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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment

Kew Gardens goes tropical for winter

2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Scott Taylor setting up the Tropical Extravaganza exhibition at Kew Gardens
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Phalaenopsis hybrid
Photograph: A.McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Horticulturists working on the installation, set in the tropical zone of the Princess of Wales conservatory
Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Bromeliads - the family of plants that include pineapples
Photograph: A.McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
The Princess of Wales Conservatory, where horticuilturists are installing part of the exhibition, is almost 5,000m2
Photograph: Martin Godwin/Guardian
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Phalaenopsis hybrid
Photograph: A.McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Tropical plants on display at Kew
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Phalaenopsis hybrid
Photograph: A.McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Jules Haywood setting up the tropical extravaganza festival at Kew Gardens
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Phalaenopsis hybrid
Photograph: A.McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Horticulturalist Jules Hayward works on the final stages of the display, whioch includes over 7,000 tropical plants and took over 2,270 hours to construct
Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Vanada
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Horticulturist Saul Walker makes adjustments to a Cymbidium display
Photograph: Kevin Coombs/Reuters
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Miltonia
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Horticulturist Maria Arcidiacono tends to the orchids in Kew's Waterlily House
Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Zygopetalum
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Setting up the tropical extravaganza festival at Kew Gardens
Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden
2010 Biodiversity Year: Tropical Extravaganza installation at The Royal Botanic Kew Gardens
Dendrobein Photograph: Andrew McRobb/Kew Garden
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