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			{{Short description\|Botanical garden in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal}}
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	== Location ==		== Location ==
	The Garden is situated just below the Eden Sanatorium in an open slope covering an area of about ~~40 acres~~, bound by Cart Road and Victoria Road on the North, by Jail Road and Hari Ghose Road on the south, by Eden sanatorium on the east and Victoria Road on the west. This Garden is one of the main attractions to the visitors to Darjeeling with a treasury of many rare and beautiful plants as well as patches of typical forest of tall Cryptomeria, Bucklandia and Alnus with thick mass of lianas and shrubby undergrowth. It is a favorite spot of recreation with vistas across some of the loveliest slopes, a paradise to the students and research workers in Botany and an eminent institution distributing the plants and seeds and specimens of temperate and sub-temperate Himalayas to different parts of the world.		The Garden is situated just below the Eden Sanatorium in an open slope covering an area of about {{convert\|16\|ha\|acre}}, bound by Cart Road and Victoria Road on the North, by Jail Road and Hari Ghose Road on the south, by Eden sanatorium on the east and Victoria Road on the west. This Garden is one of the main attractions to the visitors to Darjeeling with a treasury of many rare and beautiful plants as well as patches of typical forest of tall Cryptomeria, Bucklandia and Alnus with thick mass of lianas and shrubby undergrowth. It is a favorite spot of recreation with vistas across some of the loveliest slopes, a paradise to the students and research workers in Botany and an eminent institution distributing the plants and seeds and specimens of temperate and sub-temperate Himalayas to different parts of the world.

	== Approach ==		== Approach ==
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	\|''Vanda coerulea'' Griff. ex.Lindl.		\|''Vanda coerulea'' Griff. ex.Lindl.

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'''Lloyd's Botanical Garden''', or '''Darjeeling Botanical Garden''', is a [[botanical garden]] in [[Darjeeling]] in the [[India]]n state of [[West Bengal]].

==History==
Lloyd's Botanical Garden was established in 1878 when {{convert|40|acre|m2}} of land was acquired at Darjeeling to form a botanic garden as a distant annexe of the [[Indian Botanical Gardens|Calcutta Botanical Garden]]. The land was provided by William Lloyd, in whose name the botanical garden has been named.

== Location ==
The Garden is situated just below the Eden Sanatorium in an open slope covering an area of about 40 acres, bound by Cart Road and Victoria Road on the North, by Jail Road and Hari Ghose Road on the south, by Eden sanatorium on the east and Victoria Road on the west. This Garden is one of the main attractions to the visitors to Darjeeling with a treasury of many rare and beautiful plants as well as patches of typical forest of tall Cryptomeria, Bucklandia and Alnus with thick mass of lianas and shrubby undergrowth. It is a favorite spot of recreation with vistas across some of the loveliest slopes, a paradise to the students and research workers in Botany and an eminent institution distributing the plants and seeds and specimens of temperate and sub-temperate Himalayas to different parts of the world.

== Approach ==
The botanical garden has four gates. Gate No:1 ( Iron Gate or Loachnagar gate) is approachable from the taxi stand. The road is very steep but shorter than the other approaches. Vehicles can reach this gate, but there is no parking facility. Gate No:2 (Staff gate) can be approached from the Sadar Police Station. This path is through the settlements and is narrow and can be reached on foot only. The road will lead to the staff quarters and a flight of stairs will lead to Gate No:2.Approaching Gate No:2 on foot is comparatively easier than reaching other gates on foot. Gate No:3 (Chandmari gate) can be reached through Haro Ghose road which passes through the bazaar. Vehicles can reach this gate, but no parking is available. Gate No:4 (Victoria gate) is on the Victoria road and provides entry for visitors entering from the Western side.

==Collections==
The Darjeeling Botanical Garden preserves several species of [[bamboo]], [[oak]], [[magnolia]], [[arisaema]], [[cotoneaster]], [[Geraniaceae|wild geranium]], and [[rhododendron]] — [[forest]] [[native plant]]s of the [[Darjeeling Himalayan hill region]], [[Sikkim]] region, and other neighbouring regions. Also, several exotic plants are preserved. The [[Cacti]] and [[Succulent]] collection of 150 species is displayed in the [[music school|Conservatory]]. The collection of native [[Orchid]]s from the [[Singalila Ridge]] in present-day [[Singalila National Park]] is rare and notable.

The Indian Botanical Garden Network's Garden code ascribed for this garden is WB-DBG.

== Orchids ==
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="4" |Flowering Calendar of Orchids in Lloyd Botanical Garden
|-
|'''Sl. No.'''
|'''MARCH – APRIL'''
|'''Sl. No.'''
|'''JUNE – JULY'''
|-
|'''1'''
|''Calanthe puberula'' Lindl.
|'''1'''
|''Agrostophyllum callosum'' Rchb.f.
|-
|'''2'''
|''Coelogyne flaccida'' Lindl.
|'''2'''
|''Bulbophyllum leopardinum'' (Wall.) Lindl.
|-
|'''3'''
|''Coelogyne corymbosa'' Lindl.
|'''3'''
|''Cryptochilus lutea'' Lindl.
|-
|'''4'''
|''Coelogyne cristata'' Lindl.
|'''4'''
|''Dendrobium gibsonii'' Lindl.
|-
|'''5'''
|''Dendrobium nobile'' var. ''alba'' Lindl.
|'''5'''
|''Liparis pusilla'' Ridl.
|-
|'''6'''
|''Dendrobium nobile'' var. ''pendulum'' Lindl.
|'''6'''
|''Liparis resupinata'' Ridl.
|-
|'''7'''
|''Dendrobium nobile'' var. ''virginalis'' Lindl.
|'''7'''
|''Spiranthes sinensis'' (Pers.) Ames.
|-
|'''8'''
|''Eria confusa'' Hook.f.
|
|'''JUNE – AUGUST'''
|-
|'''9'''
|''Eria convallarioides'' Lindl.
|'''1'''
|''Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum'' Pfitz.
|-
|'''10'''
|''Goodyera foliosa'' (Lindl.) Benth. ex C.B. Clarke
|
|'''JULY – AUGUST'''
|-
|'''11'''
|''Habenaria'' sp.
|'''1'''
|''Sarcanthus pallidus'' Lindl.
|-
|'''12'''
|''Renanthera imschootiana'' Rolfe
|
|'''AUGUST – SEPTEMBER'''
|-
|'''13'''
|''Vanda cristata'' var. ''multiflora'' Hort.
|'''1'''
|''Anthogonium gracile'' Lindl.
|-
|
|'''MARCH – MAY'''
|'''2'''
|''Bulbophyllum cariniflorum'' Rchb.f.
|-
|'''1'''
|''Papilionanthe vandarum'' Rchb.f.
|'''3'''
|''Calanthe masuca'' (D.Don)Lindl.
|-
|'''2'''
|''Cymbidium eburneum'' Lindl.
|'''4'''
|''Dendrobium chrysanthum'' Wall.ex Lindl.
|-
|'''3'''
|''Dendrobium longicornu'' Lindl.
|'''5'''
|''Dendrobium hookerianum'' Lindl.
|-
|'''4'''
|''Epigenium rotundatum'' (Lindl.)Summ.
|'''6'''
|''Eria acervata'' Lindl.
|-
|'''5'''
|''Phaius maculates'' Lindl.
|'''7'''
|''Sobralia amesiana'' Sander
|-
|'''6'''
|''Saturopsis undulatus'' Benth.
|'''8'''
|''Thunia venosum'' Rolfe.
|-
|'''7'''
|''Coelogyne flavida'' Wall. ex Lindl.
|
|'''SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER'''
|-
|'''8'''
|''Dendrobium falconeri'' Hook.
|'''1'''
|''Coelogyne barbata'' Lindl. ex Griff.
|-
|'''9'''
|''Dendrobium nobile'' Lindl.
|'''2'''
|''Coelogyne occultata'' Hook.f.
|-
|'''10'''
|''Doritis taenialis'' (Lindl.) Hook.f.
|'''3'''
|''Cymbidium mastersii'' Griff. ex Lindl.
|-
|'''11'''
|''Phaius wallichii'' Lindl.
|
|'''SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER'''
|-
|'''12'''
|''Trudelia cristata'' (Lindl.) Senghas
|'''1'''
|''Cymbidium affine'' Warn.
|-
|
|'''MARCH – JUNE'''
|'''2'''
|''Cymbidium cochleare'' Lindl.
|-
|'''1'''
|''Masdevallia harrisonii''
|'''3'''
|''Cymbidium elegans'' Lindl.
|-
|
|'''MARCH – NOVEMBER'''
|'''4'''
|''Cymbidium gammieanum'' Rolfe.
|-
|'''1'''
|''Eria coronaria'' (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
|'''5'''
|''Cymbidium giganteum'' Wall. ex Lindl.
|-
|'''2'''
|''Eria stricta'' Lindl.
|'''6'''
|''Cymbidium longifolium'' D.Don
|-
|
|'''APRIL – MAY'''
|'''7'''
|''Epigenium amplum'' (Lindl.)Summ.
|-
|'''1'''
|''Calanthe chloroleuca'' Lindl.
|'''8'''
|''Oberonia iridifolia'' Lindl.
|-
|'''2'''
|''Coelogyne elata'' LIndl.
|'''9'''
|''Vanda coerulea'' Griff. ex.Lindl.
|-
|'''3'''
|''Dendrobium densiflorum'' Lindl.ex Wall.
|
|'''OCTOBER – DECEMBER'''
|-
|
|'''APRIL – JUNE'''
|'''1'''
|''Cymbidium tracyanum'' Rolfe.
|-
|'''1'''
|''Aerides biswasiana'' Mukherjee & Ghose
|'''2'''
|''Pleione praecox'' (J.E.Smith) D. Don
|-
|'''2'''
|''Cymbidium devonianum'' Lindl. ex Paxton
|
|'''OCTOBER - JANUARY'''
|-
|'''3'''
|''Cymbidium lowianum'' Rchb.f.
|'''1'''
|''Paphiopedilium insigne'' Pfitz.
|-
|
|'''MAY – JUNE'''
|
|'''NOVEMBER – DECEMBER'''
|-
|'''1'''
|''Coelogyne ochracea'' Lindl.
|'''1'''
|''Otochilus albus'' Lindl.
|-
|'''2'''
|''Coelogyne prolifera'' Lindl.
|'''2'''
|''Otochilus fuscus'' Lindl.
|-
|'''3'''
|''Dendrobium brymerianum'' Rchb.f.
|
|'''NOVEMBER – JANUARY'''
|-
|'''4'''
|''Thunia alba'' (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
|'''1'''
|''Paphiopedilum villosum'' Lindl.
|-
|
|'''JUNE'''
|
|'''NOVEMBER – FEBRUARY'''
|-
|'''1'''
|''Pholidota imbricata'' Hook.
|'''1'''
|''Paphiopedilum villosum'' var. ''boxallii'' (Rchb.f.) Pfitzer
|-
|
|
|
|'''DECEMBER – FEBRUARY'''
|-
|
|
|'''1'''
|''Cymbidium grandiflorum'' Griff.
|}

==See also==
*[[List of botanical gardens]]
*[[Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park]]
*[[Rock Garden, Darjeeling]]
*[[Singalila National Park]]

==References==
''[https://web.archive.org/web/20110719010709/http://www.darjeelingnews.net/places_of_interest1.html Places of Interest in Darjeeling]'', Darjeelingnews.net. URL accessed on 8 May 2006.

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20140517115825/http://ibgn.org/ Indian Botanic Gardens Network]
*[https://northbengaltourism.com/lloyd-botanical-garden-darjeeling/ About Lloyd's Botanical Garden]

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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Darjeeling]]
[[Category:Botanical gardens in India]]
[[Category:Protected areas of West Bengal]]
[[Category:1878 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Protected areas established in the 1870s]]

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