This Smithsonian greenhouse contains obscure and exotic plants from around the world

It’s a 5,000-square-foot research greenhouse that scientists from all over the world come to study, filled with obscure and exotic plants you can’t find anywhere else on the planet — let alone in the D.C. region.

In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” we’re wrapping up our exclusive, behind-the-scenes exploration of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History’s Museum Support Center in Suitland, Maryland, at the Smithsonian Gardens Botany Research Greenhouse!

This lesser-known facility is only about a year old...