The others are from The Huntington, a magnificent botanical garden in San Marino, CA. What got me was that their Madagascar section is heated by outdoor gas heaters. This struck me as a bit excessive--- taking plants from the dry tropics where the people are poor and bringing them to a rich but cold country where to keep them alive they require a massive energy investment, all so the rich folks can admire them. Is this really the way we should be burning off our irreplaceable heritage of fossil fuels?
The Malagasy moringas M. drouhardii and to a lesser extent M. hildebrandtii put up fairly well with cool weather and as a result are sometimes grown to good ornamental effect in temperate areas like southern California. The first photo is of Moringa drouhardii and Moringa hildebrandtii in the Madagascar Spiny Forest section of the Los Angeles County Arboretum. The others are from The Huntington, a magnificent botanical garden in San Marino, CA. What got me was that their Madagascar section is heated by outdoor gas heaters. This struck me as a bit excessive--- taking plants from the dry tropics where the people are poor and bringing them to a rich but cold country where to keep them alive they require a massive energy investment, all so the rich folks can admire them. Is this really the way we should be burning off our irreplaceable heritage of fossil fuels?
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AuthorDr. Mark E. Olson is a researcher at Mexico's national university and an expert on the biology of the genus Moringa Archives
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