Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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It's not that large (a long and narrow section of greenhouse), but has some nice plants.

Although the main gardens are open most of the time, they don't seem to encourage visitors to some of the greenhouses - this one is open for exactly 3 hours a week.

Firstly part which seems more overgrown in the photo than in real life:
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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It looks like this agave is about to flower
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As agaves die after flowering I can only guess that they cut the flower stem off before it got that far
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Re: Copenhagen Botanic Gardens Cactus House

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Not many plants in flower at this time of year (and it was a very overcast day)
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Caudexes don't really float my boat, but they had quite a few of them both in pots and planted out
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More strange-shaped onions
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And again
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The final ones
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Someone needs a shave
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For scale the agave in this picture is over 2 feet across
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