The San Juan College Plant Room:
The San Juan College Plant Room is a greenhouse-like structure located adjacent to the Atrium Lobby area in the West Classroom Complex. It, along with the Atrium Lobby, serves as a classroom resource for Biology, Geology and Art classes as well as a popular study and computing area for students. Many ferns, bromeliads, orchids and other tropical plants are grown and propagated in the Plant Room. Tropical flowering trees and primitive plants, such as tree ferns, whisk ferns, ginkgoes and cycads are also available for classroom study and use. Several fish tanks provide self-sustaining microscopic algae and invertebrates, such as snails, rotifers, amoebas, paramecia, nematodes and planarians. Other tanks and pots grow plants for cellular study and plant anatomy labs. Another focus is economically important tropical plants, including lemons, coffee, avocado, cardamom, and many others. The environment of the Plant Room is primarily cool tropical-subtropical. Linda Mary Reeves is the supervisor of the Plant Room and may be contacted for further information at X3244.
Plant List and uses for instructors Newsletter-Spring 2002 (download SJC Plant Room Newsletter.doc/Plant List)
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