Our gorgeous night blooming cactus, Princess of the Night (Selenicereus pteronthus), flowered on the evening of August 3rd, 2026. It was the first time this… Read More »Our Princess of the Night Cactus Flowered!
Today we are highlighting the incredible work of our student employee, Capri Mills! Capri (she/her) is a Biology major and Creative Writing minor from New… Read More »Student Employee Feature: Capri Mills
Today we harvested a bunch of bananas from our ‘Super Dwarf Cavendish’ Banana (Musa acuminata)! This banana plant was acquired from Logee’s Plants in 2023.… Read More »Harvesting Bananas!
The greenhouse has a wide variety of flowering plants from cacti to orchids to ginger. Each of these flowers is beautiful in its own right… Read More »Flowering Plants in the Greenhouse
While the Bucknell Biology Museum Greenhouse is primarily used as an academic resource for students and departments across campus, it has also become a popular… Read More »Come hang out in the greenhouse!
Here in the greenhouse we have a wide variety of edible plants and are slowly growing our collection. Below are photos of some of these… Read More »Edible Plants of the Greenhouse
With the arrival of longer, warmer days, the greenhouse plants have been pushing lots of new growth and some have been putting out beautiful blooms!… Read More »Spring in the Greenhouse
We are excited to share that one of our dwarf banana plants began flowering in early December of 2024! Over the past two months the… Read More »Our Banana Plant is Flowering
Our Century Plant, Agave americana, has just completed its bloom cycle. The plant began sending up a flowering stalk in late September of 2024. As… Read More »Our Century Plant has Completed its Bloom Cycle
We are very excited to be launching a website for the greenhouse! The site will provide general information about the greenhouse along with information for… Read More »Welcome to the Bucknell Biology Museum Greenhouse website!