wave hill

From: Piabinha at aol.com on 2000.08.28 at 02:47:21(5315) what a day. friends and i had planned to go to wave hill today and the weather did cooperate a bit. it was sunny for the most part although not as nice as yesterday, which was sunny and most dry. today was hot and muggy but it's august in nyc... for those that don't know, wave hill is a former estate overlooking the hudson river, happily ensconced in the bronx. deeded to to city a while ago, it is now a nyc cultural institution. their gardens and greenhouses are beautiful, well mantained and always interesting, although it's not a huge property. we spent a great day watching the hudson river and the palisades in new jersey, from under a pergola or lying around in the grass. they use containers and baskets with lots of colorful foliage and blooms for great effect. +More the flower gardens are a riot. nothing subtle about it, they pack all sorts of colorful flowers and foliage in such a small area to make such an impact... at the greenhouses, wow... the small collection includes many rather rare plants. among aroids, many of those beautiful silver-veined anthurium, incl. crystallinum and clarinervium. also, a fantastic wendlingeri-looking in bloom (the spadix and spathe however were dark in color, instead of white, could it be something else besides wendlingeri?), gracile, and a huge one with huge round corrugated leaves (i couldn't find a tag for it though...). also, many Alocasias, Calladium lindenii and humboldtii, Callopsis volkensii, some incredible Philodendron including martiana... of non-aroids, a huge Tacca nivea, variegated Dichorisandras, Dalechampia roezliana, rare ferns etc. at the water garden and monocot garden, many more aroids. a great place to visit, if you are in nyc, and not hard to get to by public transport. the cafeteria has very good food and you can eat it looking out into the new jersey palisades... tsuh yang chen, nyc, USA

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