Lebombo cycad (Encephalartos senticosus) with male cones, native to SE-Africa (at the Botanical Garden of Bonn University).
(April 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Bäume, #trees, #Palmfarne, #Brotpalmfarne, #Lebombo_cycad, #Botanischer_Garten, #Bonn

Spider tresses (Strophanthus preussii) in the Botanical Garden of the University of Bonn.
(April 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Sträucher, #shrubs, #Westafrikanische_Korkenzieherblumen, #poison_arrow_vine, #Blüten, #flowers, #Botanischer_Garten, #Bonn

The world is upside down (in the Botanical Garden of Cologne - Flora).
(December 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Botanischer_Garten, #Kölner_Flora, #Spiegelbild, #reflection

The opening of the new display greenhouses at Cologne Botanical Garden (Flora) has been repeatedly postponed – as is customary in Cologne. Now it may (!) finally happen this autumn.
(August 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Botanischer_Garten, #Kölner_Flora, #Schaugewächshäuser, #greenhouses, #Teiche, #ponds

Turtle in the Botanical Garden of the University of Bonn.
(April 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Reptilien, #reptiles, #Schildkröten, #turtles, #animals, #Botanischer_Garten, #Bonn

Little European pond turtle being carried by mum (or dad) in the Botanical Garden of the University of Bonn.
(April 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Reptilien, #reptiles, #Schildkröten, #turtles, #Europäische_Sumpfschildkröten, #animals, #Botanischer_Garten, #Bonn

The Poppelsdorf Palace in Bonn-Poppelsdorf with the botanical garden of the university, which also uses the palace building.
(April 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Schlösser, #palaces, #Botanischer_Garten, #Botanical_Garden, #Springbrunnen, #fountains, #Bonn

Fragrant snailthread (Cochliostema odoratissimum) in the Botanical Gardens of Bonn University.
(April 2025)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
#Blumen, #flowers, #Duftender_Schneckenfaden, #Fragrant_snailthread, #Blüten, #blossoms, #Botanischer_Garten, #Bonn

Es wird Frühling. Ausbeute vom Spaziergang im botanischen Garten in #Duisburg #Duissern
Leider habe ich das Vogelgezwitscher nicht aufgenommen. Es war so schön und so vielfältig.
#botanischer_garten
#ruhrgebiet