This entry was posted while I was on vacation, hence the brief written accompaniment. -- Daniel

An archival photograph from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew in Surrey, England. The date that this picture was taken is currently unknown, though its photographer was John Davidson.

In the time since this photograph was taken, most (if not all) of the cacti and succulents in Kew's collections have been moved indoors into glasshouses, I assume at least in part to protect the plants from winter-wet. At UBC Botanical Garden, we've recently received funding to modify our unused glasshouse in the Alpine Garden to create an open-air glasshouse that will protect a collection of Opuntia and other cacti from the winter-wet of our climate.