There is a Subantarctic cold house in Hobart , Tasmania , Australia , we visited there when living in Tasmania , amazing to see plants in a replicated house , quite cold with the fans working. Gordon Julian , Highfields , Queensland. On 11/01/2021 12:19 pm, Jane McGary via pbs wrote: > You want an air-conditioned greenhouse? Years ago, and I think it was > in the botanical garden at Christchurch, New Zealand (someone correct > me if I'm misremembering), I visited a Subantarctic House, which had > been designed to replicate and display some remarkable and mostly > quite large plants from the subantarctic islands. It was a dome, with > a boardwalk which zig-zagged around inside. The walls were painted > with scenes of the islands, and the plants installed in beds in front > of the scenes, quite realistically. It was very cold, and huge fans > blew at a rate imitating the Roaring Forties. The plants looked great > and many were in flower. A great way to see this amazing flora without > dying of seasickness! > > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>