Comments on: Orchids and more Delight Visitors at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden

By: A Reader

A Reader — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 17:21:32 +0000

I like that you've shown a more popular garden after the tour of plant geek heaven. Both are lovely in their way. Thanks for sharing.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 29 Apr 2017 04:40:56 +0000

wish i were going to be at the party and taking in the primrose show but am stuck in the fog and with a dozen gardens that need cleanup. spring in the maritime climes is a sometime thing.
all best,
~ 02568

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Apr 2017 21:32:19 +0000

Glorious! Wonderful photos and a marvellous guided tour, thanks 🙂

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:52:48 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. What? There isn't a Pashiopedilum? That's what I get for rushing and relying on spell check, (really, it isn't good for orchid names). You should have seen how often I had to convert WINTER to GINTER, because of auto-correct!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:45:11 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. Ok, it's "paph" not "pash": I have a soft spot for lady slipper orchids, (since Pash's were the first orchids I grew as a teenager)...

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:38:19 +0000

In reply to Nic. Whaaaaaat? I have had it bloom in the greenhouse which sometimes get's down to 30, so it's possible. I know that there are fig trees in Cambridge too in some protected spots.

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:37:16 +0000

In reply to Anonymous.

Dear 02568 on Nantucket – Nice to hear from you again! Are you going to come visit us for the party next Friday and the National Primrose Society Show at Tower Hill Botanic Garden??? Did you know that we just hired the former head of horticulture at the GInter as CEO for Tower Hill? Grace Chapman's first week was last week – we have high hopes!

By: Matt Mattus

Matt Mattus — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 23:35:32 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. No typo is 'small' when it comes to botanical names! Thanks. I should have known that one, as I grow it too (it has never bloomed for me, however!).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 19:23:00 +0000

dear matt
thanks for the posts from your progress through PDN and Ginter. hope you'll report on other southern horticultural meccas.
we visited Ginter during the holidays (imaginative lighting, other décorations with lots of kid appeal, winter flowering orchids) so your pix fill in what empty beds and plant labels only hinted at.
your comment about being taken in by the magic as a five-year-old points to the impact of these experiences! same with me. it appears that far many more asian and other foreign-origin families visit longwood, tower hill, louis ginter and other botanic garden with their children than do typical american ones. sad.
all best,
~ 02568

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Apr 2017 12:09:01 +0000

Hi Matt
There's a small typo in your post, we should read Cattleya mossiae instead of hossiae.
Nice pictures and thanks for sharing. The passiflora is absolutely stunning