The exhibition greenhouse “Tropicana“ covers a total area of 2 400 m2. The exhibition greenhouses are 54 m long and 39 m wide, the planted area exceeds 2 100 m2. The rest is represented by an entrance hall, sanitary facilities and spaces for the greenhouse control room automatic and the garden handling system inaccessible to the public. Above the entrance to the greenhouse there is a stone plastic of the Maya good Yum Kaax (pronunciation is jum káš), the protector of wild (mainly utilitarian) plants and hunting game.
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It should foreshadow a “cut” from the European reality therefore the space is loosely styled as a courtyard of a pagoda from Southeast Asia. A small pool with “Buddha fingers”, beautiful stalactites imported from the Vietnam city of Vinh is the main object. Bowls with accompanying greenery Schefflera tamdaonensis and bamboo of the genus Phyllostachys are also original. One of the walls is covered with a ceramic plastic from the well-known Teplice sculptor Milan Žofka. The topic of dragons in storm clouds was inspired by the motives from the imperial tombs in Hué. The other walls are decorated with pictures the author of which is another Teplice artist Petr Reimann. The first is the Tibetan god of abundance and success, from the second, a kind Buddha eye convex lenses of “heaven” look at the visitors -similar as in the Tay Ninh temple.
Discover the plants of deserts, semi-deserts, savannas, and tropical deciduous and semi-deciduous forests. All of these ecosystems are subject to water scarcity (at least during part of the year), and over the course of evolution, many plants have developed a wide variety of strategies to cope with it.
Tropical regions cover only 2% of the Earth’s surface, but they are home to as many as 50% of all species living on Earth. You can enjoy a bird’s-eye view of the tropical rainforest from the footbridge that runs above the Paleotropical section.
Mountain rainforests and evergreen forests of subtropical and temperate regions are showcased in the subtropical greenhouse. At the entrance, there is a small exhibit on the formation of brown coal, offering a glimpse of what the landscape around Teplice looked like 20 million years ago.
High-altitude mountain regions, including the alpine zone—you’ll find them in our newest greenhouse, which was built in 2018 and opened to the public on June 15, 2021. It features mountain plants from around the world, with a focus on the flora of Chile and South America.
