We visited a Butterfly Conservatory in the Cairns Botanical Gardens up north (Australia). Plants sometimes grown indoors in that area were on show, but I didn't take many photos, these are some of them and a chart of the butterflies present and mostly not seen. A tree in bloom outside too. Something a little different to show you.
We didn't go any further into the Botanical Gardens even though it was winter it was rather warm at 35 deg C on that day a few years ago.
I borrowed a few butterfly photos.
Ulysses Butterfly
Cruiser Butterfly
Varied Eggfly Butterfly
Red Lacewing Butterfly
Anthurium Flamingo Flower
Spathiphyllum wallisii Peace Lily.
Thank you for the lovely photos of the butterflies and the green plants. I have a peace lily in my living room, and I think they are so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteTake care, Margaret.
You are welcome. I have a peace lily too.
DeleteThank you
I've never been to one of these garden places and I think I'd just love it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you would, with butterflies flying around, hiding and plants so pretty.
DeleteGorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThis reminds me; there is a small greenhouse not too far from here. It's time to give it a visit.
Thanks. Might be some photos of the greenhouse then. Look forward to them.
DeleteIt is a beautiful butterfly house with a botanical garden. It is very warm inside there, though... Lovely photos of the butterflies and the plants!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful day! Hugs, Elke
Yes a bit too warm on that day, it's not usually that warm up there in Cairns.
Delete35C in winter? How hot it was in summer? The butterflies are really beautiful!
ReplyDeleteYes Angie, rather warm that particular day, summer it's the humidity that gets you and it's not always as hot as 35 deg C either.
DeleteThanks.
Dear Margaret, your photos are absolutely stunning!!! Truly captivating! and I love your blog background and header as well, dear friend.
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda.
DeleteThanks re header and background, wisteria is out well and truly down here now.
I love butterfly places and love all your photos of those and the pretty flowers. Thanks for sharing them. I also enjoyed looking at the names on your map. A great collection Margaret :)
ReplyDeleteI find it's fun and interesting looking at names on maps, you never know what you will find. You are most welcome, Denise. Thank you.
DeleteCouldn't agree more Margaret. I also meant to say last time how gorgeous your wisteria header and background are. These are the ones that have that wonderful scent, aren't they? I remember one of the gardens had them covering a pathway and it caught all the senses. Truly marvelous!
DeleteThe butterflies are beautiful, so too are the flowers.
ReplyDeleteI also like your blog header photograph . . .
All the best Jan
Thank you Jan. Wisteria is out everywhere at the moment down here.
DeleteYour photos or not, the butterflies are just lovely, and you did so well with the plant photos.
ReplyDeleteThe butterflies are not my photos, the remainder are.
DeleteI share some of my photos to a sight and can take as many as I wish to share to the blog but I don't do that very often, take them I mean. I usually use my own photos, Andrew.
Thank you Andrew.
I remember seeing so many of the pretty Ulysses butterflies when living in Brisbane in 1971.
ReplyDeleteThey are a lovely butterfly R. Always good to see one, and I don't see any down here but will be looking again for some this year.
DeleteBeautiful photos, Margaret!
ReplyDeleteThe butterflies are stunning, and I really like the flamingo flower too.
Thank you Veronica, It's not often I see different coloured plants as those.
DeleteMy Margaret, this is divinely beautiful... I love you Flamingos... tomorrow I'm getting Elephant's Leg and Moon's Cactus, I'll post it in my Photo Showcase or in the Blue of the Sky :))
ReplyDeleteWednesday hug and kiss for you, Andreja!
Pretty plants. I'll look forward to seeing your photos then, Andreja.
DeleteI love a botanical gardens like that. You might have the.most beautiful ones. Thanks for posting
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely botanical gardens, we have visited several over the years, all different.
DeleteYou are welcome.
The plants and butterflies up there are beautiful. You captured them well.
ReplyDeleteYes they are indeed Diane such pretty colours.
DeleteWhat beautiful photos these are, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteI really love botanical gardens, the butterflies are truly beautiful.
All the best, Irma
The butterflies are pretty and thanks to those who shared the photos of them for anyone to use for their blogs.
DeleteThank you, Irma.
A chart of butterflies that are present but mostly not seen is a funny thing to bring home from a butterfly house. I’d have been checking it against every flutter, and probably still missing most of them. Lovely plants, Margaret.
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It was good to have a chart of butterflies so when looking for them we knew what we were looking for as in colours. The photo is a reminder of what was to be found there, but of course we didn't find. They were hiding that day.
DeleteThank you, Diana.
You dazzle me!!!
ReplyDeleteShort and sweet. 😉
DeleteSuch marvelous colours of both the butterflies and the flowers.
ReplyDeleteThey are lovely colours Giorgio. Thank you.
DeleteJe to krásné a pokud jste jeli do tropů Austrálie, tam motýli žijí ve volné přírodě. Ovšem my některé z těchto motýlů známe také a na několika místech v republice jsou "motýlí domy" - papilonia. Motýlí dům se stovkami živých tropických motýlů, kteří volně poletují přímo kolem vás. Někdy to bývá ve velkých sklenících spojené s výstavou orchidejí. Majitelé nakoupí kukly motýlů, ti se v příhodných podmínkách vylíhnou a návštěvníci mají možnost si tyto krasavce prohlédnout, vyfotit, vidět jak si pochutnávají na tropickém ovoci, někdy ti usednou na svetr nebo na hlavu. Krásný zážitek a nemusíte daleko jezdit.
ReplyDeleteMůžete nahlédnout zde: https://kaleidoskop-podle-hanky.blogspot.com/2025/03/dny-kouzelnych-orchideji-s-poznavackou.html
Yes butterflies do live there in the wild but they had nothing you describe in your comment, and I visited your post on it - thank you for that.
DeleteEin Schmetterlingshaus- wie schön! Da wäre ich bestimmt sehr lange geblieben. Aber auch die Pflanzen gefallen mir. Vor allem die Anthurien.
ReplyDeleteWe couldn't find the butterflies they must have been hiding and obviously not many of them were there anyway.
DeleteThank you. The plants are lovely for me too.
Hello Margaret,
ReplyDeleteNice pictures of all these flowers!!
And what a nice butterflies. Wonderful to see them so close.
Many greetings,
Marco
Thank you Marco.
DeleteButterfly gardens are fabulous places to visit. Here, they are always expensive, however. Is it true where you live?
ReplyDeleteI wish there had been butterflies there that we could see as we couldn't find any at all. I suppose they were not plentiful anyway.
DeleteIt was free to go in there but if it wasn't I still would have gone and paid as the money would help in some way.
I live in Tasmania, David - why did you ask? You knew I thought!
Wonderful flowers and butterflies.
ReplyDeleteI love visiting botanical gardens for their wonderful plants and butterfly houses.
I’ve seen two spectacular butterfly houses—featuring a vast array of butterfly species—at the Copenhagen Botanical Garden and at the Bai Orchid and Butterfly Farm in Rim Tai, Thailand.
Well, that is wonderful that you have been and seen Maria. We don't have any here in Tasmania at all, butterfly houses that is. There are several in other places within Australia.
Deletedear Margaret ,big thanks for sharing such gorgeous collection of butterflies ,loved that black one most Sunning wow ,all so pretty
ReplyDeleteflowers so beautiful yet very different and unfamiliar .i find Australia full of mysterious and wonders unknown by most of the world
and i also LOVE your header photos ,each new one brightens my day 😍❤️
Thank you Baili re header and background. I enjoy making them.
DeleteThank you on the butterflies and flowers too.
So many pretty butterflies.
ReplyDeleteThey are pretty Mary.
DeleteSo many pretty butterflies and beautiful plants.
ReplyDeleteAll pretty and the plants so healthy, Hena.
DeleteLindas borboletas Margaret!
ReplyDeleteEu amo borboletas!!!!!
Um doce Beijinho!
💜💜💜Megy Maia
Thank you Megy.
DeleteLindas mariposas. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI miss tracing and capture butterflies on camera. Love their colours too
ReplyDeleteSome butterflies are gorgeous with their colouring.
DeleteQue bonitas fotografías y que bonitas mariposas, pienso que son de los animalitos mas bonitos que existen, un abrazo.
ReplyDeleteThey are delicate, butterflies and usually very pretty.
DeleteThank you.
Wonderful article and amazing photos! I love plants, I have a Cephalotus Follicularis from Australia (quite hard to find here in Italy). Have a nice day
ReplyDeleteHave you really. Did you import it?
DeleteThank you.
35c is my maximum for mid-summer and even then, high humidity would be too much. But 35c in mid winter would be very very uncomfortable.
ReplyDeleteIt was ok at 35 deg C that day Hels being winter and was a bit unusual being that warm as it is usually a little cooler.
DeleteI agree with you on the temperature, it can be too hot, and too much humidity makes a very warm sticky day in the summer.
The butterflies are absolutely beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks and they are lovely, Bill.
DeleteMaravillosas mariposas y flores, me gustó mucho tu reportaje. Besos.
ReplyDeleteThank you Teresa.
DeleteThe butterflies are beautiful, especially the Ulysses butterfly with its bright blue wings. I can imagine how hot it must have felt walking around at 35°C, but the conservatory sounds like a lovely place to visit.
ReplyDeleteFabulous butterflies and beautiful flowers, great pictures.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful gardens, and I love the butterfly photos. They never seem to sit still for me and my camera!
ReplyDeleteHappy Saturday, Hug Andreja!
ReplyDeleteI love butterflies!!! Seeing them fly around my little garden makes me incredibly happy. The photographs are very beautiful, as always. Have a great weekend!!!
ReplyDelete¡Menudo espectáculo de colores! A pesar del caloroso de 35 ºC, valió totalmente la pena para ver esas maravillosas mariposas y plantas.
ReplyDeleteUn abrazo, Margaret!
Lovely collection of butterflies; I really like them, and they are perfect for painting. I also like the rest of the indoor plants.
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend.
Best regards.
Todo un bello canto a la vida natural, amiga.
ReplyDeleteUn saludo.
Botanical gardens are always lovely; I’ve made a resolution to finally visit ours again next year.
ReplyDeleteYesterday we were at the vineyard—the grapes have been harvested, but the vine leaves have turned such a fantastic yellow... a pure delight.
I’ve never been to a butterfly house;
it must be absolutely beautiful.
Sending you warm regards.
Enjoy the spring! :-))
Thanks for your fotos.
I’ve been away from the blogosphere for a while, but returning today and stepping by your blog felt like a wonderful escape! Even if the butterflies were hiding on that incredibly warm day, the photos of the plants look so lush and beautiful. It's always so fascinating to see glimpses of Australia's unique nature, Margaret. Lovely post!
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