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The nursery is a large greenhouse that is home to various flowers and plants. Among them is a flower that contains {{m|Stun Spore}}. Two of the nursery's employees are [[Florinda Showers]] and [[Potter]]. Along with Florinda's {{p|Gloom}}, they help to make sure the operations at Xanadu run smoothly. | The nursery is a large greenhouse that is home to various flowers and plants. Among them is a flower that contains {{m|Stun Spore}}. Two of the nursery's employees are [[Florinda Showers]] and [[Potter]]. Along with Florinda's {{p|Gloom}}, they help to make sure the operations at Xanadu run smoothly. | ||
While | While {{pkmn|training}} for the [[Pokémon League]] in ''[[EP068|Make Room for Gloom]]'', [[Delia Ketchum|Ash's mom]] requested that her son help her run some errands and visit the nursery. {{Ash}} and {{ashfr}} took off, not wanting to help with Delia's plans. Eventually, they ended up at the very place she requested them to be at. | ||
Ash told the others that he used to visit the Xanadu Nursery when he was younger, but hadn't visited it in a while. | Ash told the others that he used to visit the Xanadu Nursery when he was younger, but hadn't visited it in a while. | ||
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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
* Xanadu and its relation to a greenhouse may be a reference to the name given to the color of leaves that sprout from the {{wp|Philodendron}}, a plant genus indigenous to Australia. | * Xanadu and its relation to a greenhouse may be a reference to the name given to the color of leaves that sprout from the {{wp|Philodendron}}, a plant genus indigenous to Australia. | ||
===Name origin=== | ===Name origin=== | ||
{{wp|Kublai Khan}}'s summer capital, both the real life version and the fictional version found in the poem {{wp|Kubla Khan}}, were both named {{wp|Xanadu}}; both were known for their fast and beautiful gardens. | {{wp|Kublai Khan}}'s summer capital, both the real life version and the fictional version found in the poem {{wp|Kubla Khan}}, were both named {{wp|Xanadu}}; both were known for their fast and beautiful gardens. | ||