Joseph-Gottlieb Kölreuter Institute for Plant Sciences

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Pflanzen in der Weihnachtsbäckerei. Öffentliche Führung am So, 08.12.2024, Dr. Judith Bieberich

Pflanzen der Bibel. Öffentliche Führung am Do, 19.12.2024, 16:00-17:00, Dipl. Biol. Maren Riemann

Pflanzen an Extremstandorten. Öffentliche Führung am So, 19.01.2025, 11:15-12:30, Dr. Marco Reitz

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Bericht in der BNN über die Führungen von Anna Christ

Virtual Garden. We have developed during the Corona time several virtual offers that are still available:

• Virtual tours through the garden (Maren Riemann)...

• Winter Excursion in the Hartwald (interactive app to stroll around, Maren Riemann)
• Every plant has a story to tell (ZKM, Uriel Orlow, Lili Carr, Peter Nick)
• the Botanical Garden - sustainable from the beginning (Verein der Freunde des Gartens, 9 min)
• Plants playing tricks (Uni für Einsteiger, 20 min)
• Hidden Healing Powers, Fig Leaf Tea (Rolf Bormuth, 6 min)
• Botany to Grip ("Green School", Marcel Göritz, Luca Wetzel, 30 min)
• Little Dandilion - Herbs and Healing ("Green School", Sofie Wirth, Annabell Stutz, Helen Schleifer, Giannina Fleischer, 15 min)

And here you can reach the PAGES OF THE GARDEN ASSOCIATIONS.

Plant of the Month: Cotton

In the Waterlily house it grows right behind the door - Cotton. The large flowers remind of Hibiscus, but are yellow. The green capsules release after maturation the seed hairs. Cotton is related to Mauve, Hibiscus, and Cocoa and occurs in two species - the Old and the New World Cotton. The rather short and oily fibres are actually not well suited for textiles. In fact, Cotton was rather a niche product compared to Linnen and Wool. This changed upon discovery of the New World, when the Trading Triangle (Sugar, Slaves, Weapons) provided the colonial powers with cheap workforce in the Caribics (slaves did not get payment), and when, in England, first machines could handle the recalcitrant fibres. The breakdown of the European textile industry and the worldwide spread of Cotton production might be one of the earliest examples for the power of globalisation. more...

What to see

Palm House: Curry Tree fruiting (image). Giant Leaf Insects - art project . Tree of the Traveller .

Tropical House: fruiting . Cocoa fruiting . Wasp Flower Anthurium sellowianum .

Waterlily House: Water Banana flowers . Papaya couple . Shiwa' Plant Calotropis .

Outside: Milk Orange fruiting . fruiting . Goji Berries .

Entracne: Giant Pitcher Plant . -Tree . Cardamom .

Succulent House:  African Moringa . Desert Maracuja flowering . flowering . Guava fruiting .