Hi Everybody,
Went up to Seattle last weekend and stopped by, as always, the UW greenhouse & gardens. We went with my good friend David who started me on plants 9 years ago. The Greenhouse manager said "Be quick", and we started commenting on all of his plants... Long story short, we stayed an hour and were granted access into all the restricted areas :rolleyes:

Whiteheadia bifolia.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Whiteheadiabifolia01.jpg

Welwitschia & Lisa.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Welwitschiamirabilis01.jpg

Same plant.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Welwitschiamirabilis03.jpg

A wall of orchids.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Orchids02.jpg

Another.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Orchids01.jpg

Some sorts of orchids...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/PhragsandPaphs.jpg

longifolium.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Phraglongifolium.jpg

'Chids.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Orchid09.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Orchid07.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Orchid06.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Orchid05.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Orchid04.jpg

An vine of an Epi.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Epidendrum.jpg

The biggest Gramm. I've ever seen.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Grammatophyllumspeciosum.jpg

A Schom.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Schomburgkia.jpg

Sarracenia rubra rubra
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Sarraceniarubra.jpg

Sarracenia flava rugellii
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Sarraceniaflavarugellii.jpg

A big Nep. bicalcarata
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Nepenthesbicalcarata02.jpg

Another Nep.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Nepenthes06.jpg

A Drosera.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Drosera01.jpg

A really big Aristolochia!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Aristolochia02.jpg

A "Giant Fern", Angiopteris
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Angiopterisevecta.jpg

Amorphophalus titanum & David.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Amorphophalustitanum.jpg

Federally endangered Echinacea tenneseensis.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Echinaceatenneseensis02.jpg

David in a field of Dahlias.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/DavidDalias04.jpg

A Nice Dahlia.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Dalia02.jpg

And last, one from my yard, Bletilla formosana, flowering for the second time this year. It's very confused... but happy :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v249/nankeen/Bletillaformosana01.jpg

Hope you enjoyed.
Best,
Ross

Thanks for the beautiful tour!

Love the dahlias!

What a great place to visit. Even vicariously.

Oh wow that was incredible! I have never seen so many of those plants. Amazing the size of some of them! You just made my day. Thanks!:woohoo:

that's freakin' awesome!
do you remember if that Gram scriptum?
i had some Welwitschia seeds but they never germinated.... bummer.

Those are some really awesome photos, what a tour, thanks so much!:cool:

That was great, Ross! What a nice tour. Wow. :cool:

so many nice pretty plants phots

Thanks everybody. It was a fun trip.

that's freakin' awesome!
do you remember if that Gram scriptum?

The tag said Gramm speciosum.

Best,
Ross

I love that huge Nepanthes, not to mention your B. formosana. It is such an elegant flower even though the plant is confused!

Amazing plants...awesome pics...:cool: thnx