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Keeping the plants healthy in Seymour Conservatory

Published: Feb. 6, 2013 at 8:29 a.m. PST — Updated: Feb. 6, 2013 at 8:29 a.m. PST
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  • Lead horticulturalist Tyra Shenaurlt (cq) prunes the towering Ice Cream Bean tree away from the glass roof of the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Lead horticulturalist Tyra Shenaurlt (cq) prunes the towering Ice Cream Bean tree away from the glass roof of the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • The Ponderosa Lemon Hybrid has huge fruit in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    The Ponderosa Lemon Hybrid has huge fruit in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • The alcohol-soaked Q-tip is enormous compared to the young mealy bug it will kill at the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    The alcohol-soaked Q-tip is enormous compared to the young mealy bug it will kill at the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • A huge Staghorn Fern in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    A huge Staghorn Fern in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • Looking up the trunk of a Queen Sago Palm, the oldest plant at the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Looking up the trunk of a Queen Sago Palm, the oldest plant at the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • Volunteer Dino Macioci replants a Masdevallia caesea orchid in its preferred upside-down postion in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    Volunteer Dino Macioci replants a Masdevallia caesea orchid in its preferred upside-down postion in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • The Rutaceae Deppia splendens is extinct in the wild but grows well in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    The Rutaceae Deppia splendens is extinct in the wild but grows well in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • The staff have to diagnose occasional plant problems. It is hoped that more water will stop the leaf-curl of this Nepenthes vetricosa (Pitcher Plant) in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    The staff have to diagnose occasional plant problems. It is hoped that more water will stop the leaf-curl of this Nepenthes vetricosa (Pitcher Plant) in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image
  • The staff included a helpful sign on this Brassavola glauca Hybrid orchid in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE)
    The staff included a helpful sign on this Brassavola glauca Hybrid orchid in the Seymour Conservatory in Wright Park, Tacoma, January 28, 2013. (PETER HALEY/THE NEWS TRIBUNE) Buy this image

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