Hey everyone, sorry
this entry is late. Our team had a long day (arriving at our hotel around 10pm),
and the internet wasn’t functioning well.
On Wednesday
morning, August 10th, we toured the botanic garden at UC Berkeley
with horticulturist Gideon Dollarhide (who will also be joining us for the rest
of the trip). UC Berkeley
Botanic Garden’s collection houses about 12,000 different taxa. Even with the
time constraints, we did get to see a vast array of displays. By the way, "woah" and "wow" are now two very common words being used by everyone on the team.
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| Awesome succulent display at the entrance |
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| Succulent display. |
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| Opuntia sp. |
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| Echinopsis sp. |
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| Encephalanrtos altensteinii |
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| Encephalanrtos altensteinii |
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| Amaryllis bellabonna |
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| Quercus agrifolia |
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| Lichens on Cacti. "Woah!" - Mikhail |
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| Mikhail checking out the lichens. |
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| Epiphytic Rhododendron |
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| Erica vestita |
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| Erica vestita |
After a quick
picnic, we paid a visit to the nearby Regional Parks Botanic Garden in Tilden.
This garden focuses on displaying California’s native flora, arranged by geographic
distribution. Their collection includes 2,395 different taxa, and has the best
representation of Arctostaphylos.
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| We met Bart O'Brien (Manager of RPBG) |
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| Arctostaphylos montana ssp. Ravenii |
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| Arctostaphylos regismontana |
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| Arctostaphylos bark |
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| Left to right: Bart O'Brien, Betty, Gideon, Dave, Mikhail, Anna, Vladimir |
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