The Tropical Greenhouse

The tropical plant greenhouse, restored in 1999, is called "Dutch style", due to its basement structure.

Numerous tropical potted species and many epiphytes are hosted there. In particular, many are grown there Bromeliads, belonging to the genres Tillandsia, Aechmea And Bilbergia.

You can also admire many of the Orchidaceae which have been cultivated in the Botanical Garden for a long time, so much so that they were represented by Lisa Mussino, a painter at the Garden between 1850 and 1864, in watercolor plates included in the volumes of Iconographia Taurinensis.

A video in LIS is available: the tropical greenhouse

Read more:

Caramiello R., Fossa V., Guglielmone L., 2008. The greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of the University of Turin. Neos Edizioni, 30 pages.