City of Cincinnati - Tropical House

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Tropical House

Tropical House

Picture Compliments of Alan Fraser

A large variety of ferns, both terrestrial and epiphytic, reside in the high humidity and warm temperatures of this house. An unusual cycad, bromeliad, and begonia collection surrounds the two naturalistic pools.

Several important economic plants are represented: among them, the chocolate tree from the shady tropics, a pomengranite, the vanilla vine, and the dwarf banana.