Succulent Plant Collection
Sukkulenten-Sammlung Zürich, Mythenquai 88, Zürich 8002
Phone: +41 56 344 34 80 - Fax: +41 56 344 34 88
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The Zürich Succulent Plant Collection is the documentation centre of the IOS (International Organization for Succulent Plant Research). World renowned, this collection was founded in 1931 and consists of about 8,500 species from 45 different plant families, which are housed in 1,200 square metres of greenhouse and 300 square metres of outdoor heatable cold frames. There are separate greenhouses for North and South America, Africa and Madagascar, as well as one with a mixture of large plants. The Madagascar greenhouse is filled with all sorts of weird and wonderful specimens and is of particular interest as certain species were threatened with extinction.
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