Rocky Mountain Legacy Collection (RMLC) tropical waterlily ‘William Mclane’ . . . The purple Nymphaea ‘William McLane’ (hybridizer: Florida Aquatic Nurseries) is one of eight unique outstanding waterlilies flourishing in the Romantic Pool.
Bring your camera–you will want to remember this forever!
I am indebted to Nick Snakenberg for turning me onto this plant about to bloom. See the slowly fattening buds? Nick wrote:
“Our Jade Vine (Strongylodon macrobotrys) is in bud and should be blooming sometime in the next week or two. Why are we so excited? Because it’s about time!!! We’ve watered and fertilized and pruned and nurtured for over nine years and are only now being rewarded with flowers. Also, it’s one of the most amazing flowers you’ll ever see…”"Our specimen is the large vine covering the mezzanine above your head immediately after entering the conservatory doors from the lobby. The best spot to view the flowers may be from the mezzanine itself, just to the south of the Dart Frog display.”
So when I finally got to see it, I realized how extrordinarily hard to photograph it was. You’ll have to come see it yourselves!
If you are looking for something amazing to do at the Gardens right now, visit our Cloud Forest Tree exhibit, at the west end of the Boettcher Memorial Tropical Conservatory. The Cloud Forest Tree and the Boettcher Tropical Conservatory always have something blooming, so even when it is cold and snowy in Denver, you can escape to the tropics at Denver Botanic Gardens.
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