Etiket: Hortus
Hortus Overzee in Den Helder open again, but spring has yet to start
The final preparations are being made for the opening of Hortus Overzee in Den Helder. The restaurant is swept and plants are on carts, ready to be rolled out. In…
The giant water lily blooms in the Hortus: ‘Sometimes up to two meters in diameter’
The colossal Victoria lily is blooming and that means work to be done for Jos van der Hoek of the Hortus Botanicus in Amsterdam. Because the flowers of this beautiful…
Giant penis plant in bloom again after ten years in Hortus Leiden | Inland
The so-called Amorphophallus titanum, literally translated ‘gigantic shapeless penis’, is more than two meters in size, excluding the pot. “A much more clumsy plant. A real monster”, Van Vugt describes.…