I was surprised to know that there is a separate section of the Orto Botanic di Padova which houses more exotic types of plant life. Exotic as far as Italy is concerned since they are not native to this place. The exhibition rooms are temperature controlled and look much more modern than the almost five hundred year age of the botanical garden itself. I was fascinated to see that there were carnivorous plants on display here. There were also more if one were to follow the hall. In this case, there was a whole section dedicated to cacti.

I don’t know if cacti is considered native but I can’t imagine Italy having cacti at least in the immediate future. However, I also know that cacti are very hardy and it can grow with minimal amount of water. I can’t identify the cacti types that are on display here but I think I can only say that these are much more typical cacti that one might imagine. I have seen some elsewhere which are more exotic but I guess the collectors at the Orto Botanico never made it that far. You can see how the Orto Botanico di Padova continues the system established five hundred years ago by separating the plants depending on the climate where they came from. As the oldest botanical garden, the world learned a lot from the garden and the system employed here to be replicate it elsewhere.

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