Sakuya Konohana Kan
The Sakuya Konohana Kan (咲くやこの花館) is a botanical garden set within one of the world's largest greenhouses, located in Tsurumi Ryokuchi park at 2-163 Ryokuchi Koen, Tsurumi-ku, Osaka, Japan. It is open daily except Mondays; an admission fee is charged.
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The gardens were constructed between 1987 and 1989, and currently contain about 15,000 plants representing 2,600 species from various climatic zones. Total floor space is about 6,900 m² with a maximum height of 30 meters. The conservatory in divided into a number of cool and hot houses as follows:
- Alpine House - 200 alpine plant species including primula, blue poppy from the Himalayas and western China, and alpine plants from the Alps, Rockies, and Japanese mountains
- Arctic and Antarctic Plant Area - cold-region flora including moss from the Showa Station (Antarctica) and Saxifraga oppositifolia from the Arctic Circle
- Flower Hall - exhibit hall with coconut palm trees
- Humid Tropical Plant House - jungle plants from the tropics, including orchids, palm trees, and Chinese banyan
- Succulent Plant House - desert plants from Africa, Madagascar, Australia, and Latin America
- Tropical Aquatic Plant Area - aquatic plants including waterlily, victorias, and mangroves
- Tropical Flowering Trees and Shrubs
- Tropical Insectivorous Plant Area - Nepenthes and other carnivorous plants
- Tropical Water Plants in Aquarium - aquatic plants within an aquarium
The greenhouse's name is taken from the phrase Sakuya Konohana (咲くやこの花), the beginning of a poem collected in the Kokin Wakashū anthology edited in 905 at Emperor Daigo's order. It means "Now is the time for the blossoms to bloom in Osaka".