Visit over the weekend to see it! #BotanicGarden
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉 What a view from The Point😍 A spectacular display this year!
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Let's hear it one more time for our plant of the month, Alloxylon flammeum. The Tree Waratah continues to light up the Garden #proteaceae
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Did you know the word Echinacea was derived from the Greek name ekhinos which means hedgehog? It's easy to see why! .#Asteraceae
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Happy new year to our amazing followers! 🇦🇺 Thank you for your support in 2018 and we look forward to an exciting new year ahead 🍃 #nyegarden #sydNYE #rbgsydney #nye2018 #happynewyear
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It's the season of purple reign 💜 . With spring in the air, you might have noticed a flurry of purple rainfall from your local #jacaranda trees - or maybe you've visited our historic specimen at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney?
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Kangaroo Paw (Anigozanthos 'Big Red') has spurs of ruby-velvet flowers and can grow up to a metre tall. Native to Western Australia, they bring birdlife and insects to any area with their prized nectar. See these flowers at the Trial Garden in the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney.
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The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney was named the Major Tourist Attraction of the year at last night’s NSW Tourism Awards in Sydney, celebrating the Garden’s exceptional growth and outstanding achievement over the past 12 months #RBGSydney @NSWBC
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Watch the amazing movements of this pretty in pink #Cattleya #orchid in the #Glasshouse 📽️ Valeriu Pintilie #RBGSydney
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'Solar Flare' vireya rhododendron A New Zealand hybrid bred by Dan Brown in 1986 and registered in 1996 #Ericaceae
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The Hippeastrum papilio is flowering in the Middle Gardens! AKA Butterfly amaryllis for its likeness to the swallow tail butterfly.
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The 'Cathedral of Light’ got a mention in @HuffingtonPost's '52 amazing photos from around the world'.
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This vibrant Lotus berthelotii or #ParrotsBeakplant is likely extinct in the wild. It was first described in 1881 from plants growing in the #CanaryIslands but it seems unlikely that any wild #plants survive. Learn more
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It's remarkable the Wollemi Pine has survived for over 200 million years. Ice ages, asteroids, you name it, nothing has stood in its way! . 🌲 Our team has planted 40 fresh seedlings at the Blue Mountain Botanic Garden Mount Tomah, celebrating 30 years since its discovery.
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Look #WhatIsHappeningRBG- Lotus pond being replanted with new cultivars of Sacred Lotus. #AskaCurator. Our Horticulture team is hard at work
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When it comes to #Corymbia 'Summer Beauty', the name says it all! This small #tree bursts with gorgeous pink clusters of #flowers in #summer! 📸 pollinator via Instagram #Myrtaceae #RBGSydney
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Watch the amazing movements of this pretty in pink Cattleya orchid in the Glasshouse! 📽️ Valeriu Pintilie #RBGDaily
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Our Daisies, #AstralAsteraceae, are looking lovely in our #Garden now. This is our Rhodanthe chlorocephala.
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Rhododendron ‘Tijuana Bell’ – A Vireya Rhododendron, native to southeastern Asia and range from Thailand to Australia. #Ericaceae
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Did you know the plant name "Waratah" comes from the Eora Aboriginal word, 'warada' meaning 'beautiful' or 'seen from afar'.🤩🎴 . 📷 agnes_draws_a_line.📍 Australian Botanic Garden Mount Annan. #NRW2023
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Originating from Assam and the eastern Himalayas Musa velutina - Hairy or Pink Banana produces pink flowers & fruit. Bananas are perennial, herbaceous flowering plants - what looks like a trunk is, in fact, a sheath of leaves wrapped to create a pseudostem
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Now this is a tree you'll want to catch in the first week of #Spring! The #Macadamia tetraphylla or Rough-shelled Bush Nut will be showing off with a prolific pink floral display #RBGSydney #MustSeeRBG
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It might be a little damp today, but that isn't stopping the #Jacaranda mimosifolia from flaunting its purple petals. In bloom at Harbour View Lawn, Royal Botanic Garden Sydney 🌳💜. Explore the November Must See tour for more:
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Visit our #BotanicGarden now to see the Ceiba speciosa chorisia. It's rare for the fruits to split open and see the white 'Kapok' in Sydney.
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Exciting news! #RBGSydney has been named the NSW Major Tourist Attraction of the Year for the second year running at the @NSWTourismAward last night. The back-to-back win was supported by new and ongoing visitor initiatives from the Garden this year
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Plants have amazing survival tricks up their roots. This swelling of the root crown is called a 'lignotuber' and it protects plant stems during a fire. It also has starch inside that supports new bud growth without sunlight. When the coast is clear, new stems sprout! #RBGDaily
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Today for Live @ #TheCalyx we will be joined by #Horticulturist Oliver Robson! Tune into our Facebook page at 12.30pm AEDT to learn about his work on the recently opened Southern African Garden and send us your questions in the comments #RBGSydney
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Lilly pillies are a popular #nativeplant growing in gardens and used as street plantings across the country, and the tasty #fruit are perfect for making cordial! Check out the #recipe on our website #lillypillies
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Today marks @UN World Bee Day 🐝 #Bees are important pollinators and are vital for ensuring food security and much more. Learn more about bees at our free #Pollination display on until August at #TheCalyx #savethebees #worldbeeday
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There’s just one week until Christmas and we have decorated our tree – it’s a #WollemiPine! See our Curator-Manager Dr @dale_dixon get into the festive spirit and learn about the significance of this beautiful tree.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉 .~.With a smoking ceremony, spectacular light show and two incredible firework displays, this year's celebrations were nothing short of amazing 😍.~.🌿 Power into 2024 with plants:.
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#Breaking The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney and @TheDomainSyd are now Australia’s most extensive and digitally-connected spaces with 40 ‘smart-nodes’ providing free high-speed WiFi throughout the sites for visitors plus we have a brand-new app! #RBGSydney
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Angophora hispida. The Dwarf Apple flowers or Banda can be soaked in water to make a sweet refreshing drink. #myrtaceae
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Our Plant of the Month @RBGSydney is Dendrobium speciosum, Sydney Rock #Orchid. Visit now to see it! #BotanicGarden
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Think you've got the nation’s best home-grown tomato? Passionate about passata? Enter our Tomato Festival comp now!
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Enter the sticky, sneaky & freaky world of killer plants in our deadly episode of Branch Out with carnivorous plant hunter @GregBourke3 & the mastermind behind the #PlantsWithBite display at #TheCalyx @TexanInOz. Listen iOS Android
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Want to grow your own vegetables but don't know where to start? Director of Horticulture @texaninoz has put together an easy guide in his latest blog: #RBGSydney #horticulture
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Tune in on Facebook Live today at 12.30pm AEST as we are joined by Director of #Horticulture @TexanInOz, who will be speaking to us about #NationalTreeDay plus some other exciting news. watch here #RBGSydney
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Join Dr @dale_dixon, Curator Manager of #RBGSydney for a behind-the-scenes tour of the tropical display house, #Latitude23, this coming Wednesday 21 March!
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This rare, unusual and spectacular bulbous plant, #Worsleya procera, or Blue #Amaryllis is #flowering now near the Band Lawn at #RBGSydney!
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Visit our Royal #BotanicGarden Sydney now, see our beautiful Red Silky Oak, Alloxylon flammeum. #Waratah #Garden200
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We are so lucky to have such a stunning view of #Sydney Harbour! Use #RBGSydney to share your experience of the Garden with us 📸 via Instagram novygram #Ilovesydney
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There was some fierce competition today at the annual buggy #Christmas dress-up competition! With creativity on show from the #Horticulture and #Education teams, it was a close call, but the judges declared the buggy featuring an angel with a face as the winner.
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Our Brachyscome multifida, #AstralAsteraceae in Royal #BotanicGarden Sydney looking pretty.
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Hello to the first day of summer 🌞. It may have been a drizzly couple of days, but that won't stopping the cosmos, centaurea and cornflowers from our wildflower meadows from bursting with colour!. 📍 Royal Botanic Garden Sydney
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These delightful little Agapanthus sit shyly at the edge of the Rose Garden. They're in bloom now at the Garden. #Alliaceae
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Did you know that the flowers of the #Syzygium moorei or #Watermelon #Tree emerge directly from woody branches, a phenomenon called #ramiflory? #RBGSydney #MustSeeRBG
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Sydney will yet again be a sea of purple as #Jacaranda mimosifolia or #Jacarandatrees come into bloom this month. Learn about the history of this Argentinan and Bolivian native ornamental tree and where you can see them in #Sydney via our blog
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Coelogyne pandurata is a hot-growing #epiphyte that can be found in the wild on large trees near rivers. See the #flowers come to life in this #timelapse by Horticulturist Valeriu Pintilie.
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In the glasshouse, this Bulbophyllum fletcherianum, commonly known as Tongue Orchid, is flowering. It has a distinctive scent like a dead animal, which is an incredible evolutionary trick that attracts #pollinators 📷 Valeriu Pintilie #orchids #orchidaceae
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It's National #Wattle Day and the first day of #spring today! These Wattle's are from @RBGSydney @AustralianBG.
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Stunning burst of colour on display in the Garden today. Have you seen our Carnival Copper? (Luecospermum, #Proteaceae) #Botanic Garden
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Deep red, scented flowers with lots of nectar make the Weeping Schotia a favourite for Lorikeets. It's a must see for November. #Fabaceae
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Today, we turned 200 years old! No better way to celebrate this amazing milestone than with #VividSydney. #Garden200
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A burst of colour in the Royal #BotanicGarden Sydney. Our Shady Lady Waratah looking superb! #Garden200
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30 years ago fungi expert @BrettSumm started his science career at #RBGSydney. As the Director of Science & Conservation for the last 15, he has grown the Garden’s 200+ year legacy of studying & documenting plant life in Australia. Congrats Dr Summerell!
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A look inside our research glasshouse and Plectranthus diversus. One of many species being researched at RBG Sydney. #Lamiaceae
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Welcome to the Australian Institute of Botanical Science. Our Botanic Gardens make up Australia’s oldest living scientific institution, and we’re excited to expand and elevate our role in botanical science on a global scale. Watch live now
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Roses aren’t the only thing you should stop to smell! This Elephant Foot Yam or #Amorphophallus paeoniifolius mimics the look + smell of rotting flesh to attract pollinators! The stinky blooms are in the #RBGSydney rainforest opposite the koala - but hurry, they only last 5 days!
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Happy New Year! Thank you to everyone who came to the Garden to celebrate with us 📸 @cityofsydney #sydnye #Welcome2018 #NYEGarden #HappyNewYear2018 #HappyNewYearsEve
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Blushing Bride, also known as Serruria Florida, is a member of the South African #Proteaceae family and it is endangered in its natural habitat. Learn more #RBGSydney
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We're thrilled to be joined for Live @ The Calyx today by Director of Horticulture, Jimmy Turner, @TexanInOz . Tune into Facebook live or on #Periscope today at 12.30pm AEDT and send us your questions for Jimmy! #RBGSydney
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Just like fireworks, Old man banksia (banksia serrata) are known for looking their best at night 🎇 . As their spark-like flowers open in the evenings, nocturnal animals like sugar gliders and eastern pygmy possums feed on their nectar. 📸 2. Ronavery/iNaturalist
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@bgcpsydney @WomenScienceDay @4womeninscience @WomenInSTEMAu @WomenSciAUST @BrettSumm @AustralianBG @MomentsAU @hsauquet_rbgsyd @STEMMdiversity @DurettoMarco @Aus_ScienceWeek @ResearchGate @Vanessa__Fuchs @TexanInOz @SydScienceFest @AusPodAwards Dr Ganesha Liyanage is a Rainforest Conservation Scientist at @AustralianBG who is currently working on the Rainforest #Seed Conservation Project. Learn more #WomenInScienceDay #February11 #rainforest #conservation
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Our Rhododendron ‘Gretel’ #Ericaceae is out in bloom in our Spring Walk. Visit today and see this #beautiful flower.
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Wondering why we're excited about #InternationalMuseumDay? Back in the 1800s, our Botanical Museum was regarded as an essential educational adjunct to the Herbarium, housing timbers, leaves, fibres + more from around the world. #museumday #IMD2018
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PLANTS OF JUNE / Hairpin Banksia (Banksia spinulosa) 🏵️✨ .~.These plants rely on pollinators for their reproduction. Small marsupials & birds brush against the hairpin hook-like flowers to reach the nectar at the base of the flower. ~.➡️ Discover more:
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