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
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Parodia haselbergii
March 11, 2013 7:14 pmGrown for years as a Notocactus, until all Notocacti suddenly found themselves to be Parodias, P haselbergii was also included... View Article
Aeonium leucobletharum
February 11, 2013 7:13 pmAeoniums are normally thought to be endemic to the Canary Islands which is true in the main, but at least... View Article
Espostoa lanata
January 11, 2013 7:12 pmEspostoa lanata is the type species of the genus Espostoa, first designated by Britton and Rose in 1920 and named... View Article
Conophytum ratum
December 11, 2012 7:11 pmConophytum ratum Like the genus Lithops, Conophytums are also members of the Mesembryanthemaceae and African in origin. This particular plant... View Article
Schlumbergera truncata
November 11, 2012 7:10 pmSchlumbergera truncata comes from the hills and mountains around Rio de Janeiro, in the Atlantic temperate rainforest area of Brazil.... View Article
Haworthia emelyae (V. Poelln.) var. comptoniana
October 11, 2012 7:09 pmHaworthia are probably one of the most troublesome groups of plants when it comes to naming and relationships, thankfully this... View Article
Cleistocactus winteri ssp. colademono
September 11, 2012 7:09 pmThis plant was first described less than 10 years ago but has already had several changes of name! It was... View Article
Orbea variegata
August 11, 2012 6:57 pmOrbea variegata was the first Stapeliad to arrive in Europe being introduced in 1639 by Justus Heurnius, a Dutch missionary... View Article
Mammillaria deherdtiana
July 11, 2012 6:56 pmNamed after the Belgian nurseryman De Herdt, Mammillaria deherdtiana was first described in 1969. It grows in the Mexican state... View Article
Gasteria armstrongii
June 10, 2012 11:51 pmEven if you only have room for a few Gasterias in your collection, Gasteria armstrongii is one you must surely... View Article
Tephrocactus geometricus
May 10, 2012 11:50 pmIt was first found in Argentina by Castellanos in 1934. Whilst the New Cactus Lexicon considers it as a weakly-spined... View Article