"Summer Paradise In The Center Of Minsk!"
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| Summer Paradise! |
In the Central Botanical Garden the floral diversity has got a magical effect because flowers are a remainder of paradise, they are something extraterrestrial, something perfect, and something incredible. In Minsk Botanical Garden the exposition "Flowers of the world" exists, where in spring and summer visitors can see a big amount of fascinating flowering bushes and flowers. It consists of 300 kinds of peonies, 500 species of tulips, more than 50 kinds of lilacs, also various species of daffodils, irises, gladiolus's, lilies, asters, dahlias, and of course roses.
In the Greenhouse there are more than 460 kinds of exotic plants from different climatic zones of the planet. There you can see evergreen plants such as palms, tropical ferns, olive-trees, magnolias, oleanders, orchids, banana-trees; citruses such as lemon-trees, orange-trees, mandarin-trees, coffee trees, evergreen jasmines and many others.
In Minsk Botanical Garden there is also the "Arboretum" that is famous for its collection of coniferous trees. All trees and bushes there are divided into some geographical sectors: North America; Australia; Europe; Central Asia; Caucasus and Crimea; Far East and Siberia.
In the center of Botanical Garden there is a small picturesque lake, whose inhabitants are graceful swans; tortoises, who love basking in the sun; and restless carps, who emerge from the water fast, dance in the air for a few split seconds and again hide deep in the water.
In every corner of the Central Botanical Garden, you can find lots of comfortable benches to have some rest and enjoy amazing songs of birds or you can go for a walk through one of the alleys such as the alley of birch trees, of rowan-trees, maples, thujas, linden-trees, fir-trees, oak-trees.
All the beautiful and picturesque places of the Central Botanical Garden will make you forget all the difficulties, and problems that are behind the territory of this cozy area of wildlife.
Address: Surganova Street 2B, Minsk
Working Days: From Tuesday till Sunday, (Day Off - Monday)
Working Hours: From 10am till 8pm,
Nearest Metro Station: Cheluskincev Park (First reach this metro station then go along the Independence Avenue till you see the big white arc with lots of columns - It is the Center of botanical garden).
The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.
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Tis my faith that every flower enjoys the air it breathes!
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People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us.
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Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair.
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Famous Quotes from quotegarden.com
The flower that follows the sun does so even in cloudy days.
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If you've never been thrilled to the very edge of your soul by a flower in spring bloom,maybe your soul has never been in bloom.
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The flowers of late winter and early spring occupy places in our hearts well out of proportion to their size.
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When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
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Flowers whisper "Beauty!" to the world, even as they fade, wilt, fall.
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Earth laughs in flowers.
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Flowers are those little colorful beacons of the sun from which we get sunshine when dark, somber skies blanket our thoughts.
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I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.
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I hope some day to meet God, because I want to thank Him for the flowers.
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The flower is the poetry of reproduction. It is an example of the eternal seductiveness of life.
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Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity.
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Flowers don't worry about how they are going to bloom.
They just open up and turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.
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Famous Quotes from quotegarden.com
Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature.
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I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
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A profusion of pink roses bending ragged in the rain speaks to me of all gentleness and its enduring.
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Roses! Roses! Such enigmatic Rose 
Soft whisper of grass.
Just now the Lilac is in bloom!
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Flowers really do intoxicate me.
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Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty outvalues all the utilities of the world.
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Flowers are without hope. Because hope is tomorrow and flowers have no tomorrow.
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A Purple Beauty!
Tropical Cactus's
The Green House!
A Score of Exotic beauty's
A Score of Exotic beauty's
Tropical Cactus's
Exotic Plantation!
White Orchids!
Purple Orchids!
Whitish Purple Orchids!
Tropical Palm Tree!
Exotic Green Leaves!
Swiming Gold Fishes in the Green House Pond!
Exotic Water Plantations!
Blooming Green House Flowers!
The "Arboretum"
A collection of coniferous trees.
Exquisite Combination of nature!
Beauty in a needle like fir tree.
Large Coniferous Trees!
A Kind of Fir Tree with its Green Berries
A Thuja Tree with Red Berries!
The Picturesque Lake!
With its graceful inhabitants...
The way to the Lake through the Botanical Garden!
A Blooming Lotus Flower!
A Graceful Swan!
The Alley of Fir Trees!
The Beautiful Lawns of the Botanical Garden!
Greenery filled walk ways & dense bushes of the Botanical Garden!
The Alley of Oak Trees!
Do you Know?
1. Do you know which is the most unusual, and biggest flower in the world?
2. Do you know that the Corpse Flower has medicinal properties to reduce cholesterol and blood sugar?
3. Do you know which is the smallest flower in the world, and where it grows?
Titanic Amorphophallus
or Amorphophallus Titanium in Latin.
or Amorphophallus Titanium in Latin.
Photo Credits: Taken from the website - http://vsefacty.ru/media/amorphophallus1.jpg
The pride of Botanical Gardens all over the world is the flower that is called the Titanic Amorphophallus or Amorphophallus Titanium in Latin. Sometimes it is also called the Devil Tongue, the Voodoo lily, the Umbrella Palm or the Snake Palm.
It is considered to be the biggest and the most unusual flower in the world, and for the first time it was discovered in 1878. This unique flower comes from tropical woods of the island Sumatra, Indonesia and savannahs of India, China, and Vietnam. The height of this plant can be till 3 meters, and the length of its leaves can vary till 5 meters. Its underground tuber is about 50 kilos. This amazing plant can live up to 40 years, however it can bloom only 3 or 4 times during its whole life. The process of blooming lasts for about two weeks. When it is over, then the plant ear heats up to 40 degrees, and the flower produces a very strong odor of rotten eggs or spoiled fish so as to attract insects for its pollination. That's why the plant is also sometimes called the Corpse Flower. After blooming Amorphophallus titanium hibernates in order to return back all the used nutrients.
The pride of Botanical Gardens all over the world is the flower that is called the Titanic Amorphophallus or Amorphophallus Titanium in Latin. Sometimes it is also called the Devil Tongue, the Voodoo lily, the Umbrella Palm or the Snake Palm.
It is considered to be the biggest and the most unusual flower in the world, and for the first time it was discovered in 1878. This unique flower comes from tropical woods of the island Sumatra, Indonesia and savannahs of India, China, and Vietnam. The height of this plant can be till 3 meters, and the length of its leaves can vary till 5 meters. Its underground tuber is about 50 kilos. This amazing plant can live up to 40 years, however it can bloom only 3 or 4 times during its whole life. The process of blooming lasts for about two weeks. When it is over, then the plant ear heats up to 40 degrees, and the flower produces a very strong odor of rotten eggs or spoiled fish so as to attract insects for its pollination. That's why the plant is also sometimes called the Corpse Flower. After blooming Amorphophallus titanium hibernates in order to return back all the used nutrients.
Amorphophallus during hibernation!
A Corpse Flower!
A Corpse Flower!
Photo Credits: Taken from the website - http://udivimenia.ru/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/54478404.jpg
In China and it is becoming popular in some other countries, they use tubers of this plant as a dietary product for reducing the level of cholesterol and sugar in blood. In medicine these tubers are used as a raw for producing dietary products. In countries of Indo-China they are also used for preparing meals.
Rootless Wolffia Flower!
The smallest flower in the world.
Photo Credits: Taken from the website - http://www.phytology.ru/images/stories/malenkierasteniya/1.jpg
The smallest flower in the world is called the Rootless Wolffia or Wolffia Arrhiza in Latin that comes from tropical woods of Africa and Asia. It belongs to the family of Lemnaceae plants. It is a very tiny, looks like an oval light-green plate that is only one millimeter and grows only in water. The RootlessWolffia blooms so seldom, that many botanists spend a half of their life to find out its flower that is smaller than a pinhead.
Rootless Wolffia Flower
Its size compared to a matchstick!
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It is a very unique plant, as it is not afraid at all of the cold winter, and extreme hot summer. Till autumn, the Rootless Wolffia accumulates a great amount of starch, due to which it is able to survive during winter on the bottom, and in spring it is able again to rise to the surface. It is one of the most favorite plants among amateurs of aquariums.
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