{"id":108989,"date":"2016-02-09T10:35:41","date_gmt":"2016-02-09T15:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=108989"},"modified":"2016-10-20T10:01:59","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T14:01:59","slug":"a-taste-of-the-tropics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2016\/02\/a-taste-of-the-tropics\/","title":{"rendered":"A Taste of the Tropics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February is\u00a0the perfect time\u00a0to visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/\">Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Greenhouses<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0soak up the vivid\u00a0colors of tropical flowers and leafy plants. The collection includes about 3,000 species from around the world. This photo gallery by Amy Jorgensen &#8217;17 (SFA) offers a sneak peek\u00a0of some of the tropical plants in bloom in early February.<\/p>\n<p>Emeritus biology professor Terry Webster is offering\u00a0hour-long\u00a0guided tours of the greenhouses on Feb. 12, Feb. 26, and March 4, beginning at 12:15 p.m. Or stop by anytime Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The greenhouses are behind the Torrey Life Sciences Building on North Eagleville Road in Storrs.\u00a0In case you can&#8217;t go in person,\u00a0check the <a href=\"http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/inflower.html\">greenhouse website<\/a> anytime year-round to see what&#8217;s currently in flower.<\/p>\n<div id=\"wondergridgallerylightbox_options_7\" data-skinsfoldername=\"skins\/default\/\"  data-jsfolder=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/plugins\/wonderplugin-gridgallery\/engine\/\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"wonderplugingridgallery\" id=\"wonderplugingridgallery-7\" data-gridgalleryid=\"7\" data-width=\"200\" data-height=\"200\" data-skin=\"tiles\" data-style=\"classic\" data-categorylist=\"[{&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;all&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Show All&quot;}]\" data-random=\"false\" data-shownavigation=\"true\" data-nohoverontouchscreen=\"false\" data-hoverzoomin=\"true\" data-hoverzoominimageonly=\"true\" data-hoverzoominimagecenter=\"false\" data-hoverfade=\"true\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-mediumscreen=\"true\" data-smallscreen=\"true\" data-showtitle=\"false\" data-showtexttitle=\"true\" data-showtextdescription=\"false\" data-showtextbutton=\"false\" data-overlaylink=\"false\" data-donotaddtext=\"false\" data-lightboxnogroup=\"false\" data-lightboxcategorygroup=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"false\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"true\" data-lightboxresponsive=\"true\" data-centerimage=\"true\" data-circularimage=\"false\" data-firstimage=\"false\" data-textinsidespace=\"false\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-categoryshow=\"false\" data-categoryhideall=\"false\" data-categorymulticat=\"false\" data-categoryatleastone=\"false\" data-addvideoplaybutton=\"true\" data-lightboxfullscreenmode=\"false\" data-lightboxcloseonoverlay=\"true\" data-lightboxvideohidecontrols=\"false\" data-lightboxresponsivebarheight=\"false\" data-lightboxnotkeepratioonsmallheight=\"false\" data-lazyloadimages=\"true\" data-triggerresize=\"false\" data-lightboxautoslide=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtimer=\"true\" data-lightboxshowplaybutton=\"true\" data-lightboxalwaysshownavarrows=\"false\" data-lightboxshowtitleprefix=\"true\" data-thumbwidth=\"90\" data-thumbheight=\"60\" data-thumbtopmargin=\"12\" data-thumbbottommargin=\"4\" data-barheight=\"64\" data-titlebottomcss=\"color:#333; 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(Amy Jorgensen '17 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-img lazyload\" alt=\"FLOWERS\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a085-300x200.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item\" data-row=\"1\" data-col=\"1\"><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-container\"><a class=\"wpgridlightbox wpgridlightbox-7\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a016-300x200.jpg\" data-wpggroup=\"wpgridgallery-7\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a016.jpg\" data-title=\"FLOWERS\" data-description=\"<em>Plumbago indica<\/em> <a href=&quot;http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/198500269.html&quot;>http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/198500269.html<\/a> in the Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse on Feb. 1, 2016. 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(Amy Jorgensen '17 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-img lazyload\" alt=\"FLOWERS\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a002-1-300x200.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item\" data-row=\"1\" data-col=\"1\"><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-container\"><a class=\"wpgridlightbox wpgridlightbox-7\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a061-300x200.jpg\" data-wpggroup=\"wpgridgallery-7\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a061.jpg\" data-title=\"FLOWERS\" data-description=\"<em>Canarina canariensis<\/em> <a href=&quot;http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/201100193.html&quot;>http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/201100193.html<\/a> in the Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse on Feb. 1, 2016. (Amy Jorgensen '17 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-img lazyload\" alt=\"FLOWERS\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a061-300x200.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item\" data-row=\"1\" data-col=\"1\"><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-container\"><a class=\"wpgridlightbox wpgridlightbox-7\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a036-300x200.jpg\" data-wpggroup=\"wpgridgallery-7\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a036.jpg\" data-title=\"FLOWERS\" data-description=\"<em>Lantana camara<\/em> <a href=&quot;http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/201100247.html&quot;>http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/201100247.html<\/a> in the Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse on Feb. 1, 2016. (Amy Jorgensen '17 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-img lazyload\" alt=\"FLOWERS\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a036-300x200.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item\" data-row=\"1\" data-col=\"1\"><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-container\"><a class=\"wpgridlightbox wpgridlightbox-7\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a031-300x200.jpg\" data-wpggroup=\"wpgridgallery-7\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a031.jpg\" data-title=\"FLOWERS\" data-description=\"<em>Ixora javanica<\/em> <a href=&quot;http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/198900069.html&quot;>http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/198900069.html<\/a> in the Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse on Feb. 1, 2016. (Amy Jorgensen '17 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-img lazyload\" alt=\"FLOWERS\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a031-300x200.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item\" data-row=\"1\" data-col=\"1\"><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-container\"><a class=\"wpgridlightbox wpgridlightbox-7\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a006-300x200.jpg\" data-wpggroup=\"wpgridgallery-7\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a006.jpg\" data-title=\"FLOWERS\" data-description=\"<em>Pentas lanceolata<\/em> <a href=&quot;http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/198500651.html&quot;>http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/198500651.html<\/a> in the Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse on Feb. 1, 2016. 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(Amy Jorgensen '17 (SFA)\/UConn Photo)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-img lazyload\" alt=\"FLOWERS\" data-src=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a011-300x200.jpg\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/200;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item\" data-row=\"1\" data-col=\"1\"><div class=\"wonderplugin-gridgallery-item-container\"><a class=\"wpgridlightbox wpgridlightbox-7\" data-thumbnail=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a014-200x300.jpg\" data-wpggroup=\"wpgridgallery-7\" href=\"http:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/EEBgreenhouse160202a014.jpg\" data-title=\"FLOWERS\" data-description=\"<em>Iochroma cyaneum<\/em> <a href=&quot;http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/201500183.html&quot;>http:\/\/florawww.eeb.uconn.edu\/201500183.html<\/a> in the Ecology &amp; Evolutionary Biology Greenhouse on Feb. 1, 2016. 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