Excursion in the greenhouses (part 1)

An invitation to discover tropical plants brought back
from Cuba by Marie-Victorin.

Philodendron
Philodendron lacerum
Araceae

Species collected in Cuba by Brother Marie-Victorin.
Arrived at the Montr?al Botanical Garden
on February 8, 1939, as a rhizome.

Photo: Michel Tremblay, JBM

Round-leaf peperomia
Round-leaf peperomia Peperomia rotundifolia
Piperaceae

Species collected in Cuba by Brother Marie-Victorin. Arrived at the Montr?al Botanical Garden on June 3, 1941, as a cutting.

Vase plant
Billbergia distachia var. straussiana
Bromeliaceae

Species collected in Cuba by Brother Marie-Victorin. Arrived at the Montr?al Botanical Garden on February 8, 1939, as a plant.

Photo: Gilles Murray, JBM

Photo: Michel Tremblay, JBM

Octomeria
Octomeria tridentata
Orchidaceae

Species collected in Cuba by Brother Marie-Victorin. Arrived at the Montr?al Botanical Garden on April 1, 1940, as a plant.

Vanilla plant
Vanilla planifolia
Orchidaceae

Species collected in Cuba by Brother Marie-Victorin. Arrived at the Montr?al Botanical Garden on April 23, 1941, as a cutting.

Photo: Gilles Murray, JBM

Graceful fern
Niphidium crassifolium
Polypodiaceae

Species collected in Cuba by Brother Marie-Victorin. Arrived at the Montr?al Botanical Garden on August 17, 1939, as spores.

Spores of the Niphidium crassifolium fern

Photo: Gilles Murray, JBM

Photo: Michel Tremblay, JBM

Under the Cuban Sun with Marie-Victorin [Jardin botanique de Montréal]