Fog system
If you visit the Conservatory and the plants appear to be shrouded in fog, don’t fret. It’s just water from an overhead fog system that helps increase humidity when the air is too dry, ...
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Featured plant: Amorphophallus paeoniifolius
Amorphophallus paeoniifolius (also known as the elephant foot yam) is a distant (and much smaller) relative of Cornell’s renowned titan arums (Amorphophallus titanium). A native of tropical Asia, this perennial herb is cultivated for its ...
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Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory Ribbon Cutting
Reposted from the SIPS blog, Discovery that Connects: On May 5th, the ribbon was officially cut at a Student Open House for the Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory. Alan Collmer, Glenn Evans, Kevin Nixon, and ...
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Student Open House May 5
Come check out our progress getting plants settled into their new home: Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory Student Open House Thursday, May 5, 3:00 – 5:00 LHB Conservatory located on the south side of Plant ...
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Featured plant: Cephalocereus senilis
On take-your-child-to-work day April 28, one of the many primary-schoolers visiting the Conservatory was heard to exclaim, “Look! It’s a Bernie Sanders cactus!” Very close. Its common name is actually Old Man Cactus (Cephalocereus ...
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New path through the Palm House planting bed
While planting continues in the Palm House, CUAES greenhouse growers took time to install a winding path made from recycled rubber mulch through the planting bed. To help keep the plants’ roots healthy, please stay ...
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Palm House planting
Greenhouse staff are hard at work transplanting large plants from the pots they were grown in when the Conservatory collection was temporarily housed at the Ken Post Lab greenhouses into the planting bed in ...
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Conservatory featured on Ithaca College TV Newswatch
Ithaca College TV News Watch reporter Breana Cacciotti visits the newly re-opened Liberty Hyde Bailey Conservatory.
Featured plant: Cattleya aclandiae
This 3- to 5-inch-tall orchid produces fragrant, long-lasting, 3- to 4-inch-wide flowers — very large for such a small plant. The flowers have a mild, spicy scent that some say has a note of bubblegum ...
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Featured plant: Aechmea fasciata
A native of Brazil, Aechmea fasciata (silver vase, urn plant) is a member of the bromeliad family (Bromeliaceae), the same family as pineapples. The plants grow about 2 feet tall with overlapping, leathery leaves blotched with silver forming ...
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