Krohn Conservatory
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Krohn Conservatory is a conservatory located in Eden Park at 1501 Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio.
The conservatory was completed in 1933, and named in honor of Irwin M. Krohn who served on the Board of Park Commissioners. It now contains more than 3,500 plant species from all over the world, with principal collections as follows:
- Bonsai Collection - a collection of bonsai trees from the conservatory itself, the Bonsai Society of Greater Cincinnati, and private individuals.
- Desert Garden - succulents and cacti including agaves, aloes, crassulas, and yuccas, as well as cereus, opuntia, and pereskia.
- Floral Display - home to six seasonal floral shows, with a permanent citrus tree collection of orange, kumquat, giant Ponderosa lemon, and grapefruit.
- Orchid Display - approximately 75 blooming orchids at any time, from the conservatory's collection of thousands of orchids encompassing 17 genera. This display also includes a Monstera deliciosa.
- Palm House - a 45-foot high central house with palm trees, rubber trees, and bananas, shrubby plants, and ground cover, as well as a 20-foot waterfall with a goldfish stream. Epiphytic bromeliads, orchids, and ferns grow in many of the trees.
- Tropical House - a large variety of ferns, both terrestrial and epiphytic; cycad, bromeliad, and begonia collections; and important economic plants including a Cacao tree, Pomegranate, vanilla vine, and dwarf banana.
