The bromeliad garden at the Botanical Garden of Rio de JAneiro (JBRJ) reopened this Monday (17th), after being closed for nine months for the execution of works, in which approximately R$ 179,000 were invested. Among other interventions, the recovery of the roof and the renovation of the railing located around the unit were carried out. The collection comprises 15,180 copies. As reported to Agência Brasil by the coordinator of the Viva Collection of the JBRJ, Marcus Nadruz, the collection was formed from collections by researchers and scientific expeditions from the Botanical Garden and other institutions. “We usually carry out expeditions to carry out inventories of places that have few botanical records and end up finding these species, sometimes in flower, bringing them to the collection, identifying them and coming to the conclusion that they may be an endangered species.” The scientific collection has 2,167 specimens, or individuals, of 704 species, of which 96 are endangered. They originate from several Brazilian biomes, such as the Atlantic Forest and the Cerrado, in addition to examples from other countries in South and Central America. The bromeliad plant at the Rio Botanical Garden stayed nine months for the works to be carried out – Disclosure The emphasis is on ex situ conservation (outside the natural environment) of endemic, rare or endangered species, increasing the collection and, consequently, the Rio Botanical Garden , to the status of a world reference center in the conservation of the Bromeliaceae family. Distribution Bromeliad at the Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro reopens for visitation this Monday – Disclosure The bromeliads are distributed in two large spaces for cultivation: the Burle Marx greenhouse, which is the bromeliad for visitation, and Dimitri Sucre, a space closed to the public , where the scientific collection is located, whose flowering or fruiting specimens are often the object of research. According to the Viva Collection coordinator, there are species that are also considered new to science, “that you have to keep separate, just to follow the development, make a description of the plant to later publish.” “Or are species that arrive and are in a state of too bad. So they are quarantined to recover,” he added. Marcus Nadruz informed that many bromeliads are also present in several beds in the arboretum, either in the form of epiphytes, which develop on trees and palm trees, or introduced from clonal surpluses in the scientific collection. Visitation There will be no change for public visitation to the Burle Marx greenhouse, said Nadruz. “There are always two attendants in the greenhouse to guide visitors, ask them not to touch the bromeliads. But visitation is normal. People come in, visit, without any problem”. Visits can be made daily, with the exception of Wednesdays, when the Botanical Garden is closed for maintenance, removal of fallen branches and bee hives, for example. The Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro has kept a collection of bromeliads among the plants in its collection for over 100 years. Former botanists at the institution, such as João Geraldo Kuhlmann, already collected these species for research. In 1975, the director of the institution at the time, Raulino Reitz, a specialist in Bromeliaceae, inaugurated the Ecological Bromeliad at the site. At the event, the Brazilian Society of Bromeliads was founded. The Burle Marx greenhouse was inaugurated in 1996.
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