When Phipps Conservatory opened in 1893, Henry Phipps donated this statue, which has has sat in the Palm House ever since.
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A Gift from Henry Phipps
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Entrance to Phipps Conservatory
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Golden Shrimp Plant
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Firecracker Flower
Canon PowerShot SX150 IS. Crossandra infundibuliformis blooming in Phipps Conservatory.
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Winter Light Garden at Phipps Conservatory
This year’s Winter Flower Show and Light Garden ends tomorrow to make way for the annual Orchid and Bonsai Show. The conservatory is open late for the light show, which has become one of Pittsburgh’s chief holiday attractions.
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Lord & Burnham, Horticultural Architects and Builders
From the American Architect and Building News, July 25, 1896. Lord & Burnham designed Phipps Conservatory in 1892, which was probably their biggest commission ever; and in this 1896 advertisement for their services, we see them showing a model conservatory that is very much like one of the wings of Phipps.
Southeast wing of Phipps Conservatory, with John Massey Rhind’s Robert Burns. -
Laelia
In the Orchid Room at Phipps Conservatory.
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Blue Vanda in the Orchid Room, Phipps Conservatory
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A Frightful Cycad
Since today is supposed to be dedicated to all things frightful, here is a cycad whose very name tells you it is ferocious: Encephalartos ferox. It was growing and coning (the bright salmon-colored cone is a female cone) in the Fern Room at Phipps Conservatory. For the purposes of the Fern Room, cycads are honorary ferns.
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Farewell to the Fall Flower Show
Today is the last day of the Fall Flower Show at Phipps Conservatory. This is how the East Room was decorated.
