Whitcomb Conservatory on Detroit's Belle Isle.

The Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory (13 acres) is a greenhouse and botanical garden located three miles east of downtown on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan. It is open every day of the year; an admission fee is charged. Anna Whitcomb Conservancy and Gardens on Belle Isle in Detroit Photo by rmhermen, March 30, 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Belle Isle (Michigan) Albert Kahn Categories: GFDL images ... Anna Whitcomb Conservancy and Gardens on Belle Isle in Detroit Photo by rmhermen, March 30, 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: Belle Isle (Michigan) Albert Kahn Categories: GFDL images ... A greenhouse in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Botanical gardens (in Latin hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants both for scientific purposes and for the enjoyment and education of visitors. ... Belle Isle refers to two different islands in the U.S. state of Michigan. ... Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes - this motto was adopted after the disastrous 1805 fire that devastated the city) Nickname: The Motor City and Motown Location in Wayne County, Michigan Founded Incorporated July 24, 1701 1815  County Wayne County Mayor...

The conservatory was built in 1904 to designs by noted architect Albert Kahn, and rebuilt 1952-1954 with aluminum replacing its original wooden beams. In 1953 it was named in honor of Mrs. Whitcomb, who left her 600-plant orchid collection to the city. Thanks to her gift and subsequent donations, the conservatory is now home to one of the largest municipally-owned orchid collections in the United States. See Albert Kahn (banker) for the French banker. ... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ...

The conservatory site contains formal perennial gardens, annual flower beds, a rose garden, and lily pond garden. The conservatory itself covers more than an acre, features an imposing central dome 85 feet high (with total volume of 100,600 cubic feet), and is organized as a palm house in the dome, South Wing, North Wing, and a show house. The South Wing contains tropical plants of economic importance such as bananas, oranges, coffee, sugar cane, orchids, etc. The North Wing hosts the extensive collections of ferns, cacti and succulents. The show house, remodeled 1980-1981, features a continuous display of blooming plants. Look up Palm on Wiktionary, the free dictionary The word Palm has several meanings: The central region of the human hand and an ancient unit of length based thereon. ... Species Hybrid origin; see text A banana is a tree-like plant (though strictly a herb) of the genus Musa in the family Musaceae, closely related to plantains. ... Look up Orange on Wiktionary, the free dictionary For the etymology of the word orange, see orange (word). ... Coffee beans and a cup of coffee Coffee is a beverage, usually served hot, prepared from the roasted seeds of the coffee plant. ... Species Ref: ITIS 42058 as of 2004-05-05 Sugarcane is one of six species of a tall tropical southeast Asian grass (Family Poaceae) having stout fibrous jointed stalks whose sap at one time was the primary source of sugar. ... Orchid re-directs here; for alternate uses see Orchid (disambiguation) Genera Over 800 See List of Orchidaceae genera. ... Classes Marattiopsida Osmundopsida Gleicheniopsida Pteridopsida A fern, or pteridophyte, is any one of a group of some twenty thousand species of plants classified in the Division Pteridophyta, formerly known as Filicophyta. ... Genera See Taxonomy of the Cactaceae A cactus (plural, cacti or cactuses) is a type of (usually) succulent plant belonging to the dicotyledonous flowering plant family, Cactaceae. ... Succulent plants, or succulents, are plants that store water in their enlarged fleshy leaves, stems, or roots. ...