A Visit to Frankfurt - Part 6: Palmengarten 1 (12 pictures)

Another place I visited in Frankfurt was the Palmengarten, which is a botanical garden.  This is one of the places that the Frankfurt City Card (purchasable at the tourist information desk in the Hauptbahnhof) gives you a 50% discount for access to.  Along with the Zoo and a number of museums.  It also gives you free access to U-Bahn system within the main zone for the day or two that it is valid.  If you visit Frankfurt, it's worth getting.

This is the first of two posts with pictures from the Palmengarten.  I am going to stick to mostly just pictures with a caption if appropriate.  I will throw all the flower pictures into the next one, and put the more interesting stuff in this one.  :)

The "tropical house"

As always, you can view a larger version of a picture by clicking on it.  Enjoy!

This was one of the two of the biggest aloe plants I have ever seen.  Each of those fronds is at least 6 feet long each.

Just inside the entrance to the tropical house is this spinning globe.

Just "Ouch".  Some plants really want to make sure you stay away.  :)

More "Ouch!"

There was this nice waterfall and pond in one of the building to keep the humidity up.

View from the top of the waterfall.

Inside the desert dome.

  

This was in the tropical dome.  I have no idea what plant this is, but it was weird looking and I liked the colors.

 

One of the paths in the garden.

Another waterfall, this one into the small lake that is in the southern part of the gardens.

The lake is full of fish, ducks, and these swans (geese?)