For years, I have heard about the “Banco de Germoplasma” at the CURLA university campus. I did not quite exactly understand what this was about. So, after asking many questions, I decided that I had to visit the place. Above all, this is a botanical garden at CURLA. Curla stands for Regional University Campus for the North Coast. It is …
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Botanical Gardens in Atlantida
Atlantida was the headquarters for the large banana companies that helped develop Atlantida and Honduras. As such, there are several botanical gardens in Atlantida that were established by them. Without doubt, the largest and most famous is the Lancetilla Experimental Botanical garden in Tela. This experimental garden was developed under the supervision of Dr. Wilson Popenoe, who spent most of …
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