Lloyd's Botanical Garden

Botanical garden in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal

Lloyd's Botanical Garden, or Darjeeling Botanical Garden, is a botanical garden in Darjeeling in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Lloyd's Botanical Garden was established in 1878 when of land was acquired at Darjeeling to form a botanic garden as a distant annexe of the Calcutta Botanical Garden. The land was provided by William Lloyd, in whose name the botanical garden has been named.

The Garden is situated just below the Eden Sanatorium in an open slope covering an area of about , 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 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.

The Darjeeling Botanical Garden preserves several species of bamboo, oak, magnolia, arisaema, cotoneaster, wild geranium, and rhododendron — forest native plants 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 Conservatory. The collection of native Orchids 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.

Flowering Calendar of Orchids in Lloyd Botanical GardenSl. No. MARCH – APRIL Sl. No. JUNE – JULY 1Calanthe puberula Lindl. 1Agrostophyllum callosum Rchb. f.2Coelogyne flaccida Lindl.2Bulbophyllum leopardinum (Wall.) Lindl.3Coelogyne corymbosa Lindl.3Cryptochilus lutea Lindl.4Coelogyne cristata Lindl.4Dendrobium gibsonii Lindl.5Dendrobium nobile var. alba Lindl.5Liparis pusilla Ridl.6Dendrobium nobile var. pendulum Lindl.6Liparis resupinata Ridl.7Dendrobium nobile var. virginalis Lindl.7Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames.8Eria confusa Hook. f. JUNE – AUGUST 9Eria convallarioides Lindl.1Paphiopedilum hirsutissimum Pfitz.10Goodyera foliosa (Lindl.) Benth. ex C. B. Clarke JULY – AUGUST 11Habenaria sp.1Sarcanthus pallidus Lindl.12Renanthera imschootiana Rolfe AUGUST – SEPTEMBER 13Vanda cristata var. multiflora Hort.1Anthogonium gracile Lindl. MARCH – MAY 2Bulbophyllum  cariniflorum Rchb. f.1Papilionanthe vandarum Rchb. f.                       3Calanthe masuca (D. Don)Lindl.2Cymbidium eburneum Lindl. 4Dendrobium chrysanthum Wall. ex Lindl.3Dendrobium longicornu Lindl. 5Dendrobium hookerianum Lindl.4Epigenium rotundatum (Lindl.)Summ. 6Eria acervata Lindl.5Phaius maculates Lindl. 7Sobralia amesiana Sander6Saturopsis undulatus Benth. 8Thunia venosum  Rolfe.7Coelogyne flavida Wall. ex Lindl. SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER8Dendrobium falconeri Hook.1Coelogyne barbata Lindl. ex Griff.9Dendrobium nobile Lindl.2Coelogyne occultata Hook. f.10Doritis taenialis (Lindl.) Hook. f.3Cymbidium mastersii Griff. ex Lindl.11Phaius wallichii Lindl. SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER 12Trudelia cristata (Lindl.) Senghas1Cymbidium affine Warn. MARCH – JUNE 2Cymbidium cochleare Lindl.1Masdevallia harrisonii3Cymbidium elegans Lindl. MARCH – NOVEMBER 4Cymbidium gammieanum Rolfe.1Eria coronaria (Lindl.) Rchb. f.5Cymbidium giganteum Wall. ex Lindl.2Eria stricta Lindl.6Cymbidium longifolium D. Don APRIL – MAY 7Epigenium amplum (Lindl. )Summ.1Calanthe chloroleuca Lindl.8Oberonia iridifolia Lindl.2Coelogyne elata Lindl.9Vanda coerulea Griff. ex. Lindl.3Dendrobium densiflorum Lindl. ex Wall. OCTOBER – DECEMBER APRIL – JUNE 1Cymbidium tracyanum Rolfe.1Aerides biswasiana Mukherjee & Ghose2Pleione praecox (J. E. Smith) D. Don2Cymbidium devonianum Lindl. ex Paxton OCTOBER JANUARY3Cymbidium lowianum Rchb. f.1Paphiopedilium insigne Pfitz. MAY – JUNE NOVEMBER – DECEMBER 1Coelogyne ochracea Lindl.1Otochilus albus Lindl.2Coelogyne prolifera Lindl.2Otochilus fuscus Lindl.3Dendrobium brymerianum Rchb. f. NOVEMBER – JANUARY 4Thunia alba (Lindl.) Rchb. f.1Paphiopedilum villosum Lindl. JUNE NOVEMBER – FEBRUARY 1Pholidota imbricata Hook.1Paphiopedilum villosum var. boxallii (Rchb. f.) Pfitzer DECEMBER – FEBRUARY 1Cymbidium grandiflorum Griff.