Tropical Collection

The tropical collection is dominated by a pool with the South American nymphaeoid Victoria cruziana which has replaced V. regia planted in the old greenhouse in the 1920s–1930s. Other items in the collection are mainly various crops and ornamental plants such as Begonia, Carica papaya, Cocos nucifera, Cyperus papyrus, Gossypium, Musa, Pandanus, Sarracenia, Theobroma cacao, Vanilla planifolia and various orchids.