Jardiim Botanico Tropical -Belam

Left the cloister at 5 and had a quick bite to eat. Nice little cafe/coffee shop next to the botanical garden where we had a Toastee (grilled sandwich) and wrap, apple desert and 2 espressos. It started to mist while she were outside so we moved in as did everyone else that was out on the patio.

The botanical garden was just kitty corner to the monastery. It was a bit run down, not quite as bad as the cuban botanical garden, but in some ways similar.

Lots of Palms, some that were dying unfortunately.

There was a section on Macao as that was a Portuguese colony. so many familiar asian species, Viburnum, Honeysuckle, Mahonia,

There was a grevillia tree that was over 100 feet tall.......I have a grevillia in a 1 gal pot in the green house.

Parts of the garden were no longer open to the public, the old nursery.

The old glass house had plants in it, but many many broken panes, and It looked like the lost gardens of Heligan.....

There was the old palace too and an interesting hard instillation of hammocks. probably around 12 hammocks and lots of people resting in them. It was a Brazilian, portugal joint instillation.Read more