Euphorbia primulifolia
April 11, 2013 7:16 pmThis month the brief was to write about a ‘Caudiciform Plant’. The general definition of a caudiciform plant is one... View Article
This month the brief was to write about a ‘Caudiciform Plant’. The general definition of a caudiciform plant is one... View Article
Grown for years as a Notocactus, until all Notocacti suddenly found themselves to be Parodias, P haselbergii was also included... View Article
Aeoniums are normally thought to be endemic to the Canary Islands which is true in the main, but at least... View Article
Espostoa lanata is the type species of the genus Espostoa, first designated by Britton and Rose in 1920 and named... View Article
Conophytum ratum Like the genus Lithops, Conophytums are also members of the Mesembryanthemaceae and African in origin. This particular plant... View Article
Schlumbergera truncata comes from the hills and mountains around Rio de Janeiro, in the Atlantic temperate rainforest area of Brazil.... View Article
Haworthia are probably one of the most troublesome groups of plants when it comes to naming and relationships, thankfully this... View Article
This plant was first described less than 10 years ago but has already had several changes of name! It was... View Article
Orbea variegata was the first Stapeliad to arrive in Europe being introduced in 1639 by Justus Heurnius, a Dutch missionary... View Article
Named after the Belgian nurseryman De Herdt, Mammillaria deherdtiana was first described in 1969. It grows in the Mexican state... View Article
Even if you only have room for a few Gasterias in your collection, Gasteria armstrongii is one you must surely... View Article
It was first found in Argentina by Castellanos in 1934. Whilst the New Cactus Lexicon considers it as a weakly-spined... View Article