Has anyone been to Flix's funfair at california adventure, or the jungle boat cruise at DL? The ornamental "Jungle" plants at these two locations are awesome. Especially those at flixs fun fair. However,I can't find any information about what the names and types of these plants are! It should be easy, as these same plants are used anytime someone wants a "tropical" look. Can anyone point me to a web page featuring outdoor ornamental tropical garden plants? Or are there any resident experts here?
We need a description! I had some web pages about the tropical plants at Disneyland once, but I think I ran out of space and had to remove them. Anyway, I'm probably familiar with the ones you mean, if you'd describe them. Here are some possibilities:
Split-leaf Philodendron = Philodendron selloum
These are what you probably mean. The leaves are very large and have splits along the sides, and the roots are very snake-like. Tomorrowland used to have these underneath the Rocket Jets, the Islands Restaurant in San Diego used to have them outside, and some friends of ours used to have a tropical patio with them in a planter, so they're very common for a tropical look.
http://www.floridata.com/ref/P/phil_bip.cfm
http://www.magnoliagardensnursery.com/productdescrip/philodendron.html
Rubber Plant = Ficus elastica
These used to grow by the Swiss Family Treehouse (in fact, the Swiss Family Treehouse tree itself resembled a Ficus in leaves, size, and shape), and by the Submarine lagoon in Tomorrowland, and all along the Disneyland Hotel tram area, and this species is also a common houseplant, so this is also a standard tropical plant for use inside or outside.
http://mgonline.com/rubber.html
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/14206/
Japanese Aralia = Fatsia japonica
These have medium-sized star-like leaves and used to be underneath the Swiss Family Treehouse at the stream. Small white flowers, dense foliage, bush-like.
http://www.magnoliagardensnursery.com/productdescrip/Fatsia.html
http://www.geocities.com/oooketchup/SFT.htm
Umbrella Tree = Schefflera actinophylla
Palm-like, very tall with star-like leaves mostly at the top. Tomorrowland used to have these outside of the Adventure Thru Inner Space, and Fantasyland used to have them all around Skull Rock nearby the pirate ship. Star-shaped bracts with red flowers at the top in certain seasons. I saw a lot of these around the University of Miami.
http://www.hear.org/starr/hiplants/images/thumbnails/html/schefflera_actinophylla.htm
http://coolexotics.com/plant-431.html
White Bird of Paradise = Strelitzia nicolai
Looks almost like a banana tree, except has bird-of-paradise flowers on it, except the flowers are much larger and less colorful than the garden variety bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia reginae). These also used to be next to the entrance to Adventure Thru Inner Space, and also on the approach to Switzer Falls on the Jungle Cruise. I've seen a lot of these around California and Florida, like outside hotels and convention centers.
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/strelitznichol.htm
Golden Pothos = Epipremnum pinnatum
Like a philodendron, often seen climbing trunks of palm trees. Light green leaves, fairly large leaves, depending how high up it grows. Also a common houseplant. I don't recall these at Disneyland, although I saw them in Tahiti.
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/4681/
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=18291&forum=7&7
Ti Plant = Cordyline terminalis
Native Hawaiian plant, a gift shop in Adventureland used to sell "ti logs" in the '70s that sprout when placed in water. The expensive, decorative varieties have beautiful magenta-purple lined green leaves, the cheaper varieties have all-green leaves. Most mountainside photos in Hawaii will have these plants in the foreground. I noticed somebody here recently posted pics of outdoor tikis, and there were lots of ti plants growing around them. I saw a lot of these growing outside in Florida, but nowhere else in the country.
http://www.alohatropicals.com/CordylineTerminalisTi.html
http://mgonline.com/ti.html
Bamboo
I'm sure you know what bamboo looks like. The entrance to Adventureland at the Tiki Room has a clump of it by the stream, and there used to be a clump of it at the entrance to the Jungle Cruise, though I think that's been torn out with the modernization.
http://www.bamboogarden.com/
Coral Tree = Erythrina sp.
Bright red flowers on the tips in the right season, rather barren trunks. There used to be 2-3 of these around the Tahitian Terrace. Difficult to tell one species from another.
http://www.vassl.com/tropicalgarden/erythrina.htm
Banana tree = Musa sp.
These used to be on the river bank of the Jungle Cruise just before Switzer Falls. Has more of a Central American look.
http://www.botgard.ucla.edu/html/botanytextbooks/economicbotany/Musa/b1279tx.html
River cane = Arundinaria gigantea
A common bamboo-like cane that grows wild near streams and riverbeds in Southern California. There used to be some of this along the Jungle Cruise, before the hippo area.
http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/species/argi.htm
Papyrus = Cyperus papyrus
These used to be on the river bank of the Jungle Cruise at the hippo pool, back when they used to shoot the hippos on every trip. Each stalk is just a stem with a frizzy top on it. Used by the ancient Egyptians to make paper.
http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantcd/cyperuspap.htm
http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/papyrus.htm
http://www.gazette.net/stories/121405/montcol212257_31905.shtml
Those are all the main ones that come to mind. I'll add links if I get a chance. I love all those plants, too!
Plants of Disneyland:
http://www.plantsofdisneyland.com/adventureland.cfm
http://www.plantsofdisneyland.com/shopping-area.cfm
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