The Tropical Rotunda at the Atlanta Botanical Garden Fuqua Conservatory contains 170 palm species along with many tropical plants. When you visit, listen for the sounds of live birds and frogs living there. A huge alligator snapping turtle resides in the waterfall pond.
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Watefall in The Tropical Conservatory
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Alligator Snapping Turtle in the Waterfall Pond
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Pink Cone Ginger (Alpinia purpurata)
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Rubber Tree (Ficus elastica) Aerial Roots
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Tropical Fern Fiddlehead
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Showy Medinilla (Medinilla magnifica)
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The Tropical Rotunda contains 170 species of tropical palms.
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Tuffed Airplant (Guzmania wittmackii)
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The Tropical Conservatory
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Flame Vine (Pyrostegia venusta)
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Palms in the Tropical Conservatory
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Cone-headed Bromeliad (Guzmania conifera)
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The Tropical Conservatory
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African Blood Lily (Scadoxus multiflorus)
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Spiral Ginger (Costus sp.)
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Barfussia Bromeliad (Barfussia wagneriana)
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Rex Begonias (Begonia rex ) and African Mask (Alocasia amazonica)
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Pink Rain Lily (Zephyranthes minuta)
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Emerging New Palm Frond
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Braziliam Plume Flower (Justica carnea)
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Prayer Plant (Calethea sp.)
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Golden Gardenia (Gardenia sootepensis)
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Tropical Conservatory
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Orange Torch Ginger (Curcuma sp.)
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The Tropical Conservatory is filled with tropical plants from around the world.
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Orange Bromeliad (Guzmania sp.)
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Mattress Button Plant (Dorstenia sp.)
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Chinese Rain Bell (Strobilanthes sp.)
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Foliage Textures in The Tropical Conservatory
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