This was some 20 years ago and do not recall the Genera and species but all were thriving , but Google Hobart Sub Antarctic Plant House and some 44 images depicted , some named on Trip Advisor page. On 11/01/2021 12:59 pm, The Silent Seed via pbs wrote: > This sounds amazing! What kind of plants were displayed? > > On Sun, Jan 10, 2021 at 9:53 PM Samuel via pbs < > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > >> There is a Subantarctic cold house in Hobart , Tasmania , Australia , we >> visited there when living in Tasmania , amazing to see plants in a >> replicated house , quite cold with the fans working. >> >> Gordon Julian , Highfields , Queensland. >> >> On 11/01/2021 12:19 pm, Jane McGary via pbs wrote: >>> You want an air-conditioned greenhouse? Years ago, and I think it was >>> in the botanical garden at Christchurch, New Zealand (someone correct >>> me if I'm misremembering), I visited a Subantarctic House, which had >>> been designed to replicate and display some remarkable and mostly >>> quite large plants from the subantarctic islands. It was a dome, with >>> a boardwalk which zig-zagged around inside. The walls were painted >>> with scenes of the islands, and the plants installed in beds in front >>> of the scenes, quite realistically. It was very cold, and huge fans >>> blew at a rate imitating the Roaring Forties. The plants looked great >>> and many were in flower. A great way to see this amazing flora without >>> dying of seasickness! >>> >>> Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> pbs mailing list >>> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >>> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >>> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> _______________________________________________ >> pbs mailing list >> pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net >> http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… >> Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> >> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>