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Type: Butterfly-filled conservatory
Time: Continuous viewing
Kelly says: One of Cypress Gardens’ best
What an inspired idea this is! Build a 5,500 square foot Victorian style glass conservatory and run a stream through it. Keep the glass walls and roof sparkling clean. Plant the conservatory with the kinds of trees, plants, and flowers that butterflies love. Then fill the space with over 1,000 free-flying butterflies, exotic waterfowl, and a few iguanas.
The result is pure enchantment and an experience that will reward patient viewing. The more you look, the more butterflies you will see. Some of them are so ingeniously camouflaged, it may be many minutes before you realize they are there at all. A looping path takes you through this wonderland, past babbling waterfalls and quiet ponds as butterflies flutter all about you. At the back, you can see butterflies in the pupal stage, just before they emerge in all their splendor; with a bit of luck, you may see one break through to the light. Somewhere between 700 and 1,000 butterflies are hatched each week in this fashion to keep the conservatory well stocked.
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