Overnight, Colorado’s most famous plant bloomed. This marks the first time a corpse flower (Amorphophallus titanum), native to Sumatra, has bloomed in the Rocky Mountain region. The staff at Denver Botanic Gardens (DBG) are proud parents. A live cam has tracked the bloom’s progression since August 14. At peak times, thousands of people have watched the […]
Read PostWe are pleased to announce our newest scheduled group departure for 2016 — Orchid Discovery in Ecuador offered in collaboration with Denver Botanic Gardens. There are more than 4,000 documented species of orchids in Ecuador, with a number of species still not classified. In fact, Ecuador boasts the highest orchid diversity of any country in […]
Read PostHoused in a former marketplace in Toluca, Mexico the Cosmovitral Botanical Garden is probably most famous for its outstanding stained glass pirces by Leopoldo Flores. The botanical garden contains more than 500 species of plants and there are more than 70 pieces of individual stained glass works. The Sun Man welcomes visitors upon arrival. When […]
Read PostThe Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mexico, covers 56,259 hectares of rugged, forested mountains approximately 100 km northwest of Mexico City. The reserve is located along the border of the states of Michoacán and Mexico. Scientists estimate that between 60 million and 1 billion monarch butterflies overwinter in the reserve. […]
Read PostGuest blogger: Nick Snakenberg of Denver Botanic Gardens For several travelers in our group, today is the day we’ve been looking forward to since we first signed up for this trip. Today we will receive a guided tour of the Inkaterra Machu Picchu Pueblo Hotel grounds to see the hundreds of orchid plants and flowers […]
Read PostGuest Blogger: Nick Snakenberg of Denver Botanic Gardens I have wanted to visit Machu Picchu since I first glimpsed a photo of it in my 4th grade geography text book. Today, along with the rest of our tireless group, I would get that opportunity. Construction of Machu Picchu is believed to have started around 1440 although […]
Read PostGuest Blogger: Nick Snakenberg of Denver Botanic Gardens After a quick breakfast at our hotel, our adventurous group of travelers loaded a bus and began a day of exploration of the Urubamba Sacred Valley. After following the UrubambaRiver out of Cusco, we began climbing along a new highway to Cuyuni Pass, a mountain peak at […]
Read PostGuest Blogger: Nick Snakenberg from Denver Botanic Gardens Our second day of discovery begins with a flight to Cusco, the historical capital of the Inca Empire. We had time to rest and adjust to the high altitude (over 11,000 feet) before meeting our guide Carlos Seminario (a Cusco native) and beginning a tour of the […]
Read PostGuest Blogger: Nick Snakenberg of Denver Botanic Gardens In mid-February a group of Denver Botanic Gardens’ supporters and I began an exciting journey to Peru, spending time in each of the three major climate zones – the coastal desert, mountainous Andes highlands, and the rainforest of eastern Peru. Over the next several weeks, I will […]
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