Plants with Bite - The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

 The current display at The Calyx is 'Plants With Bite' - the bizarre world of carnivorous plants such as the Pitcher Plants (right & below).

Venus Flytrap

See my earlier post of the original Calyx Display and the Green Wall

The Calyx, the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney

'The Calyx' within The Royal Botanic Garden Sydney is an attractive contemporary building for horticultural displays and education, incorporating coffee shop etc.

The Botanic Story of Chocolate

'Sweet Addiction' is the first exhibition to open in 'The Calyx', a world-class horticultural exhibition space at The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. I have been planning to visit for some time, but only did so this week. The exhibition which opened last year, closed on 17th April 2017

The indoor exhibition space features a huge curved green wall covered with over 18,000 plants.

                                                                      

Rain forest plants such as this flowering plant, are in the garden beds on the floor.

 'The story begins in the depths of a tropical rain forest, and takes visitors on a journey through chocolate plantations and the ingredients that go into chocolate making'

A self-guided audio tour is include.

Cacao plant

(below)
      A section of the display, with part of the botanic 'chocolate box' on the green wall behind.             

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A new exhibition at The Calyx