Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada

The Montréal Botanical Garden was founded, in 1931, by the remarkable botanist and scientist, catholic brother Marie Victorin. Since its foundation the garden has three missions : conservation, educa- tion and research. Certainly 76 years old is still young for a botanical garden, but it has accomp...

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Autor principal: Gobeille, Lise
Formato: Online
Idioma:spa
Publicado: Universidad de Costa Rica 2015
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/18454
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spelling LANKESTERIANA184542021-06-09T20:59:51Z Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada Gobeille, Lise orchid collection history conservation Botanical Garden orchid collection history conservation Botanical Garden The Montréal Botanical Garden was founded, in 1931, by the remarkable botanist and scientist, catholic brother Marie Victorin. Since its foundation the garden has three missions : conservation, educa- tion and research. Certainly 76 years old is still young for a botanical garden, but it has accomplished a maturity and dynamism that is admired by many. The tropical collections are presented to the public by family and theme in ten public greenhouses. Behind the scene, more than 40 greenhouses serve for conser- vation of our collections, for production and for research. Situated on 75 hectares, 27 thematic gar- dens present the different collections while three gar- dens have a cultural vocation: the Chinese Garden, the Japanese Garden and the American Indian Garden. A total of 22,000 taxons are presented in our collections.  The Montréal Botanical Garden was founded, in 1931, by the remarkable botanist and scientist, catholic brother Marie Victorin. Since its foundation the garden has three missions : conservation, educa- tion and research. Certainly 76 years old is still young for a botanical garden, but it has accomplished a maturity and dynamism that is admired by many. The tropical collections are presented to the public by family and theme in ten public greenhouses. Behind the scene, more than 40 greenhouses serve for conser- vation of our collections, for production and for research. Situated on 75 hectares, 27 thematic gar- dens present the different collections while three gar- dens have a cultural vocation: the Chinese Garden, the Japanese Garden and the American Indian Garden. A total of 22,000 taxons are presented in our collections.  Universidad de Costa Rica 2015-06-17 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Article application/pdf https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/18454 10.15517/lank.v7i1-2.18454 Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology; 2007: Lankesteriana: Volumen 7, Número 1-2 Lankesteriana: International Journal on Orchidology; 2007: Lankesteriana: Volumen 7, Número 1-2 2215-2067 1409-3871 spa https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/18454/18622
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Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada
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description The Montréal Botanical Garden was founded, in 1931, by the remarkable botanist and scientist, catholic brother Marie Victorin. Since its foundation the garden has three missions : conservation, educa- tion and research. Certainly 76 years old is still young for a botanical garden, but it has accomplished a maturity and dynamism that is admired by many. The tropical collections are presented to the public by family and theme in ten public greenhouses. Behind the scene, more than 40 greenhouses serve for conser- vation of our collections, for production and for research. Situated on 75 hectares, 27 thematic gar- dens present the different collections while three gar- dens have a cultural vocation: the Chinese Garden, the Japanese Garden and the American Indian Garden. A total of 22,000 taxons are presented in our collections. 
title Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada
title_short Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada
title_full Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada
title_fullStr Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada
title_full_unstemmed Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada
title_sort tropical orchids in the north, montréal botanical garden, québec, canada
title_alt Tropical orchids in the North, Montréal Botanical Garden, Québec, Canada
publisher Universidad de Costa Rica
publishDate 2015
url https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/lankesteriana/article/view/18454
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