Location
Postal Address:
Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden, The Botanical Garden Organization,
Mae Rim - Samoeng Road, A. Mae Rim, Chiang Mai, 50180, Thailand
สวนพฤกษศาสตร์ ศมเด็จพระนางเจ้าสิริกิติ์ อำเภอแมริม จังหวัดเชียงใหม่ ๕๐๑๘๐
Open: daily from 8:30 – 17:00 h
Website:
Email: qbg@chmai.loxinfo.co.th
Map of Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
Route Map: Grid B1 in Route Map 1.
Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden is located 27 km NW of Chiang Mai, at the edge of Doi Suthep-Pui National Park.
Direction
From Chiang Mai on National Road #107 to Mae Rim, turn left a few kilometers after Mae Rim at intersection with National Road #1096. Stay on this road, heading towards Samoeng. 12 km after the intersection you will see the entrance to the Botanic Garden on the left hand side.
Description of Site
Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden (QSBG), or formerly known as Mae Sa Botanic Garden, is the first botanical garden of the country at international standards. The main objectives of the Garden are to serve as a center of Thai flora for botanical study and research, to render services concerning biodiversity and environmental conservation, as well as to provide an aesthetic place for the general public.
The Botanic Garden comprises an area of 960 ha with a wide collection of plant species, 12 exhibition greenhouses, garden and nature trails, educational and research activities. Major scientific activities related to biodiversity conservation are carried out at the Technical and Research Department, which is located at the Sanga Sabhasri Research and Development Center. This Center comprises three main buildings: the Herbarium, the Natural Science Museum, and the Laboratory Center.
There is no special collection site for bamboos, and they may be found widespread over the whole area. Several bamboos were planted along the main road on the left side between Visitor Center and next car parking area, and a few further were found along the road to the Administration Building and Thai Orchid Nursery.
Images
Photos can be found in the following set:
Bamboos at Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden
All images show plants at the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden if not otherwise stated. A first batch of photos was taken during rainy season on 21 July 2009.
List of Bamboos
The following is a briefly commented list of bamboos (identified and unidentified) viewed at the Queen Sirikit Botanic Garden. The list is arranged in the sequence the bamboos were found along the roads and ways in the Garden. First, the common Thai name is given in Thai script, followed in brackets by its Romanized name, then by its botanical name if known.
A. Main road on the left side between Visitor Center and next car parking area
<01> Schizostachyum brachycladum cv. Ratchaphruek
This is a rather tall clump with culm diameter up to 9 cm of the yellow-striped green stem variety of Schizostachyum brachycladum. Also grown at Royal Flora Ratchaphruek, but not found elsewhere so far.
<02> Dendrocalamus sp.
A giant bamboo from Burma, perhaps Dendrocalamus hamiltonii, culms greyish-green, thickest diameter 22 cm, foliage leaves medium-sized to large.
<03> Unidentified
Culm sheaths covered with black hairs, sheath auricles and bristles present.
<04> Unidentified
A giant bamboo, culms up to 10 cm in diameter, culm sheaths reddish, covered with dark hairs, sheath auricles and bristles present, branches 3, central branch dominant, the other two branches equal in size, branches rather short, foliage leaves small.
B. Along the road to the Administration Building
<05> ไผ่เฮียะ (phai hia) — Schizostachyum virgatum
There are many stands of phai hia on both sides of the road.
C. Other
No photos were taken from several commonly planted and widely known bamboos. These are:
ไผ่เลี้ยง (phai liang)
ไผ่น้ำเต้า (phai nam tao) — Bambusa vulgaris cv. Wamin
ไผ่เงิน (phai ngoen) — Bambusa glaucophylla
ไผ่ทอง (phai thong) — Schizostachyum brachycladum cv. Bali Kuning
