Caudi

Abelmoschus sagittifolius

Photo by Bill Hagblom

Author: Elmer Drew Merrill 1924

Family: Malvaceae

Habitat: China, Northern Australia

Soil: Rich-Mix

Water: Medium-Maximum

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 5 centimetres

Height: 30 centimetres (2 meters)

Flower: White, Pale Yellow to Dark Pink

Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: Hibiscus, Native Rosella, Creeping Pink Swamp Hibiscus

Synonyms: Hibiscus sagittifolius, Kurz 1871. Abelmoschus coccineus S.Y. Hu 1955. Abelmoschus esquirolii, S.Y. Hu 1955. Hibiscus bellicosus H. Lév. 1914. Hibiscus bodinieri var. brevicalyculata H. Lév. 1913. Hibiscus

esquirolii H. Lév. 1913. Hibiscus longifolius var. tuberosus Span. 1841 It might be Abelmoschus moschatus subsp. tuberosus, Borss. Waalk. 1966 now.

Photo by Bill Hagblom

This member of the Malvaceae family was (among others) named by Elmer Drew Merrill in 1924. It is found in China and Northern Australia, growing in a rich but drained soil with some to lots of water and some sun. It will grow up to 30 centimetres in height, with two meters long vines, and the tubers will get up to five centimetres thick. The flowers are white over pale yellow to dark pink.

Abronia latifolia

Photo by Carl Frederick

Author: Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz 1826

Family: Nyctaginaceae

Habitat: California

Soil: Sand

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 10 (200) centimetres

Flower: Bright Yellow


Pop names: Coastal Sand Verbena, Yellow Sand Verbena

Synonyms: -

Photo by Carl Frederick

This member of the Nyctaginaceae family was described by Johann Friedrich Gustav von Eschscholtz in 1926. It is found on the coast of California, growing in sand with some water and lots of sun. The tuberous roots will grow up to ten centimetres in diameter and 50 centimetres long. The vines will crawl over the sand, an reach for up to two meters. The flowers are bright yellow.

Adansonia digitata

Northern Namibia, 19 meters around.

Author: Carl Linnaeus 1759

Family: Bombacaceae*

Habitat: Southern Africa (Madagascar and Oman)

Soil: Grit-Mix

Water: Maximum

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 15 meters

Height: 22 meters

Flower: White


Pop names: Baobab, Cream of Tartar Tree, Monkey-bread Tree, Lemonade Tree

Synonyms: Baobabus digitata Kuntze 1891

The big and beautiful tree-like succulent appears only in the southern part of Africa (and brought around by Arab traders to i.e. Madagascar and Oman). First

Night flowering. described by Carl Linnaeus in 1759. It belongs to the Bombacaceae* family. The trunk will get op to 15 meter wide and the tree up to 22 meters high. It can be reproduced by cuttings and seeds. Grows best in a well drained soil, some water and sun in summer and dry in winter.

Seeds have been brought by Arab traders to Madagascar and Oman where around 100, up to 2000 years old trees can be found in Dhofar. Those plants have done fine so fare up north, and the biggest have reached a stem diameter of ten meters!

There are 6-10 species of Adansonias on Madagascar, one in the South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and one in the Kimberley region (Northern and Western Territory), Australia.

Named after the French naturalist Michel Adanson (1727-1806) and digitata meaning hand-like, is in reference to the shape of the leafs.

It has gourd/egg-formed green fruits, which can be 12 cm long, with several seeds in a vitamin C hard-foam.

*This family might been incorporated in the Malvaceae family now. Sub-family: Bombacoideae, tribe: Adansonieae.

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The fruits are rich in vitamin C.

A tree sown by a Muslim in 1477, in northern Sri Lanka. 20 meters around.

A good trick to get the seeds going is to soak them in a cup of hot water.

Another tree in Sri Lanka

Three years old, and I have a bush from a cutting. Around one meter tall.

Twins, north of Otavi in namibia. Each three metres in diameter.

The Kirstenbosch tree - in a rainy day.

Dormant tree in Namibia.

The half year seedlings form a nice, little caudex.

Four meters in diameter.

How most non-Africans see the baobabs of Senegal.

Adansonia grandidieri

Photo by Jialiang Gao. Western form.

Author: Henri Ernest Baillon 1893


Habitat: South-Western - Southern Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 3-5 metres

Height: 25 metres

Flower: White-pale Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Grandidier's Baobab

Synonyms: -

This member of the Bombacaceae family was given this name by Henri Ernest Baillon in 1893. It is found in

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This is the same species, but the southern form. south-western and southern Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with quite some water water and lots of sun. The stem can grow from three to five metres in diameter, and reach a height of 25 metres. The flowers, which occurs in the dry season. May to August, are white, fating into pale yellow.

Named after the French botanist Alfred Grandidier (1836–1921).



Baobab Avenue, near Morondava by Rita Willaert. Typical western form.

Adansonia gregorii

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This photo is taken in Northern Territory, Australia. One of the "prison trees". The big trees gets hollows, which makes it impossible to tell, how old they are. Probably between 500 and 1000 years!

Author: Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller 1857


Habitat: Northern Australia

Soil: Grit

Water: Maximum

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 5 meters

Height: 20 meters

Flower: White


Pop names: Baob, Baobab.

Synonyms: Capparis gibbosa, Conningham 1820. Baobabus gregorii, Kuntze 1891

Got it from: Derby, Au

Year: 2002

The seedlings in Copenhagen Botanical Garden. It is possible to see the thickened stem.

The big and beautiful tree appears only in the northern part of Australia. Given this name by Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller in 1857. It belongs to the Bombacaceae* family. The trunk will get op to 5 meter wide and the tree up to 20 meters high. It can be reproduced by cuttings and seeds. Grows best in grit, lots of water and sun in summer and dry in winter. I found some seeds in Derby in 2002.

There are 6-10 species of Adansonias on Madagascar, one in Africa and this one in the Kimberley region (Northern and Western Territory), Australia.

It has gourd/egg-formed green fruits, which can be 18 cm long, with several seeds in a vitamin C hard-foam.

Well, I got some seeds, but they didn't seem to germinate. Gave most of them to Copenhagen Botanical Garden, and they had more "luck". Some boil or frieeze them, but they didn't.

I done some additionally experiments, and most successful by far it simply to throw them into a cup of 90C hot water, and leave them cooling in for 24 hours. Gave me 100% against 0%.

Named after the French naturalist Michel Adanson (1727-1806) and explorer Charles Augustus Gregory (1819-1905) by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1857. Conningham called it Capparis gibbosa in 1820, but the gregorii persisted as its official name.


The big and beautiful flowers appear mostly at night.

Adenia aculeata


Photo by Specks Exotica.

Author: Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler 1891

Family: Passifloraceae

Habitat: Eastern Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 2,5 metres

Flower: Cream

Reproduction: Seeds/(Cuttings)

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Modecca aculeata Oliver 1880

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found in Somalia Ethiopia and Kenya, growing in a well drained soil

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Young plant. Photo by Brad Johnson. with some water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow up to 30 centimetres in diameter, the whole small tree reach two meters. The flowers are cream coloured.

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Two years, mine have been locked at three centimetre. Then, within a month in late autumn, it grow a 60 centimetre "vine".

Adenia ballyi

Dormant plant. Photo by PalmBob.

Author: Bernard Verdcourt 1964


Habitat: Somalia

Soil: Mix

Water: Minimum-Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 120 centimetres

Flower: Green-Crème


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Bernard Verdcourt in 1964. It is found in Somalia, growing in grit or an other well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. It will eventually form a dense bush, up to 120 centimetres height, hiding the 30 centimetre caudex.

Adenia cladosepala

Author: Hermann August Theodor Harms, 1897


Habitat: Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 2 meters

Flower: Green and White

Reproduction:

Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names:

-

Synonyms: Modecca cladosepala, John Gilbert Baker, 1890. Adenia ambongensis Claverie, 1909

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1897. It is found on Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow up to 30 centimetres in diameter, the whole vines reach two meters. The flowers are green and white.

The small flower by Kweezr.

Adenia digitata

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Photo by Marc Altenloh.



Habitat: South-Eastern Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Maximum

Sun: Maximum


Height: 2 meters or more

Flower: White


Pop names: Wild Granadilla

Synonyms: Modecca digitata William Henry Harvey 1859. Might be synonym

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of: Modecca senensis, Clemanthus senensis, Adenia senensis

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found in Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa - Natal, Transvaal, and Swaziland. It prefers a well drained soil, lots of water and sun. The caudex can grow to 60 centimetres, the vines to two meters or more. The flowers are small and white.

Adenia elegans

Photo by Evelyn Durst from KEW Gardens.

Author: Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie 1940


Habitat: Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 2 metres

Flower: Greenish White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de

la Bâthie in 1940. It is found on Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 20 centimetres, the vines up to two metres. The flowers are greenish white.

Adenia ellenbeckii

Author: Hermann August Theodor Harms 1923


Habitat: Kenya, Somaliland, Tanzania, Uganda

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 1,5 meter

Flower: Pale Yellow-Crème Colour


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1923. It is found in eastern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can reach 25 centimetres in diameter, the vines 150 centimetres and the flowers are from pale yellow to creamy.

Useful tip: The juice of the fruit in meat has been used to poison hyenas.

Adenia epigea



Habitat: Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum

Thickness: 20 centimetres or more

Height: 120 centimetres or more



Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was found by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie around 1910, but was given this name by him in 1940. It is found - in it's green form - in central and northern Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 20 centimetres or more in diameter, the plant can raise to 120 centimetres or more.

What former have been known as "The Red Form" is actually A. firingalavensis var. stylosa which have been raised to its own species by David John Hearn in 2007: Adenia stylosa.

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The caudex of a larger plant smoothens out. Photo by Soumen Aditya.

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The leaves changes on the single plant from almost round to three lobed. Photo by Soumen Aditya.

Adenia firingalavensis




Habitat: Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 1 meter/3 metres

Flower: Greenish-White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Ophiocaulon firingalavense Drake ex Jum. 1903

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1925. It is found on Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The stem

Flower photos by Barry Stock.

Flower photos by Barry Stock.

will grow to 28 centimetres in diameter, the vines to two meters long. The flowers are greenish.

If it is sheltered from the direct sun, the caudex remains nice green.

The former A. f. stylosa is now Adenia stylosa.


From a botanical garden in Madagascar.

A big plant I saw in a private collection on Madagascar.

Adenia fruticosa

Author: Joseph Burtt Davy 1926


Habitat: Southern Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 1,5 meters

Flower: Green


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by Joseph Burtt Davy in 1926. It is found in the southern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The swollen stem can grow up to 35 centimetres in diameter and 150 centimetres

height. The small flowers are green.

Adenia glauca

Author: Hans Schinz 1892


Habitat: Southern Africa, Botswana

Soil: Acid mix

Water: Maximum

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 1 meters or more

Height: 3 meters

Flower: Green/Crème


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

Got it from: Erfurt, Germany

Year: 2004

First described by Hans Schinz in 1892, belonging to the Passifloraceae family. It is from the southern Africa and Botswana, and can get op to one meter or more in diameter! The branches reach for up to three meters. It prefers acid, mixed soil, well watered in the summer and can dry out in winter. Keep out of strong sun. The flower is green/crème in colour. It can be reproduced both by cuttings and by seeds. The cuttings might not form a caudex!

Dioecious, I don't know what I got. If its a female, and I get it pollinated, it will get fine orange fruits. The sap is poison, and the plant can't stand frost.

Its named after the Yemen city of Aden.

Adenia globosa

Caudex on a plant made by a cutting.



Habitat: Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum

Thickness: 1 meter

Height: 2 meters



Pop names: -

Synonyms: Adenia pseudoglobosa Verdc.1964 = Adenia globosa subsp. pseudoglobosa W.J. de Wilde 1969

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1893. It is found in Kenya, Somalia and Tanzania,

The rarely seen leaves. growing in a well drained soil with some to lots of water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow up to one meter in diameter, the vines can grow up to two meters long. The flowers are greenish white, and cuttings will form a nice caudex.

Adenia goetzei

The slim form: ES 1072



Habitat: Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Ruvuma Prov

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Yellowish Green

Reproduction: Seeds/?

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

The fat form: ES 0491

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1902. It is found in Tanzania, Zaire, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in well-drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 20 centimetres in diameter, the branches reach for 35 centimetres. The flowers are yellowish green.

Adenia gummifera

Found this plant at Specks Exotica.



Habitat: Eastern, Central, South Africa ,Seychelles

Soil: Mix


Sun: Medium


Height: 30 metres

Flower: Green

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Monkey Rope, Snake Climber

Synonyms: Modecca gummifera, Harvey 1860. Ophiocaulon gummifer, Masters 1871

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1897. It is found on the Seychelles, in Somalia, Kenya, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda and Zaire, growing in a well drained soil with some to lots of water and some sun. The


flowers are green. The vines can reach 30 metres in length, and a diameter of at least ten centimetres at the base.

Adenia hastata

Photo from Zelene Listy.



Habitat: Mozambique, South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 4,5 meters



Pop names: -

Synonyms: Modecca hastata Harv.

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This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Hans Schinz in 1892. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa, growing i a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 30 centimetres or more, the vines can reach four and a half meter.

Adenia heterophylla

Photo: Saravud R.

Author: Sijfert Hendrik Koorders 1912


Habitat: Asia, Northern Australia, Philippines

Soil: Mix


Sun: Medium


Height: 3 metres

Flower: Pale Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Lacewing Vine

Synonyms: Modecca heterophylla Carl Ludwig von Blume 1826

Photo: Saravud R.

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Sijfert Hendrik Koorders in 1912. It is found wide spread around in Asia: Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Northern Australia and the Philippines. It grows in a well drained soil with some to lots of water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 35 centimetres or more in diameter, the vines can reach for three meters. The flowers are pale yellow, the fruits red.

Photo: Saravud R.

Adenia isaloensis

Photo by Mesembs, Tokyo.

Author: W. J. J. O. de Wilde 1970


Habitat: Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Pale Yellow

Reproduction:

Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: -

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Synonyms: Adenia sphaerocarpa subsp. isaloensis, H. Perrier 1940

This little member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by W. J. J. O. de Wilde in 1970. It is found on Madagascar, growing in a slightly enriched soil which are well drained with some water and some sun. The caudex only grows to four centimetres in diameter, the plant grow up to 20 centimetres. The flowers are pale yellow.

Adenia karibaensis

Photo by Brad Johnson.



Habitat: Zimbabwe

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 6,5 meters

Flower: Greenish/White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by W. J. J. O. de Wilde in 1971. It is found on the rocky savannas of Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow up to 50 centimetres in diameter, the whole small tree reach six and a half meters. The flowers are greenish and white.


Adenia keramanthus

Female plant.




Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 1 meter

Flower: Green

Reproduction: Seeds/(Cuttings?)

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1893. It is found in Southern Africa, growing in

This cluster of roots are 20 centimetres across.

Male plant

well drained soil with some water and some sun. The flowers are green, and beside seeds, it might be possible be cuttings as well. It can grow up to one meter and ten centimetres in diameter.

Cluster of female flowers by Soumen Aditya.

Cluster of male flowers by Soumen Aditya.

Male flower

Female flower

Cluster of fruits by Soumen Aditya.

Half a year old female plant, made by tissue culture.

The fruits will turn red and three to four centimetres.

Too tall; 140 centimetres. And I been pruning is severely!

Adenia kirkii

This plant might NOT be a A. kirkii, which have more narrow lobed leaves. Then again, it could be juvenile leaves.



Habitat: Costal Kenya, Eastern Tanzania, Zanzibar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum


Height: 3 meters

Flower: Green


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Modecca kirkii, Masters 1871

Got it from: Jesendorf, Germany

Year: 2004

This plant from Specks have this narrow lobed leaf. Photo by Specks.

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found in Costal Kenya, Eastern Tanzania and Zanzibar, growing in well-drained soil with some water and quiet some sun. The flowers are green, and beside seeds, it can be reproduced by cuttings, which might not form the caudex. It will raise to three meters from a 30 centimetres caudex.

Adenia lanceolata

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Habitat: Eastern, Southern Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 4 metres

Flower: Greenish


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found in eastern and southern Africa, growing in well-drained soil with some water and quiet some sun. The flowers are green, and beside seeds, it can be reproduced

Small plant from Specks Exotica.

by cuttings, which might not form the caudex, which on seedlings can grow to 20 centimetres or more. The vines will climb to four meters.


Adenia lanceolata subsp. scheffleri, W.J. de Wilde1969, from Specks Exotica.

Adenia lapiazicola


Photo by Tim Harvey.

Author: Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon 1997


Habitat: Madagascar

Soil: Limestone cracks

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon in 1997. It is found in northern Madagascar, growing in limestone cracks with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to eighteen centimetres or more in

Photo by Jean-Marie Solichon diameter and reach one and a half meter or more. The flowers are white.

Photo by Martine Bardot-Vaucoulon.

Adenia lindenii*

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Photo by Specks.

Author: * I have not been able to verify this name. Might be Adenia lindiensis? Same area, slightly different leaves.


Habitat: Tanzania, Morogoro Province

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium

Thickness: ?

Height: ?

Flower: ?

Reproduction: Seeds/(Cuttings?)

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae have been in trade for some time, but


A plant I found at Kakteen Haage. I don't seem to be able to verify the name. The origin and appearance make me think of Adenia lindiensis, but then again: It might be a new and interesting species. Any clue are welcome: [email protected].

Adenia monadelpha

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Photo from Specks.



Habitat: Southern Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium - Maximum

Thickness: 8 Centimetres

Height: 75 Centimetres

Flower: White

Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings?

Pop names: Ranga, Vahiranga

Synonyms: By mistake: Adenia monodelpha

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Joseph Marie Henry Alfred Perrier de la Bâthie in 1940. It is found in south western Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some water and


Photo by Grootscholten.

The leaves by Soumen Aditya.

some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to eight centimetres while the plant reaches 75 centimetres in height. The small flowers are white.

The caudex by Soumen Aditya.

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Photo by Soumen Aditya.

The female flower by Soumen Aditya.

Adenia ovata



Photo by Indra Susandi.

Author: Willem Jan Jacobus Oswald de Wilde 1971


Habitat: Zambia

Soil: Sand - Mix

Water: Medium


Thickness: 5-10 Centimetres


Flower: Pale Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

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Photo from Specks.

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Willem Jan Jacobus Oswald de Wilde in 1971. It is found in Zambia, growing in a sandy or other well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to eight centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to five or even ten centimetres in height. The flowers are pale yellow.

Adenia pechuelii

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Habitat: Namibia

Soil: Grit or Mix

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Red


Pop names: Elephant's Foot

Synonyms: Echinothamnus pechuelii Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler 1892

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1887. It is found widely spread around Namibia, growing on rocks, in grit or other well drained soil with little water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 50

Wild plant, photo by: Tim Harvey. centimetres in diameter, and the plant can reach a height of 100 centimetres or more. The flowers are red. Some plants are thought to be more than 1000 years old.

Adenia perrieri

Photo by Olaf Pronk.

Author: P. Claverie 1909


Habitat: Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum


Height: 2-4 metres



Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by P. Claverie in 1909. It is found on Madagascar, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex develops into a stem, and can grow to 20 centimetres in diameter and reach a height of two or three metres.

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Adenia racemosa

Photo by Specks.



Habitat: Tanzania

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 8 metres

Flower: Greenish Yellow


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -


Photo by Specks.

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by W. J. J. O. de Wilde in 1971. It is only found in Tanzania, growing in a well drained soil. The up to eight meter vines growing up in the trees. The caudex can grow to 20 centimetres or more in diameter. The unisexual inflorescent are greenish yellow.

Adenia repanda




Habitat: Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 20-200 centimetres



Pop names: -

Synonyms: Paschanthus repandus, Burch 1822. Jaeggia repanda Schinz 1888. Paschanthus jaeggii Schinz 1900.Modecca paschanthus, Harvey. Modecca repanda,

Druce 1917

Found this at Grootscholten.

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1891. It is found on the woodlands of Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The stem can grow up to 40 centimetres in diameter, the woody vines to two meters.

The rest of the photos are from Windhoek Botanical Garden.

Adenia spinosa

Author: Joseph Burtt Davy 1926



Soil: Mix

Water: Maximum

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 2,5 meters

Height: 1,5 meters

Flower: Crème


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

Got it from: Llandilo, Australia

Year: 2002

A huge plant from Obesa Cacti Nursery in South Africa; around one meter in diameter.

First described by Joseph Burtt Davy in 1926, belonging to the Passifloraceae family. It is from the southern part of Africa, and can get op to 2,5 meters in diameter, and 1,5 meters heigh. It prefers acid mixed soil, well watered in the summer and can dry out in winter. The flower is crème in colour, typical passion. It can be reproduced both by cuttings and by seeds. The cuttings might not form a caudex!

Dioecious, I don't know what I got. The sap is poison, and the plant can't stand frost. The soil must be acid, I don't know how much! Cuttings are possible, but won't form caudex.

Adenia stenodactyla



Habitat: Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum


Height: 2,5 meters



Pop names: -

Synonyms: Adenia angustisecta Engler 1921

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1923. It is found in Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots

of sun. I think the caudex can grow up to 30 centimetres in diameter, and the vines up to 2,5 meters in length.

The leaves have a vide variety of appearances, even on the same plant.

Adenia stylosa

Photo from Specks Exotica.

Author: David John Hearn 2007


Habitat: Northern Madagascar

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 25- 30 Centimetres

Height: 100 Centimetres or more?



Pop names: Candlestick Plant

Synonyms: A. epigea var. stylosa, H. Perrier. Adenia firingalavensis var stylosa, Perrottet

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by David John Hearn in 2007. It is found in Ankarana National Park: northern Madagascar. It is growing in a well


The variation of leaves by Olaf Pronk,Laurette E.U.R.L.

drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 25 or even 30 centimetres in diameter. The vine-like branched can reach one meter or more. The small flowers are greenish white.

This plant have been sold as the red form of Adenia epigea.



http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/SUBS/ade-epi-sub.asp

Caudex of a plant in Copenhagen BG.

Adenia venenata

Photo by Brad Johnson.

Author: Pehr Forsskål 1775


Habitat: Central + Eastern Tropical Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum

Thickness: 60 (200) centimetres

Height: 8 meters



Pop names: -

Synonyms: Modecca abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich.


Photo by Mark E Olson, MoBot.

This member of the Passifloraceae family was given this name by Pehr Forsskål in 1775. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya , Northern Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Tchad, Tanzania, Uganda and Yemen, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 60 centimetres in diameter and two meters height. The vines can reach eight metres. The tiny flowers are greenish white.

Female flower by Soumen Aditya

Male flower by Soumen Aditya

Female flower by Soumen Aditya

Adenia volkensii






Habitat: Tanganyika Terrace, Kenya, Somaliland, East Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 5,5 centimetres

Height: 1,5 metres

Flower: Crème colour


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

More serrated leaves on a plant fromMbuyu.

This member of the Passifloraceae family was described by Hermann August Theodor Harms in 1895. It is found in Eastern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The flowers are crème coloured. The rootstock can grow to five and a half centimetre in diameter, the plant can grow up to one and a half meter in height.

Adenium arabicum

http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/bota/mbu.asp

One meter tall plant found in Oman by Alain, Afroplants.

Author: Isaac Bayley Balfour 1888

Family: Apocynaceae

Habitat: Arabian Peninsula

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 45-150 centimetres

Height: 4 meters

Flower: Dark Pink/White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Apocynaceae family was described by Isaac Bayley Balfour in 1888. It is found in the deserts of southern and

http://afroplants.free.fr/

Giant plant found in Oman by Alain, Afroplants.

Photo by Ferdinand Poilodan.

western Arabian peninsula, in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. It will grow up to 45 centimetres in diameter or even 150 centimetres, and the stems will grow up to two or even four meters in height. The flowers are dark pink and white.

http://afroplants.free.fr/


My humble photo.


My humble photo.

Adenium boehmianum


This is A. b. var. swazicum. Photo by Gregg DeChirico.


Family: Apocynaceae

Habitat: Namibia and Angola

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 2 metres

Flower: Pink-Deep Pink

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Adenium boehmianum var. swazicum.= Adenium swazicum Otto Stapf 1907

http://www.flickr.com/photos/u4banut/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/u4banut/

This member of the Apocynaceae family was described by Hans Schinz in 1888. It is found in the western part og southern Africa, from Namibia to Angola, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex disappears with age. The plant can grow up to two metres or more.

The subspecies; swazicum is the former Adenium swazicum Otto Stapf 1907, now described by Gordon Douglas Rowley in 1974. It is found in the eastern southern Africa: Eastern Swaziland, South Africa and Mozambique. It has a bigger caudex; up to one meter in diameter

This is A. b. var. swazicum.

Photo by: Tim Harvey.

Photo by: Tim Harvey.

This is A. b. var. swazicum.

Adenium multiflorum

Author: Johann Friedrich Klotzsch 1861

Family: Apocynaceae

Habitat: Southern Africa;

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 3 meters

Flower: White/Red


Pop names: Impala Lily

Synonyms: Adenium obesum var multiflorum, Codd

This member of the Apocynaceae family was given this name by Johann Friedrich Klotzsch in 1861. It is found in Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland, growing in sandy

or other well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The flowers are from white to white and red.

Adenium obesum

Author: Johann Jakob Roemer & Joseph August Schultes 1819

Family: Apocynaceae

Habitat: Africa and Southern Arabia.

Soil: Mix


Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 1 meter

Height: 5 meters

Flower: Pink/White


Pop names: Elephants Foot, Desert Rose

Synonyms: Nerium obesum, Forsskål 1775, A. coetaneum Stapf. Cameraria obesa, Sprengel. Pachypodium obesum G. Don ex A. De Candolle 1844.

Got it from: Bangkok

Year: 1998

This is the flowers of my own.

Belonging to the Apocynaceae family, given this name by Johann Jakob Roemer and Joseph August Schultes in 1819, found all over in Africa, preferring a well drained soil, a fair amount of water and lots of sun. The trunk will get up to one meter in diameter, and the plant will grow op to five meters. It can be reproduced both by cutting and seeds.

The sap is poison, and it may drop its leaves in winter/dry. It can't stand frost! The flowers are trumpet shaped and can vary from red over pink to white.

Several sub species: boehmianum, multiflorum, obesum, oleifolium (=subterranean caudex), socotranum, somalense andswazicum.

Cuttings must dry for a week, before getting planted.

A larger one from the Philippines.

I bought mine in Bangkok, Thailand!

Nice caudex on a plant from Mbuyu.

This is the original colour of the flowers, but now you can get from white over pink to blood red.


This is how it look a bit larger.

Other colours from Mbuyu.


Adenium oleifolium

Author: Otto Stapf 1907

Family: Apocynaceae

Habitat: Southern Botswana, South Africa, eastern Namibia

Soil: Mix or grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Pink and White

Reproduction:

Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Adenium lugardii N.E.Brown1919. Adenium oleifolium var.

angustifolium Phillips 1923. Adenium somalense var. angustifolium Rowley 1974

This small member of the Apocynaceae family was described by Otto Stapf in 1907. It is found in southern Botswana, South Africa and eastern Namibia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The mainly underground carrot-like caudex can grow up to 30 centimetres in diameter. The whole plant will only raise to 60 centimetres. The flowers are pink with a white centre.

Adenium socotranum

Author: Friedrich Vierhapper 1904

Family: Apocynaceae

Habitat: Socotra

Soil: Mix or Grit


Sun: Maximum


Height: 3,5 meters

Flower: Pale Pink


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This giant member of the Apocynaceae family was described by Friedrich Vierhapper in 1904. It is found on Socotra, growing in grit or an other well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow

Photo by Boris "Puk" Vrskovy.


up to 2,5 meters, the whole plant up to 3,5 meter in height. The flowers are pale pink.

The larger plants survives without much water, but to grow, they will need some, just like the seedlings, which is depending on quite some water.

The flowers occurs early in the season, before the annual rain.

How most people see this magnificent plant.

Soil??? They are able to grow in pure limestone.

These limestone areas are dominated by Dracaena cinnabari and Adenium socotranum.

http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/subs/dra-cin-sub.asp

Adenium somalense

Author: Isaac Bayley Balfour (Year?)

Family: Apocynaceae

Habitat: Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 5 meters

Flower: Dark Pink


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Apocynaceae family was described by Isaac Bayley Balfour. It is found in Somalia, Kenya and Tanzania,

"Adenium crispum" from Specks Exotica. growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. It will grow up to 50 centimetres in diameter, and the stems will grow up to to five meters in height. The flowers are dark pink.

Adenium somalense var. crispum, described by Emilio Chiovenda, is a smaller, more compact form with white flowers striped with red or completely red. They seems to be sold as "Adenium crispum".




Adromischus schuldtianus

Author: Karl von Poellnitz 1940

Family: Crassulaceae

Habitat: Central, South-West Namibia

Soil: Mix

Water: Minimum

Sun: Medium



Flower: Light green to white


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Cotyledon schuldtiana, Karl von Poellnitz 1936. Adromischus schuldtianus, Karl von Poellnitz 1940.

This member of the Crassulaceae family was given this name by Karl von Poellnitz in 1940. It is only found in Namibia, growing in grit or well drained soil with little water and some sun. The caudex will grow to five centimetres or more, the whole plant to eight centimetres. The slim trumpet flowers are pale green and white. The plant can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.

Aeollanthus subacaulis

This is Aeollanthus subacaulis var. subacaulis bySpecks.

Author: Henri Hua & John Isaac Briquet 1900

Family: Lamiaceae

Habitat: Tanzania/Zimbabwe

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium

Thickness: ? centimetres


Flower: White

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -


Synonyms: Plectranthus subacaulis Baker 1895. Icomum subacaule, Burkill & White 1900. Icomum lineare, Burkill 1900 = Aeollanthus subacaulis var. linearis. O. Ryding

Got it from: Erkelens-Golkrath, Germany.

Year: 2004

This member of the Lamiaceae family was given this name by Henri Hua and John Isaac Briquet in 1900 and the sub-species by O. Ryding in 1986. It's from the central part of Africa. The vines should reach for 50 centimetres. The flower is white, and seeds seems to be the only way of reproducing.

Specks 0381 (Tanzania, Ruvuma Prov.)

This is actually Aeollanthus subacaulis var. linearis.

The juvenile leaves on a plant from Specks.

Agapetes lobbii


Author: Charles Baron Clarke, 1881

Family: Ericaceae

Habitat: China, India, Myanmar, Thailand

Soil: Epiphytic

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 1,5 meters

Flower: Pink - White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Agapetes corallina Cowan, 1933. Agapetes racemosa Watt. ex Kanjilal, 1939. Agapetes stenantha Rehder, 1933.Vaccinium brevipedicellatum C.Y. Wu ex W.P. Fang & Z.H. Pan, 1981

This member of the Ericaceae family was described by Charles Baron Clarke in 1881. It is

growing in the trees of China, India, Myanmar and Thailand with some water and some sun. The branches will reach for 1,5 meters, the caudexes will grow to 15 centimetres in diameter. The flowers are pink and white, and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.

This plant is from the cooler part of the hills. It will need rather cool and moist air.

Agapetes serpens

Author: Hermann Otto Sleumer 1939

Family: Ericaceae

Habitat: Himalayas, Thailand.

Soil: No; Epiphytic

Water: Maximum

Sun: Medium



Flower: Pink


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Vaccinium serpens Wight 1847. Pentapterygium serpens Klotzsch, Thibaudia myrtifolia Griff.

Got it from: Eberdingen

Year: 2003

It grows as a epiphyte in nature, but in peat in the window. I will raise the caudex over the next couple of years.

This member of the Ericaceae family was given this name by Hermann Otto Sleumer in 1939. It's found as an epiphyte on the Himalayan foothills. It gets water all year round and some sun between the trees. The caudex will grow to 15 centimetres, the stems to 70 centimetres. The flowers are pink, and reproduction by cuttings are also possible. I got one from Eberdingen in 2003.

It needs a rather high air humidity.

Albuca longipes (Ornithogalum l.)

Author: John Gilbert Baker (Year?)

Family: Hyacinthaceae


Soil: Grit-Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: White/Green

Reproduction: Seeds/Bulbs

Pop names: ?

Synonyms: Ornithogalum longipes, John C. Manning & Peter Goldblatt 2003.

Got it from: Erkelens-Golkrath, D.

Year: 2003

This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was described by John Gilbert Baker. It is found in Southern Africa, growing in grit or well-drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb will grow to four centimetres in diameter, the leaves up to 20 centimetres. The flowers are green and crème, the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and bulbs.

It might been transferred to the genera of Ornithogalum in 2003 by John C. Manning & Peter Goldblatt.

Volmoed IB 10407. Said to occur from the Richtersveld to the Biedouw Valley.

Albuca spiralis

Author: Carl Linnaeus Junior 1786


Habitat: South Africa

Soil: Sand

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Green


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Hyacinthaceae family was given this name by Carl Linnaeus the younger in 1786, and is found in the Cape Province, South Africa on the sand plains. It's a winter-grower, and doesn't need much water in the summer. The bulb will grow

to 25 centimetres and the corkscrew leaves to 50 centimetres. The fine bell-shaped flowers are white-greenish. It can be reproduced both by clusters and seeds.

I also seen it as a Liliaceae (MoBot, APNI), Hyacinthaceae (IPNI, Uni of Connecticut).

This is a winter grower.

Alocasia macrorrhizo / macrorrhiza

Photo from Fujian Minnan Flower & Plant Co., Ltd.

Author: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott 1832

Family: Araceae

Habitat: Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia

Soil: Mix

Water: Maximum

Sun: Minimum to Medium


Height: 2 meters

Flower: White or Crème

Reproduction: Seeds/Offsets/Rhizomes/Cuttings

Pop names: Wild Taro, Giant Taro, Giant Elephant Ear, Upright Elephant Ear

Synonyms: Alocasia macrorhiza (IPNI). Arum macrorrhizum Linnaeus 1753. Arum macrorrhizon Linnaeus 1753. Alocasia macrorrhizos Schott 1832 / G. Don

http://flowers.en.alibaba.com/

1839. Alocasia macrorrhizos, L. A. S. Johnson and Dan H. Nicolson 1986.

This member of the Araceae family was given this name by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott in 1832. It is found in Sri Lanka, India and Malaysia, growing in a rich but well drained soil with lots of water and fertilizer. It doesn't need much sun, but can stand some. The rhizomes will get 20 centimetres in diameter, the stem will reach for up to two meters. The flowers are white to crème, and the plants can be reproduced both by seeds, offsets, cuttings of the rhizomes and stems.

Aloe fimbrialis


Author: Susan Carter 1996

Family: Aloaceae*

Habitat: Zambia, Tanzania?

Soil: Mix - Grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 7 (10) Centimetres

Flower: Coral-Pink

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -



This little member of the Aloaceae* family was given this name by Susan Carter in 1996. It is found in Zambia and maybe Tanzania , growing in a well drained soil or even grit with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the vines up to ten centimetres long. The inflorescent with the coral-pink flowers


can reach 90 centimetres.

*) Aloaceae might be Asphodelaceae now.

Aloe plicatilis

Author: Philip Miller 1768

Family: Aloaceae*

Habitat: Southern Cape Province, South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Minimum

Sun: Medium

Thickness: ?

Height: 4,5 meters

Flower: Yellow/Pink


Pop names: Fan Aloe

Synonyms: Aloe disticha var. plicatilis, Carl Linnaeus 1753. Aloe africana arborescens montana non spinosa folio longissimo, plicatili, flore rubro, Heinrich Bernhard Oldenland, 1695

Got it from: Erkelenz

Year: 2006

This member og the Aloaceae* family was given this name by Philip Miller in1768. It is found in the southern Cape Province, South Africa, growing in winter in a acid, well drained soil with little water and some sun. The plant can grow up to 4,5 meters, the flowers are yellow and pink.

plicatilis means fan-like.


Aloe richardsiae

Author: Reynolds 1964

Family: Aloaceae*

Habitat: Tanzania

Soil: Grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: White (Light Red?)


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

Got it from: Erkelens-Golkrath, D.

Year: 2003


This member of the Aloaceae* family was first described by Reynolds in 1964. It is found in the Mbeya district of Tanzania, growing in grit with some water and lots of sun. The tuberous roots will get 4 centimetres in diameter, the grass-like leaf 25 centimetres. The flowers are white, and it can be reproduced by cuttings as well. Found mine at Specks 2003.



Aloinopsis rosulata



Author: Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes 1926

Family: Aizoaceae


Soil: Grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Light Pink and Red


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Mesembryanthcmum rosulatum, Kensit. Acaulon rosulata, Aistocaulon rosulata, Acaulon rosulatum N.E.Br.,Aistocaulon rosulatum Von Pöllnitz ex

H.Jacobsen, Mesembryanthemum rosulatum

Got it from: Ringsted, Danmark

Year: 2004

This member of the Aizoaceae family was given this name by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes in 1926. It is found in Southern Africa, growing in wintertime in grit with some water and some sun. The tubes will get four centimetres thick, the hole plant will only rice to 10 centimetres. The flowers are pale pink with red stripes. It can be reproduced both by seeds, leaves and cuttings.

This is a winter-grower like the other Aloinopsis'.

Aloinopsis rubrolineata

Photo by Jose Barto.


Family: Aizoaceae


Soil: Grit - Mix


Sun: Maximum



Flower: Yellow/Red

Reproduction:

Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Mesembryanthemum rubrolineatum, Nicholas Edward Brown

1911. Aloinopsis rubrolineata Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes 1926. Aloinopsis rubrolineata, Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes 1926.Nananthus dyeri L.Bolus. Aloinopsis dyeri L.Bolus. Nananthus jamesii L.Bolus. Aloinopsis jamesiiL.Bolus. Nananthus cradockensis L.Bolus. Nananthus rubrolineatus, Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes 1928

This member of the Aizoaceae family was given this name by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes in 1926. It is found in western South Africa, growing in a grit or other well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The swollen roots can grow to seven centimetres in diameter, the plant can grow to twelve centimetres height. The flowers are yellow with thin, red stripes.


Aloinopsis schooneesii

Photo from Cactus Art Nursery.

Author: Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus

Family: Aizoaceae


Soil: Grit - Mix


Sun: Medium



Flower: Yellow - Bronze

Reproductio Seeds/Cuttin

http://www.cactus-art.biz/

n: gs

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Aizoaceae family was given this name by Harriet Margaret Louisa Bolus. It is found in Bushmanland, South Africa, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little to some water and some sun. The swollen root can grow to eight centimetres in diameter, the plant will form a pillow, 12 centimetres high and 20 centimetres in diameter, given the right conditions. The flowers are from yellow to bronze.

This is a winter-grower like the other Aloinopsis', but it seems to do fine at summer as well.

Ammocharis coranica

Author: William Herbert 1821

Family: Amaryllidaceae


Soil: Sand to clay

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Dark pink

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Ground Lily

Synonyms: Ammocharis falcata. William Herbert

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was described by Herb., and is found in Southern Africa. It grows in a sandy or even clay-like soil with some water and lots of sun. The leaves tend to lay on the ground, for 30

centimetres, the bulb can grow to 30 centimetres in diameter. The flowers are pink, last for 20 days, turning darker and darker. It can only be reproduced by seeds.

Wild plants from Namibia.

Ammocharis tinneana

Found this plant at Grootscholten.

Author: Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead & Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt 1939


Habitat: Central-Southern Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Pink

Reproduction: Seeds


Pop names: Northern Ammocharis

Synonyms: Crinum tinneanum, Carl Georg Theodor Kotschy & Peyr

The flower from Specks Exotica.

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by Edgar Wolston Bertram Handsley Milne-Redhead and Herold Georg Wilhelm Johannes Schweickerdt in 1939. It is found from Ethiopia southwards to Zambia, Namibia and Mozambique, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to thirteen centimetres in diameter, the leaves grow to 50 centimetres length. The flowers are dark pink.

Named after A. Tinné, who collected the type in the Sudan in 1873

Amoreuxia gonzalezii


Photo from Centre for Plant Conservation.

Author: Thomas Archibald Sprague & Lawrence Athelstan Molesworth Riley 1922

Family: Bixaceae

Habitat: Sonoran Desert, Mexico, Southern North America

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Orange

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Saiya, Santa Rita Throwup weed, Santa Rita Yellowshow, Temaqui Zaya

Synonyms: -

This member of the Bixaceae family was described by Thomas Archibald Sprague and

http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/

The caudex. Lawrence Athelstan Molesworth Riley in 1922. It is found in the Southern part of North America, growing in lime- or granite gravel, in about 1.500 meters height with some water and lots of sun. The tuberous roots can grow to two centimetres in diameter, the leaves to eight centimetres height. The flowers are orange, and it is probably only possible to reproduce it by seeds.

Former member of the Cochlospermaceae family, now joined with the Bixaceae family. Now the Bixaceae has moved from Violales order to the Malvales.

The seeds.

Amoreuxia wrightii

Photo from: Bob Harms' Selected Plants of Purola.

Author: Asa Gray 1853

Family: Bixaceae

Habitat: South US, Mexico

Soil: Peat

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Orange

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Yellowshow, Wright´s Yellowshow

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Eharms/kasv.html

Synonyms: Amoreuxia potentilloides Pilg. 1936, Cochlospermum potentilloides (Pilg.) J.F. Macbr. 1940

Got it from: Milwaukee, US

Year: 2006

This member of the Bixaceae family was described by A. Gray in 1853. It is found in the southern part of the US and Mexico. It grows in peat with some water and lots of sun. The swollen roots grow to three centimetres in diameter, the plant up to 60 centimetres in height.The flowers are orange, and it can only be reproduced by seeds.

Former member of the Cochlospermaceae family, now joined with the Bixaceae family. Now the Bixaceae has moved from Violales order to the Malvales.

The seeds Don Martinson send me.

Photo: Bob Harms .

Photo by Don Martinson.

http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/%7Eharms/kasv.html

Amorphophallus konjac

Day twenty-four.

Author: Karl Heinrich Emil Koch 1858

Family: Araceae

Habitat: China, Vietnam

Soil: Peat

Water: Maximum

Sun: Medium



Flower: Dark Red/Brown


Pop names: Leopardstilk, Corpse Flower, Devil's Tongue, Voodoo Lily, Leopard Palm, Snake Palm, Umbrella Arum

Synonyms: Might actually rightly be: Amorphophallus rivieri, Dur. ex Riviere 1869. Proteinophallus rivieri, Joseph Dalton Hooker 1875

Got it from: Vordingborg, Danmark

Year: 2004

This member of the Araceae family was described by Karl Heinrich Emil Koch in 1858. It is found in China to Vietnam, growing in a rich peat with lots of water in summer. The single leaf of the flower will get 175 centimetres high, the sub-terrain bulb 40 centimetres in diameter. The extreme large flower is dark red-brown, and stinks! The plant can be reproduced both by seeds and dividing of the bulbs.

SubFamily: Aroideae, Tribe: Thomsonieae

The genera name originate from Ancient Greek: amorphos = without form, misshapen and phallos = penis, and the species name; titanmeans giant after the Titans.

The flowers have a significant odour of - rotting meat.

This plant has a sub-terrain bulb, and is a little out of my league, but who would turn an offer like this down. I couldn't say No to Alex.

Good and bad news: My plant is starting to flower, and I have nowhere to place it outside.!

Day six.

This might be the flower and fruit of an other Amorphophallus, but it is pretty close.

Day twelve.

This might be the fruit of an other Amorphophallus, but it is pretty close.

Day eighteen.

This is the bulb. Roots will appear on the top.

The bottom of the caudex is smooth.

Anacampseros albidiflora


Family: Portulaceae

Habitat: Anysberg, South Africa

Soil: Grit

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: White


Pop names: Haasballetjies, Hare's Balls

Synonyms: -

This little member of the Portulaceae family was given this name by Karl von Poellnitz in 1929. It is found from the Cape Province up

to Orange River in the western South Africa. It grows in a well drained soil with almost no water and lots of sun.

This plant was found by Bihrmann in 2005. Dr Graham Williams was sure it is a new species. It was found in a small area of Anysberg Park, owned by WWF. It grows in grit, covered in lichen. It receives almost no water, but lots of sun. The plant will grow to two centimetres in diameter and three to five centimetres height. I did not see any flowers.

Recently, Jacques van Thiel writes "Most certainly A. albidiflora, widespread in the Great and Little Karoo", and I guess that is right.

Anacampseros alstonii

Author: Selmar Schönland 1903

Family: Portulaceae

Habitat: Namibia, South Africa

Soil: Grit

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: White

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Might been renamed by G.D. Rowley in 1994: Avonia quinaria subsp. alstonii.

Got it from: Erkelenz

Year: 2004

The short lived flower by Vered A. Mann.

This little member of the Portulaceae family was first described by Selmar Schönland. (Might been renamed by G.D. Rowley in 1994: Avonia quinaria subsp. alstonii). It is found in Namibia and South Africa, growing in grit with little water and lots of sun. The leaves drops in the dry period, the caudex can grow to more than eight centimetres, given some decades. The flowers are white to pink, it's self-fertile, and it can only be reproduced by seeds.



A young plant. Photo by Amir Auerbach.

Habitat near Steinkopf, South Africa.

Peter Brandt has had his for more than 30 years, I'm told.

This is how the look in the wild!

And how we are able to grow them.

Anacampseros comptonii

Photo by Woot.

Author: Neville Stuart Pillans 1927

Family: Portulacaceae


Soil: Grit

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: White - Pale Pink

Reproduction: Seeds/Leaf

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Portulacaceae family was described by Neville Stuart Pillans in 1927. It is found in Southern

Photo from Valery A. Zlotin

Africa, growing in grit with little water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow up to two centimetres in diameter, the whole plant up to six centimetre. The flowers are white to pale pink.

Ripe seed capsules by Woot.

The flower by Woot.

Ripe seed capsules by Woot.

Seed capsules by Woot.

Anacampseros lanceolata

Author: Robert Sweet 1826

Family: Portulaceae


Soil: Grit

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Pink


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Anacampseros nebrownii, Poelln.

This member of the Portulaceae family was given this name by Robert Sweet in 1826. It is found in South Africa, growing in a well drained grit with little water

This might be a variation to A. lanceolata accordantly to Jacques van Thiel. and lots of sun. The thicken stem can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the whole plant up to fifteen centimetres high. The flowers are pink.

Anacampseros retusa

Photo by Pasquale Ruocco


Family: Portulacaceae

Habitat: Namibia

Soil: Grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Pale Pink

Reproduction: Seeds/Leaf

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Portulacaceae family was described by Karl von Poellnitz in 1929. It is found in Namibia, growing in grit with little to some water and lots of sun. The stem-like caudex will grow up to two centimetres in diameter, the whole plant can grow up to ten

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centimetres in height. The flowers are white to pink.

Anomalluma mccoyi

Photo by Voytek Zychowski.

Author: Ulrich Meve & Sigrid Liede 2002

Family: Asclepiadaceae*

Habitat: Oman, Yemen

Soil: Mix - Grit

Water: Minimum - Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Brown


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Pseudolithos mccoyi, John Jacob Lavranos & Bruno A. Mies 2001

Photo by Voytek Zychowski.

This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Ulrich Meve and in Sigrid Liede shortly after John Jacob Lavranos and Bruno A. Mies named it Pseudolithos mccoyi. DNA however showed it were separate from the Pseudolithosgenus. It is found in Oman and Yemen, growing in a real well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The swollen stem can grow to two centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to seven centimetres in height - larger if it i grafted. The flowers are brown.

It is named after the collector of the type-specimen; Tom McCoy. It has been known since A.G. Miller found one in the 1980's.

*This family might been incorporated in the Apocynaceae family now.

Anredera baselloides

http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/fami/APO-fam.asp

All photos on this page might be a mis-ID'ed Anredera cordifolia.

Author: Henri Ernest Baillon 1888

Family: Basellaceae

Habitat: Ecuador

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 6 meters

Flower: White

Reproduction: Seeds/Rhizome

Pop names: Gulf Madeira vine. Bridal wreath, Cascade creeper, Lamb's tail, Madeira vine.

Synonyms: Boussingaultia baselloides Kunth 1825, Anredera weberbaueri (Ulbr.) Soukup 1967, Boussingaultia weberbaueri Ulbr. 1934.

http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/subs/anr-cor-sub.ASP

http://www.bihrmann.com/caudiciforms/subs/anr-cor-sub.ASP

Got it from: Wachtendunk, D

Year: 2003

This member of the Basellaceae family was given this name by Henri Ernest Baillon in 1888. It's found in South America around Ecuador. Give it a well-drained soil, some water and lots of sun. The rhizomes will grow to four centimetres and the wines to six meters. The flowers are white, and the plant can be reproduced both by cuttings, seeds and bulbs. I found mine in Wachtendunk, Germany in 2003.

Sub-family: Anredereae

After Rikke has taken care of it for half a year, it suddenly, after three years in my care, started to flower.

Anredera cordifolia

Author: Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis 1957

Family: Basellaceae

Habitat: Tropical South America

Soil: Peat

Water: Maximum

Sun: Medium


Height: 7 meters

Flower: White/Crème


Pop names: Lamb´s Tail, Sweet Mignonette, Mignonette Vine, Madeira Vine.

Synonyms: Boussingaultia

cordifolia Tenore 1853.

Got it from: Milwaukee

Year: 2003

This member of the Basellaceae family was given this name by Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis in 1957. It's found in the tropical parts of southern America. Takes a lot of water in summer and quite some sun. The caudex will grow to 20 centimetres, the vines to seven meters. The flowers are white to crème. Can easy be reproduced by tubers and seeds.

cordifolia = with heart-shaped leaves.

Anthericum frutescens


Family: Anthericaceae

Habitat: South-east South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Bright Yellow, Orange, or White


Pop names: Onion-leaved Anthericum

Synonyms: Anthericum fruticosum, Salisb. Bulbine frutescens, Willd.

Got it from: Loulé, Portugal

Year: 2005

A flower of a native in the Cape Province and flower of mine

This member of the Anthericaceae family was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is found in the south-eastern part of South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water year round and lots of sun. The flowers are from white over bright yellow to orange. The bulb will grow up to four centimetres, the whole plant up to 50 centimetres high.

Antigonon leptopus

Author: William Jackson Hooker & George Arnott Walker Arnott 1838

Family: Polygonaceae

Habitat: Nayarit, Mexico (Samoa, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Galapagos...)

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 10 meters

Flower: White, Reddish to Pink


Pop names: Mexican Creeper, Mountain Rose, Confederate Vine, Chain-of-Love, Hearts on a Chain, Love-Vine, Coral Bells, Coral Vine, Queen's Jewels, Queen’s Wreath

Synonyms: Corculum leptopus, Stuntz 1913. Antigonon cinerascens M. Martens & Galeotti, 1843. Antigonon cordatum M. Martens & Galeotti, 1843. Antigonon platypus Hook. & Arn. 1838.

This member of the Polygonaceae family was described by William Jackson Hooker and George Arnott Walker Arnott in 1838. It was originally found in Nayarit, Mexico, but can now be found in most warm areas like Samoa, Hawaii, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, Galapagos and others. It grows in most kinds of soil, but prefers a well drained soil. It needs some water and lots of sun. The swollen parts of the roots can grow to four centimetres in diameter, the vines will grow for up to ten meters, the flowers are from white over reddish to pink.

Photo by Professor Gerald D. Carr.

Apodanthera congestiflora

Photo by Marlon Machado.

Author: Célestin Alfred Cogniaux 1916

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Habitat: Bahia, Northeast Brazil

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum

Thickness: 10 centimetres?

Height: 2 metres

Flower: Yellow


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Melothria congestiflora, Raul Martinez Crovetto1954

This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Célestin Alfred Cogniaux in 1916. It is found in Bahia,

Photos by Marlon Machado.

Brazil, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres or more, the vines up to two metres. The plants are dioecious - either male or female - the flowers are yellow. The wines and three leaflets are hairy.

The name; congestiflora refers to the inflorescent: congest = dense, flora = flowers.

Photos by Marlon Machado.

Apodanthera villosa

All photos by Marlon Machado.

Author: Charles Jeffrey 1992

Family: Cucurbitaceae

Habitat: Bahia, Northeast Brazil

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum

Thickness: 10 centimetres?

Height: 5 meters

Flower: Yellow


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Cucurbitaceae family was given this name by Charles Jeffrey in 1992. It is found in

Female flower. Bahia, Brazil, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres or more, the vines up to five metres. The plants are dioecious - either male or female - the flowers are yellow. The wines are smooth and tend to be orange in the sun. The leaves are three lobed and hairy.

The name villosa, meaning hairy, refers to the fruits.

Male flower.

Fruits.

Apodolirion macowanii


Author: John Gilbert Baker 1888


Habitat: South-Eastern South Africa

Soil: Sand - Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: By mistake?: Apodolirion macowiana

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by John Gilbert Baker in 1888. It is found


in Eastern Cape, South Africa, growing on the sandy plains with little to some water and lots of sun. The bulb can grow to three or four centimetres, the curly leaves to ten centimetres, and the white flower up to fifteen centimetres height.

Ariocarpus agavoides


Author: Edward Frederick Anderson 1962

Family: Cactaceae

Habitat: San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Pink

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Neogomesia agavoides, Marcelino Castañeda y Nuñez de Caceres 1941.



This member of the Cactaceae family was given this name by Edward Frederick Anderson in 1962. It is found in two locations in Mexico: San Luis Potosi and Tamaulipas. It grows in grit or other well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the plant will grow to six centimetres height, twelve if the caudex is exposed. The flowers are bright pink.

The name "agavoides" means looking like agave.

Ariocarpus fissuratus

Author of this page: Panos & Stavros.


http://public.fotki.com/PanosS/

Photo by Panos & Stavros.

Author: Karl Moritz Schumann 1894

Family: Cactaceae

Habitat: Southern US, Northern Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Pinkly-Lilac

Reproduction:

Seeds

Pop names: Chautle, False-Peyote, Living Rock, Living Rock Cactus, Star Cactus, Star Rock

Synonyms: Mammillaria fissurata , Georg Engelmann 1956. Anhalonium


fissuratum, Georg Engelmann. Roseocactus fissuratus A.Berger, Roseocactus intermedius Backeb.& Kilian. Anhalonium engelmannii, K. Schumann. Roseocactus intermedius

This member of the Cactaceae family was described with this name by Karl Moritz Schumann in 1894. It is found in Texas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, San Luis Potosi and Zacatecas, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little water and lots of sun. It can grow to twenty centimetres in diameter. The flowers are from pale pink to dark lilac.

"Ariocarpus" is derived from the Greek 'Aria' meaning Sorb (Sorbus aria, Rosaceae, is the white-beam tree) and the Greek word 'karpos' meaning fruit.

Photo by Panos & Stavros.

Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus


Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. albiflorus; whitish flowers, found around Tamaulipas.


Family: Cactaceae

Habitat: Northern Mexico

Soil: Clay

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Pink/Whitish

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Anhalonium kotschoubeyanum Lemaire. 1842. Roseocactus kotschoubeyanus. Anhalonium sulcatum. Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var macdowellii=

Ariocarpus macdowellii W.T. Marshall

Got it from: Zwijndrecht, NL / Erfurt, D

Year: 2003 / 2012

This little member of the Cactaceae family was given this name by Karl Moritz Schumann in 1898 ( var. albiflorus; Charles Edward Glass 1997, var macdowellii, Hans Krainz 1958). It's found in the northern part of Mexico, var. albiflorus in Tamaulipas, in the heights. It grows in clay with little water and lots of sun. It will only grow to one centimetre, the root up to two centimetres in diameter. The nominate form has rose/pink flowers, while A. k. var. albiflorus have almost white flowers while var. macdowelliihave pale mauve flowers.

A little water in the spring, and a little in the autumn, and it will do fine.

The flower of Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. albiflorus, by Amir Auerbach.

The only plants in my home 2012: Turbinicarpus lausseri, Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. macdowellii, Gymnocalycium anisitsii ssp. volkeri and Gymnocalycium ragonesei. Growing in a wineglass.

This is my Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var macdowellii, Hans Krainz 1958. It is from the northern part of the general distribution area. It is smaller than the nominate form, and its flowers are pale mauve.

The flower of Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus var. kotschoubeyanus , by Amir Auerbach. It is found between El Huisache Junction and Santo Domingo.

Aristolochia fimbriata

Photo from Plant Delights Nursery.Inc.

Author: Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso & Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal 1832

Family: Aristolochiaceae

Habitat: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium- Maximum

Sun: Medium


Height: 2 Metres

Flower: Brown/Greenish Yellow


Pop names: White-Veined Dutchman's Pipe

Synonyms: Howardia fimbriata, Johann Friedrich Klotzsch 1859

http://www.plantdelights.com/

Photo by weeZ.

This member of the Aristolochiaceae family was given this name by Ludolf Karl Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich Franz Leonhard von Schlechtendal in 1832. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay , growing in a well drained but rather rich soil with some to lots of water and some sun. The swollen roots can grow to 25 centimetres in diameter, the non-climbing vines up to two metres in length. The flowers are greenish yellow and brown..

From Cambridge BG: "Aristolochias exhibit fascinating pollination mechanisms: the stench attracts insects into the inflated perianth tube which is lined with downward pointing hairs that form an impenetrable forest. The insect is prevented from escaping until the whole flower has collapsed. The insect then emerges covered in pollen to get duped once again and trapped in another flower and effect pollination."

http://davesgarden.com/members/weeZ/

Aristolochia westlandii

Author: William Botting Hemsley 1885

Family: Aristolochiaceae

Habitat: China

Soil: Rich

Water: Medium

Sun: Minimum-Medium


Height: 4 Metres

Flower: Pale Yellow/Purple


Pop names: Westland's Birthwort

Synonyms: -

I found the flower at this site.

This member of the Aristolochiaceae family was given this name by William Botting Hemsley in 1885. It is found in valley forests in Guangdong Province and Hong Kong, growing in a rather rich soil with some water and little to some sun. The caudex can grow to 22 centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to four metres in height. The flowers are yellow with purple veins and blotches.

http://hamakazuchan.la.coocan.jp/flowers/2009-May.html

Asarina erubescens

Author: Francis Whittier Pennell 1947

Family: Scrophulariaceae

Habitat: Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Maximum

Sun: Maximum


Height: 2,5 meters

Flower: Pink (White)

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Creeping Gloxina

Synonyms: Lophospermum erubescens David Don ex Robert

Sweet 1830.

Got it from: Copenhagen

Year: 2006

Those plants are from Copenhagen Botanical Garden, growing outside at summer.

This member of the Scrophulariaceae family was given this name by Francis Whittier Pennell in 1947. It is found around 1000 meter height in Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with quite some water in summer and next to nothing in winter. Plenty of sun, and it will get lots of pink (rare form: white) flowers. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres or more, the vines will reach for two to three meters.

Also seen as a member of the Plantaginaceae family.

And this is my own.

Asparagus declinatus


Family: Asparagaceae


Soil: Peat or Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Minimum- Medium


Height: 1,5 meters

Flower: White


Pop names: Pale Berry Asparagus Fern, Asparagus Fern, Bridal Vale

Synonyms: Myrsiphyllum declinatum A.A.Obermeyer 1984. Asparagus crispus Lam

Got it from: Jaipur, India

Year: 2004

This member of the Asparagaceae was described by Carl Linnaeus 1753. It was original found in Southern Africa, but it seems like there are more plants in Australia to day, causing real problems as a weed. It grows in peat or well-drained soil with some water and sun. The bulbs gets two centimetres in diameter, the slim stems will climb for 1,5 meters. The small flowers are white, and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and bulbs.

It may been renamed by A.A.Obermeyer in 1984 to Myrsiphyllum declinatum, member of the Liliaceae???

Astydamia latifolia

Author: Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze 1891

Family: Apiaceae

Habitat: Canary Islands.

Soil: Lava Rocks

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Canary Samphire

Synonyms: -

Got it from: Kiel

Year: 2006

This member of the Apiaceae family was described by Carl Ernst Otto Kuntze in 1891. It is found on the Canary Islands, and maybe on the shores of Africa. It grows on the lava rocks on the coast with some water and lots of sun. The fat roots can grow to seven centimetres in diameter, the whole plant to 70 centimetres height. The flowers are yellow.

"Astydamia": After Astydamia, daughter of Oceanus. "latifolia": From Latin latus, meaning wide leaves.

Atriplex halimus


Family: Chenopodiaceae

Habitat: Coasts of Northern Africa, Southern Europe

Soil: Sand

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: ?

Height: 2,5 meters

Flower: Crème


Pop names: Saltbush, Sea Orach

Synonyms: Atriplex vestita var. appendiculata Aell.

This member of the Chenopodiaceae family was describes by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is found on the coasts of Northern Africa and Southern Europe, growing in salty sand with some water and lots of sun. The flowers are crème to yellow, and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and cuttings.

Baseonema gregorii

Author: Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter & Alfred Barton Rendle 1896

Family: Periploceceae*

Habitat: Kenya, Tanzania

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 4-6 metres

Flower: Green


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Periploceceae* family was described by Friedrich

Photos by Hildor Hoffmann.

Richard Rudolf Schlechter & Alfred Barton Rendle in 1896. Is found in Kenya and Tanzania, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 25 centimetres, the vies from four to six metres.


Flower and fruit photo by Rainer Martin, Mbuyu.

http://www.messer-damast.de/

http://www.bihrmann.com/CAUDICIFORMS/fami/APO-fam.asp

http://www.mbuyu.de/

Beaucarnea compacta

Photo by Mark E Olson. The longest branches he have seen.

Author: Luis Hernández Sandoval & Sergio Zamudio 2003

Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: North-Eastern Mexico

Soil: Mix - Grit

Water: Medium



Height: 60 Centimetre

http://www.explorelifeonearth.org/

s

Flower: Cream Coloured

Reproduction:

Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by Luis Hernández Sandoval and Sergio Zamudio in 2003. It is found in the xerophytic scrub in the Sierra Madre Oriental near Atarjea, Guanajuato, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to 25 centimetres or more the stems are almost absent, resemblingCalibanus, hence the name; compacta.

Beaucarnea gracilis

Author: Charles Lemaire 1861

Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: Tehuacan Valley, Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 7 meters

Flower: Crème


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Dasylirion gracile J.F.Macbr. 1918. Nolina gracilis Cif. & Giacom 1950

This member of the Nolinaceae family was first described by Charles Lemaire in 1861. It is found in Tehuacan Valley, Mexico. It prefers well-drained soil with little water and lots of sun. Old plants form a stem up to two and a half meters in diameter. The small flowers are crème.

Beaucarnea guatemalensis

Photo from Rare Palmseeds.

Author: Joseph Nelson Rose 1906

Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: Guatemala, Nicaragua

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum


Height: 10 meters

Flower: Crème Coloured


Pop names: Red Ponytail Palm

Synonyms: Nolina guatemalensis, Ciferri & Giacom

http://www.rarepalmseeds.com/

1950

This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by Joseph Nelson Rose in 1906. It is found in Guatemala and Nicaragua, growing in a slightly rich , but well drained soil with some water and some to lots of water. The round caudex can grow up to one and a half meter or even more in diameter, the whole plant can reach ten meters. Given identical conditions, this species will appear slightly more read, compared to the other members of this genera.

Beaucarnea longifolia

Found this huge plant in Göteborg Lustgårdar.

Author: John Gilbert Baker 1872

Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium


Thickness: 1 meter

Height: 3-4 meters

Flower: White - Crème colour - Pale yellow


Pop names: Mexican Grass Tree, Oaxacan Tree Nolina

Synonyms: Yucca longifolia Karw. ex Schult. f. 1830. Dasylirion longifolium Zucc.1843. Nolina longifolia Hemsl. 1883

http://www.bihrmann.com/CAUDICIFORMS/BOTA/got.asp

This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by John Gilbert Baker in 1872. It is found in Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to one meter or more in diameter. The stem which branches out by age can reach a height of three or even four meters. The flowers are from white over crème colour to pale yellow.

I believe this plant quite often is sold as Beaucarnea recurvata. It have longer leaves, but hard to tell if B. recurvata have been grown too dark.

http://www.bihrmann.com/CAUDICIFORMS/SUBS/bea-rec-sub.asp

http://www.bihrmann.com/CAUDICIFORMS/SUBS/bea-rec-sub.asp

Beaucarnea recurvata


Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: South-East Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 9 meters

Flower: Crème


Pop names: Pony tail palm, Bottle palm, Elephant's foot, Elefantfod.

Synonyms: Dasylirion recurvatum, J.F. Macbr., Nolina recurvata, Hemsley 1884. The name is discussed a lot!

Got it from: Roskilde, Danmark

Year: 1980-2006

This member of the Nolinaceae family was described by Charles Lemaire. It's found in the south-eastern part of Mexico. Give it lots of sun, well drained soil and some water, and the caudex will grow to 3,6 meters in diameter, and the stem will reach nine meters. It can be reproduced both by cuttings and seeds. I bought mine in Roskilde around 1980 and after it has survived many years of over watering, it died in 2006 after what I thought was the right dryer winter treatment.

It is dioecious, but will only flower when it's 20 years old. Lots of white/yellow/crème flowers give small fruits with 2-3 seeds.

This was my first caudiciform. It hasn't had

Found this huge plant in Göteborg Lustgårdar. soil for 10 years, but seems to grew fine. One year it suddenly grow a side-branch. I don't let it go to dormancy, but it can. It can even stand frost (-7 C).

The family-name Nolina comes from the French agriculturist P. C. Nolin.

University of Connecticut lists Beaucarnea recuvata as Nolinaceae. The International Plant Names Index lists Beaucarnea/Nolina recuvata as Liliaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden lists Beaucarnea recuvata Liliaceae. University of Vermont lists Beaucarnea recuvata as Nolinaceae.


Nice round plants from Winco. 35 years old.

Real nice looking plant in Obesa Cacti Nursery in South Africa.

Found this huge plant in Göteborg Lustgårdar.

Big plant from Piteralandia, Alicante, Spain. Copyright Spain: P.C. van der Meer.

Beaucarnea stricta




Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: Central Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 3,5 metres

Height: 5 metres

Flower: Crème - Maroon

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Ponytail Palm, Bottle Palm

Synonyms: -


This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by Charles Lemaire in 1861. It is found in the central Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow up to three and a half meter in diameter and reach five meters in height. The flowers are from crème coloured to maroon.

Flower photo by PalmBob:

I did see a lot of wild plants in Mexico, but this one is from a botanical garden!

Begonia boliviensis

Author: Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle 1859

Family: Begoniaceae

Habitat: Bolivia, Argentina

Soil: Grit

Water: Medium - Maximum

Sun: Medium



Flower: Bright Red


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Begonia argentinensis, Carlo Luigi Spegazzini 1898

This member of the Begoniaceae family was given this name by Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle in 1859. It is found in Boilivia and Argentina, growing in a well drained soil or simply grit with quite some water and only little or no sun.

The caudex forms under ground, and I have not tried to rice it.

The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to fifty centimetres in height. The flowers are bright red.

I found this plant by accidence in Argentina. Got a strange feeling of it might have a caudex, and pulled one up: It had!

Begonia cinnabarina

Author: William Jackson Hooker 1849

Family: Begoniaceae

Habitat: Bolivia, Peru

Soil: Peat

Water: Medium

Sun: Minimum-Medium



Flower:


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Begonia clarkei Hook. f. 1867

This member of the Begoniaceae family was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1849. It is found in Bolivia and

Peru, growing in peat with some water and little to some sun. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres in diameter, the plant up to 40 centimetres height. The flowers are orange.

Begonia dregei

This is actually Begonia dregei var. dregei.

Author: Christoph Friedrich Otto & Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich 1836

Family: Begoniaceae

Habitat: Natal Prov., South Africa

Soil: Peat

Water: Maximum

Sun: Minimum



Flower: White


Pop names: Maple Leaf Begonia

Synonyms: Begonia natalensis Hooker, Begonia richardsiana T. Moore. Augustia dregei, Klotzsch 1855

Got it from: Amsterdam..

Year: 2003

This member of the Begoniaceae family was described by Christoph Friedrich Otto and Friedrich Gottlieb Dietrich in 1836. It is from the Natal province in South Africa. Rich peat with plenty of water and some sun. The caudex will grow to ten centimetres, the stems to 30 centimetres. It can be reproduced both by cuttings and seeds.

The female left and the male flower right.

The male left and the female flower right.

The very tiny seeds (squares = 5 mm).

Begonia partita


Author: Edgar Irmscher 1961

Family: Begoniaceae


Soil: Peat-Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: White


Pop names: Maple Leaf Begonia

Synonyms: -



This member of the Begoniaceae family was described by Edgar Irmscher in 1961. It is found in South Africa, growing in peat or rich well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to ten centimetres in diameter, the plant can grow to 35 centimetres height. The flowers are white.

Beiselia mexicana


Photo by Pavel Golubovskiy.

Author: Lewis Leonard Forman 1987

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Michoacán, Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: ?

Height: ?

Flower: ?

Reproduction:

Seeds/Cuttings

Pop -

names:

Synonyms:

-

Beiselia mexicana was discovered by Karl-Werner Beisel (owner of German Kakteenland) in 1982 in a remote area of Mexico, and its position in the family was not immediately clear. A thorough study by Lewis Leonard Forman considered many characters and could only tentatively conclude that it should belong in Bursereae. The gross morphology suggested affinities with Bursereae, pollen indicated affinities with Canarieae, and many anatomical characters

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indicated closer agreement with Bursereae and Protieae than Canarieae. The main basis for its final grouping was the emphasis given to fruit characters, which showed similarities to Boswellia and Triomma fruits. B. m. has simple cotyledons; molecular studies suggest that it is sister to the rest of the family (e.g. Clarkson 2002). This has considerable implications for character evolution, including cotyledon morphology; Beiselia also has probably derived features, like it gyneocium with its 9-12 carpels.

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Bergeranthus multiceps


Family: Aizoaceae

Habitat: Eastern Cape of Southern Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



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Flower: Yellow

Reproduction:

Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: Three O'clock, Illuminating Wave

Synonyms: Mesembryanthemum multiceps, Salm-Dyck

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This member of the Aizoaceae family was described by Martin Heinrich Gustav Schwantes in 1926. It is found on the coastal areas of Eastern Cape of Southern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex will grow up to four centimetres in diameter, the whole plant will grow op to eight centimetres in height. The flowers are plenty and bright yellow.

Biarum davisii

Photo by Jim McKenney.

Author: William Bertram Turrill 1938

Family: Araceae

Habitat: Crete, South-Western Turkey

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Crème Colour / might have red-brown spots


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Araceae family was described by William Bertram Turrill in 1938. It is found on Crete and in south-western Turkey, growing in a well drained soil with little to

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some water and little to some sun. The bulbs can grow to four centimetres, the leaves reaches five centimetres. The flowers are crème coloured and might be covered in reddish-brown spots. They will occur in autumn.

Bignonia capreolata


Family: Bignoniaceae

Habitat: South-Eastern North America

Soil: Peat

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 17 meters

Flower: Orange/Yellow


Pop names: Cross-vine, Tangerine Beauty

Synonyms: Doxantha capreolata Miers 1853, Anisostichus capreolata, Anisostichus crucigera

Got it from: Amsterdam..

Year: 2006

An other Bignoniaceae, unknown species, from

This member of the Bignoniaceae family was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It is found in the South-Eastern part of North America, growing in the forests' rich soil, with some water and little to lots of sun. The tubers will grow to 30 centimetres in diameter, the vines up to 17 meters. The flowers are dark orange out-side, yellow in-side. It can be reproduced both by seeds and tubers.

Ecuador. Photo: Marc Altenloh.

Boophane disticha

Author: William Herbert 1821



Soil: Mix or Grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Pink to Red

Reproduction: Seeds

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Pop names: Bushman poison bulb, Candelabra flower, Cape poison bulb, Century plant, Fan leaved boophane, Kaffir onion, Poison bulb, Red posy, Sore eye flower, Veld fan, Windball, Fireball, Oxkiller fan, Tumbleweed

Synonyms: Amaryllis districha, Linné 1782. BUphane disticha

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was given this name by William Herbert in 1821. It is found in Southern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water. The bulb can grow to 30 centimetres, the leaves will reach 50 centimetres. The flowers are pink to red, and seeds are the only way of reproducing this plant.

Very POISONOUS: Contains buphandrin, buphanine and crinamidine and eugenol. The bulbs have been used as arrow poison by the Hottentots.

Habitat in Namibia.

Fruit from Windhoek Botanical Garden.

Wild plants from Namibia.

Habitat in Namibia.

Boophane ernestii-ruschii*

Unfortunately, it was in the dormant period I found this plant at Rosh Pinah, Namibia. The leaves are straight and rather short.

Author: Dinter ex. Solch 1960


Habitat: South-Western Namibia

Soil: Grit or Mix

Water: Minimum - Medium




Flower: Pink

Reproduction:

Seeds/Bulbs

Pop -

names:

Synonyms: Boophone disticha var. ernesti-ruschii, BoophOne ernestii-ruschii. BUphane ernestii-ruschii ???

http://www.bihrmann.com/CAUDICIFORMS/SUBS/boo-dis-sub.asp


This member of the Amaryllidaceae might be given this name by Dinter after Solch.'s description. It is found in the south-western Namibia, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little to some water and some to lots of sun. The bulb is half exposed, and can reach a size of 25 centimetres. The leaves are straight and reach 20-25 centimetre. The flowers are pink.

*) I have not been able to verify this name neither at IPNI, Aluca or MoBot. It have been known as Boophone disticha var. ernesti-ruschii, but more recently considered to be a form of Boophone haemanthoides. I find this a bit odd: It have significantly shorter leaves and it lack the undulate margins completely. Further more; the growing season is months later. The bulbs I



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have seen are more exposed and larger than any other Boophones.

This is a winter-grower.

Boophane haemanthoides

Author: Frances Margaret Leighton 1947


Habitat: Namaqualand, Western Cape South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Brownish-Red

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: By mistake?: BUphane haemanthoides.

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was described by Frances Margaret Leighton in 1947. It is found from Namaqualand

Part of an rescue operation, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.

Wild plants from Aberdeen, Western Cape, South Africa.

to Western Cape, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The bulb will grow up to 25 centimetres in diameter, the leaves up to 50 centimetres long. The flowers are brownish-red.

This is a late summer/autumn grower.

Wild plants from Aberdeen, Western Cape, South Africa.

Boswellia nana

Photo by John Trager.

Author: Frank Nigel Hepper 1971

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Yemen; Socotra

Soil: Grit or Mix


Sun: Maximum


Height: 2,5 meters

Flower: Brownish Red


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Burseraceae family was described by Frank Nigel Hepper in 1971. It is found on the Yemen island; Socotra, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow up to 3o centimetres in diameter and 2,5

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meters high. The flowers are brownish red.

Boswellia neglecta

Photo by Woot.

Author: Spencer Le Marchant Moore, 1877

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Tropical South- East Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Minimum to Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 5 meters

Flower: White


Pop names: Frankincense, Borena Etan, Dakara, Ye ru xiang shu.

Synonyms: -

This member of the Burseraceae family was described by Spencer Le Marchant Moore in 1877. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda. It grows in a well drained soil with little to some water, and lots of sun. It will grow to five meters height with a stem of 30 centimetres in diameter, and the flowers are small and white.

Photo by Woot.

Photo by Woot.

The flower and fruit by Soumen Aditya


A smaller plant from Specks.

The seeds by Soumen Aditya

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Boswellia sacra

Photo by Thomas Müller.

Author: Friedrich August Flueckiger 1867

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Oman, Somalia, Yemen

Soil: Mix


Sun: Maximum


Height: 3 (-8) meters

Flower: White

Reproduction:

Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: Frankincense Tree

Synonyms: Boswellia carteri Birdw. Boswellia bhar-

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dajiana Birdw. Boswellia papyrifera, Hochst.

This famous member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Friedrich August Flueckiger in 1867. It is found in Oman, Somalia and Yemen, growing in a well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The stem, which seems to grow a bit thin for a caudiciform, grow to 50 centimetres. Depending on the conditions, it grow from two to eight meters height. The flowers are white, but it is famous for is myrrh.

Bowiea gariepensis

Photo by Cok Grootscholten.

Author: Ernst Jacobus Van Jaarsveld 1983


Habitat: Southern Namibia, South-western South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 3 meters

Flower: Green/White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Bowiea volubilis subsp. gariepensis, Peter Vincent Bruyns 1988 - or not!

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The white flowers and the scaly bulb by CokGrootscholten.

A member of the Hyacinthaceae family, given this name by Ernst Jacobus Van Jaarsveld in 1983. Found in southern Namibia, north-western South Africa, where it grows in well drained soil, some water and sun. The onion-like caudex can be op to 20 centimetres in diameter, and the branches reaches for op to three meters, but will die back when dried out in summer. It gets small white-greenish flowers, but can also be reproduced by dividing the bulbs.

Different from B. volubilis by the stems being glaucous, prostrate and not veining and the capsule valves are retuse.

Highly poison, from root to top!


The true leaves that emerge from the bulb are small, very short lived, but they are replaced by the scrambling or twining, branched green flowering stems which reach up to four meters long which are scattered with starry, green flowers.

Bowiea is named after the British plant collector James Bowie (1789-1869.


Photo by Cok Grootscholten.

Bowiea volubilis


Author: William Henry Harvey 1867


Habitat: Southern + Easter Africa

Soil: Peat

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 5 meters

Flower: Green


Pop names: Sea Onion, Climbing Onion, Zulo Potato.

Synonyms: Ophiobostryx volubilis, Skeels 1911. Schizobasopsis volubilis, Macbride 1918. Schizobasopsis volubilis, MacBride 1918. Bowiea kilimandscharica Mildbraed 1934. "Bowiea nana".

Got it from: Copenhagen

Year: 2000

A member of the Hyacinthaceae family, first described by William Henry Harvey in 1867. Found in southern and eastern Africa, where it grows in peat, and stands a lots of water and sun. The onion-like caudex can be op to 25 cm in diameter (could take 70 years), and the branches reaches for op to 5 meters, but will die back when dried out. It gets small greenish flowers, but can also be reproduced by dividing the bulbs.

Highly poison, from root to top!

Different from B. gariepensis by the curling main stem, green flowers and the capsule being valves acuminate.

The true leaves that emerge from the bulb are small, very short lived, but they are replaced by the scrambling or twining, branched green flowering stems which reach up to four m long which are scattered with starry, green flowers.

Bowiea is named after the British plant collector James Bowie (1789-1869).

The tiny flowers are green.

And the small fruit.

Bowiea volubilis "kilimandscharica".

Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed reconiced B. kilimandscharica in 1934 , originating from Tanganyika, but although the fruits are longer, it is since been considered a variation of B. volubilis.

And an larger one.

This small one has more true leaves than normal.

A real nice bulb by Cok Grootscholten

Brachychiton paradoxus var. bidwillii


Often seen as grafted. Doesn't work well, tend to have difficulties with creating new branches.

Author: Heinrich Wilhelm Schott & Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher 1832. (var. bidwillii; A. Terrac. 1897)

Family: Sterculiaceae*

Habitat: Australia

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 3 meters (5 meters)

Flower: Red-Brown


Pop names: Little Kurrajong, Rusty Kurrajong

Synonyms: Brachychiton bidwillii Hook. 1959. Sterculia bidwillii, Benth.

1863. Clompanus bidwillii, Kuntze 1891

This member of the Sterculiaceae* family was given this name by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott & Stephan Friedrich Ladislaus Endlicher in 1832. It is found in Australia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The stem will grow to 35 centimetres in diameter, the whole plant will reach for three up to five meters. The flowers are dark red.

*This family might be incorporated in the Malvaceae family now, as sub-family: Sterculioideae, tribe: Sterculieae.

Named after brachys, short and chiton, a tunic, a reference to the coating on the seed, and after John Carne Bidwill, a botanical collector of the 1840-50.

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Female parts of the flower.

Male parts of the flower.

The young plant does not have a significant caudex, just some swollen roots.

It is covered in flowers during mid summer - and two small leaves. Males and female mixed within the clusters.

Brachychiton rupestris

This is the plant in my window. It starts with one "finger" and then get 5-9 "fingers" on each leaf.


Family: Sterculiaceae*

Habitat: Queensland, Australia

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 10-25 meters

Flower: Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Narrow-Leaved Bottle Tree

Synonyms: Dalabechea rupestris Mitchell, Sterculia rupestris Bentham 1863

Got it from: Roskilde/Australia

Year: 2001/2002

A large one in Queensland.

This member of the Sterculiaceae* family was given this name by Karl Moritz Schumann in 1893. It's found on the dry plains of Queensland, Australia. In the wet season, it will get plenty of water, and it always gets lots of sun. The soil is generally grit. The trunk can get up to 3,5 meters in diameter, and it stands up to 10-25 meters. Great variations in trunk-form. The fast-growing won't get the "wide shoulders". It has yellow flowers and brown nuts with 10-30 seeds in, wrapped in small needles! I found mine in Roskilde 2001, but have seen a lot in Australia. Brought some seeds back, and Copenhagen Botanical Garden made them grow. Just loved them!

The name comes from Greek, brachys, short and chiton, a tunic, a reference to the coating on the seed. rupes= growing among rocks.

It can stand down to -7C, and thrives in acidic soil.

*This family might been incorporated in the Malvaceae family now, as sub-family: Sterculioideae, tribe: Sterculieae.

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The dry fruits on roadside trees in Tambo, Victoria. Brought some back.

The small seedlings 2003.

Brachystelma barberiae

This plant doesn't look like others I have seen, but I am pretty sure its this plant.

Author: Joseph Dalton Hooker ex. William Henry Harvey 1866


Habitat: Southern Africa, India

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Brown

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Dichaelia barberiae Bullock 1953. By mistake:Brachystelma barberae

Got it from: Llandilo, Australia

Year: 2002

First described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1866 and later in 1866 by William Henry Harvey. Belonging to the Asclepiadaceae* family, and found both in southern Africa and India. It prefers a well-drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex will get 20 cm in diameter, and the branches 30 centimetres long. Can only be reproduced by seeds. I bought mine in Llandilo, Australia, 2002.

It's named after Mary Elizabeth Barber (born in 1818 as Bowker).

It's probably most famous/feared for its flower, which smells like rotten meat!

As far as I remember, all of the branches will fall of in autumn. It can't stand frost (10 C)


Brachystelma buchananii



Author: Nicholas Edward Brown 1895



Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Yellow and Dark Brown


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -


The flower by Chris Pintozzi.

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was describe by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1908. It is found in Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing n a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to eight centimetres, the branches to twelve centimetres length. The large flowers are yellow ght and dark brown.


Brachystelma caffrum


Author: Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1894


Habitat: Eastern Cape, South Africa

Soil: Mix or grit

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Yellow


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This rare member of the Asclepiadaceae family was described by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1894. It is found on the eastern cape of South Africa, growing in grit or another well drained soil with little water and lots of sun. The caudex will grow up to four centimetres in diameter, the whole plant up to 25 centimetres. The flowers are yellow.

*This family might be incorporated in the Apocynaceae family now.

Brachystelma circinatum

Author: Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer 1838


Habitat: Southern Africa, Namibia

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Found this plant at Specks Exotica. Height: 50 centimetres



Pop names: Bird Case Brachystelma

Synonyms: Dichaelia circinata, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1896. Fockea augustifolia, Karl Moritz Schumann1894. IPNI: Brachystelma circinNatum


Found this photo at GP Desert. Shout be a synonym accordantly to IPNI. but different look to me!

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was first described by Ernst Heinrich Friedrich Meyer in 1838, and later in 1896 by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter as Dichaelia circinata. It is found both in South Africa and Namibia. It prefers a well-drained soil with some water and some of sun. The caudex will get ten centimetres in diameter, and the branches 50 centimetres long. Can only be reproduced by seeds. The flowers are greenish white.


Brachystelma dinteri

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Photo by Alain Carlier.


Family: Asclepiadaceae

Habitat: Northern Namibia, Zimbabwe

Soil: Sand - Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Greenish/Maroon


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Blepharanthera dinteri, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1913. Brachystelma ringens, E.A. Bruce 1951

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Photo by Martin Heigan.

This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1913. It is found in northern Namibia and Zimbabwe , growing in sand or other well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to four centimetres the few branches up to 20 centimetres.

*This family might be incorporated in the Apocynaceae family now.

Brachystelma festucifolium

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Photo from Out of Africa.

Author: Eileen Adelaide Bruce 1938

Family: Asclepiadaceae

Habitat: Tanzania

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium




Flower: Dark Mauve


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Eileen Adelaide Bruce in 1938. It is found in Tanzania, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to twelve

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centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 20 centimetres in height. The flowers are dark mauve.


Brachystelma filifolium

Caudex photo by Martin Heigan.

Author: R. Peckover 1996



Soil: Mix


Sun: Medium-Maximum


Height: 30-50 centimetres

Flower: Crème Coloured-Brown


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Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Macropetalum filifolium, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1905. Tenaris filifolia, N. E. Brown 1905

Photo by Chris Moore.

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by R. Peckover in 1996. It is found in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with little to some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to eight centimetres in diameter, the slim stem up to 50 centimetres.


Brachystelma foetidum

http://www.asclepiad-exhibition.org/index.html


Photo from the Cornwood Show.



Habitat: Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Dark Brown - Blackish

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Brachystelma rehmannii, Friedrich Richard Rudolf

Schlechter 1896

This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1895. It is found in Botswana, South Africa and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow up to fifteen centimetres in diameter, the annual branches reaches ten to fifteen centimetres and the flowers are dark brown into almost black.

foetidum meaning bad-smelling: Intense sent of manure!


Brachystelma gracile



Author: Eileen Adelaide Bruce 1949


Habitat: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Soil: Mix


Sun: Maximum


Height: 50 (-75) centimetres

Flower: Green/Reddish Brown

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -



This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Eileen Adelaide Bruce in 1949. It is found from South Africa up through Botswana, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with little to some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow up to twelve centimetres in diameter, the slender stem up to 50 or even 75 centimetres height. The flowers are green and reddish brown.


Brachystelma longifolium





Habitat: Mpumalanga, South Africa

Soil: Grit

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Green-Light Green/Dark Read

Reproduction:

Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Brachystelmaria longifolia, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1895

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1908. It is only found in Mpumalanga, South Africa, growing in grit with little water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow up to five centimetres in diameter, the branches will grow up to fifteen centimetres. The flowers are green and light green, sometimes with dark red.


Brachystelma maritae



Author: Ralph Peckover 1996


Habitat: Ruvuma Province, Tanzania

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Crème Colour/Dark Brown


Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was described by Ralph Peckover in 1996. It is found in the Ruvuma


Photo by Pedro. Province of Tanzania, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to 10 centimetres in diameter, the stem up to 30 centimetres height. The flowers are crème coloured with a dark brown centre.

Found by Ernst Specks and named after frau Marita Specks.


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Photo by Pedro.

Brachystelma meyerianum



Habitat: Cape Province, South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



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Flower: Crème Colour to Brown

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was described by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1896. It is only found in the Cape Province, South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow up to seven centimetres in diameter, the branches will grow up to 20 centimetres. The hairy flowers are crème colour to brown.



Caudex and leaves from Specks.

Brachystelma nanum


Photo by Frank Horwoot, MoBot.



Habitat: Namibia, South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum



Flower: White/Greenish Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Lasiostelma nanum, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1905. Some includes Brachystelma angustum, R.Peckover 1994


This member of the Asclepiadaceae family was given this name by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1908. It is found in South Africa and Namibia, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres in diameter, the stems from five to twenty centimetres long. The inflorescent are white and greenish yellow.


Brachystelma ngomense



Author: Robert Allen Dyer 1977


Habitat: Natal, Ngome, South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Brown

Reproduction:

Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was described by Robert Allen Dyer in 1977. It is only found in Natal and Ngome, South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow up to five centimetres in diameter, the branches will grow up to fifteen centimetres. The flowers are brown.


Brachystelma plocamoides


Photo from Succupulse.

Author: Daniel Oliver 1875


Habitat: Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Dark Purple

Reproduction: Seeds/Cuttings?

Pop names: -

Synonyms: Brachystelma linearifolium, William Bertram Turrill 1914 (Acc to

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Bullock)

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Daniel Oliver in 1875. It is found in Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to twelve centimetres, the branches up to 25 centimetres. The flowers are green outside and dark purple inside.


Brachystelma praelongum


Photo by Jackling Hu.

Author: Spencer Le Marchant Moore 1902



Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum



Flower: Crème Coloured/Brown

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

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Synonyms: -

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Spencer Le Marchant Moore in 1902. It is found in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow up to four centimetres in diameter, the stems up to fifteen centimetres height. The flowers are crème coloured and light brown.



The flower by Jackling Hu.

Photo by Specks.

The leaves by Jackling Hu.

Brachystelma pulchellum




Found this plant at Specks Exotica.




Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Brown and Pink


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Micraster pulchellus William Henry Harvey 1868

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter in 1895. It is found in KwaZulu-Natal and Northern Province of South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres, the branches to 20 centimetres length. The flowers are brown and pink.



Brachystelma pygmaeum





Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Yellow




Pop names: -

Synonyms: Dichaelia pygmaea, Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter 1894

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Nicholas Edward Brown in 1908. It is found in southern Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to fifteen centimetres, the branches to 15 centimetres length. The flowers are yellow.


Brachystelma tuberosum



Author: Robert Brown 1822



Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum



Flower: Dark Brown


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Stapelia tuberosa Meerburgh 1789


This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was given this name by Robert Brown in 1822. It is found in South Africa, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The caudex can grow to five centimetres, the branches to fifteen centimetres length. The flowers are dark brown with small white hairs.


Brachystelma vahrmeijeri


A plant from Specks.

Author: Robert Allen Dyer 1971


Habitat: Natal, South Africa

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium



Flower: Brown

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Asclepiadaceae* family was described by Robert Allen Dyer in 1971. It is only found in Natal, South Africa, growing in a well


drained soil with some water and some sun. The caudex can grow up to seven centimetres in diameter, the branches will grow up to 20 centimetres. The flowers are brown.



Brighamian insignis


Family: Campanulaceae

Habitat: Northern island of Hawaii; Kaua’i,

Soil: Peat

Water: Maximum

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 1 meter

Height: 8 meters

Flower: White-Yellow

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: Cabbage on a stick, Olulu, pu aupaka

Synonyms: Brighamia citrina, H. St. John 1958. Brighamia citrina var. napaliensis, H. St. John 1969

Got it from: Honselersdijk, The Nederland's

Year: 2003

This member of the Campanulaceae family was first described by Asa Gray in 1867. It is found on the northern island of Hawaii; Kaua’i, growing on sea cliffs and up to 2000 meters height. Give it a well-drained potting soil, lots of water and sun. The stem will get up to 30 centimetres wide and 180 centimetres high. The flowers are white to yellow, and as far as I know; it can only be reproduced by seeds.

Prefer temperatures around 20-25 C.

There are fewer than 20 Brighamia insignis plants on Kaua’i.

First, the male pollen pops out, then the female grifle.

Brighamia rockii

Author: Harold St. John 1969

Family: Campanulaceae

Habitat: Island of Molokai, Hawaii

Soil: Mix

Water: Maximum

Sun: Maximum


Height: 5 meters

Flower: White

Reproduction:

Seeds

Pop names: Alula, 'Olulu, Pu Aupaka, Pua 'ala.

Synonyms: Brighamia remyi, Brighamia rockii ssp. longiloba

Got it from: Seeds: Clovis CA, US

Year: 2003

Image of Brighamia rockii courtesyMissouri Botanical Garden.

This member of the Campanulaceae family was described by Harold St. John in 1969. It is only found on The Hawaiian island Molokai. It grows on the hill-sides in well-drained soil with some water and lots of sun. It can grow to 5 meters with a stem 25 centimetres in diameter, and the flowers are white. Forrest Anderson send me some seeds from CSSA seed depot.

Prefer temperatures around 20-25 C.

Sadly, there are now fewer than 100 Brighamia rockii, plants growing on Moloka’i.

Brunsvigia josephinae

http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/cpcweb/CPC_ProfileImage.asp?FN=632a

http://ridgwaydb.mobot.org/cpcweb/CPC_ProfileImage.asp?FN=632a

Author: John Bellenden Ker Gawler 1817


Habitat: Eastern Cape Providence, Southern Africa

Soil: Clay to Grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Max



Flower: Red


Pop names: Candelabra Lily, Josephine's Candelabra Flower

Synonyms: -

This member of the Amaryllidaceae family was described by John Bellenden Ker Gawler. It is found in the Eastern Cape Providence, Southern Africa. It will grow in everything from clay to grit, but prefers a well drained soil, some water and lots of sun. The bulb will grow to 20 centimetres in diameter and 60 centimetres long. The leaves grow up to 60 centimetres. The dark red flowers appears in autumn, the leaves in winter.


Bulbine ophiophylla

Author: Graham Williamson 2003

Family: Asphodelaceae

Habitat: Northern Cape Province, Namibia

Soil: Grit

Water: Minimum

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: 2,5 centimetres


Flower: ?

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -

This member of the Asphodelaceae family was described by Dr. Graham Williamson in 2003. It is found in the northern Cape Province and Namibia, growing in grit with little water and lots of sun. The thick root will grow up to 2,5 centimetre in diameter, the plant up to

six centimetres height.

This is a winter-grower.

Bursera arida

Author: Paul Carpenter Standley 1929

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum

Thickness: ?

Height: ?

Flower: ?


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Terebinthus arida Rose 1906. Elaphrium aridum Rose1911

This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1929. It is found in Mexico, growing in a well drained

soil with some water and lots of sun.

Named after: Joachim Burser, German/Danish botanist (1583-1639).

Bursera fagaroides


Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: NW. Mexico to S. Arizona

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 8 meters

Flower: Crème/Greenish


Pop names: Elephant tree

Synonyms: Bursera obvata, Turez. Bursera scheffneri, Watson. Elaphrium fagaroides, Kunth. And Rose tried: Elaphrium obvata + Elaphrium scheffneri.

Got it from: Hellevoetsluis, NL

Year: 2003

This member of the Burseraceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1883. It is found in the North-Western part of Mexico, and up to Aizona. Growing in well-drained soil with little water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to 30 centimetres or more in diameter, and will reach up to eight meters high. The flowers are crème to greenish in colour, and the plant can be reproduced both by the small red seeds and by cuttings.


What I hope it will become - in 30 years...

The tiny flowers are crème.

Photo by Ivan Cupic who found it at Kibutz Yotvata, Israel. Probably this species.

The fruits bordeaux.

http://www.yotvata.org.il/

Photo by Ivan Cupic who found it at Kibutz Yotvata, Israel. Probably this species.

Bursera filicifolia

http://www.yotvata.org.il/

Author: Townshend Stith Brandegee 1908

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Baja California, Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium


Height: 1 meter

Flower: White


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Elaphrium filicifolium Rose 1911. Bursera laxiflora S.Watson subsp. filicifolia Felger 1970

This member of the Burseraceae family was described by Townshend Stith Brandegee in 1908. It is found in Baja California, Mexico, growing in well-drained soil with some water and some sun. The stem can grow to eight centimetres or more in diameter, and will reach up to one meter. The flowers are white and the plant can be reproduced both by the small red seeds and by cuttings.


Bursera galeottiana


Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Oaxaca , Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 6 meters



Pop names: -

Synonyms: Terebinthus galeottiana Rose 1906. Elaphrium galeottianum Rose 1911.

This member of the Burseraceae family was described by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1881. It is found in Oaxaca, Mexico, growing in well-drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to 25 centimetres or more in diameter, and will reach up to six meters.


Bursera graveolens

All plants on this page are from Galapagos.

Author: José Jéronimo Triana & Jules Émile Planchon 1872

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazilia, Columbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Galapagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua, Venezuela

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium-Maximum


Height: 8 meters



Pop names: Palo Santo, Crispin, Sasafras

Synonyms: Elaphrium graveolens, Kunth 1824. Elaphrium pubescens Schltdl. 1842. Elaphrium tatamaco Tul. 1846. Spondiasedmonstonei Hook. f. 1847. Bursera penicillata (DC.) Engl. 1880. Bursera tacamaco Triana & Planch. 1872. Amyriscaranifera Willd. ex Engl. 1883. Bursera malacophylla B.L. Rob.1902 Terebinthus graveolens, Rose 1906.

This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by José Jéronimo Triana and Jules Émile Planchon in 1872. It is found inColumbia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Galapagos, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, Mexico, Nicaragua and Venezuela. It will be found growing in a well-drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The stem can grow to 30 centimetres or more in diameter, and will reach up to eight meters.

The seedlings are forming a slender caudex which seems to disappear on older specimens.


Bursera hindsiana

Photo by Thomas Muller.

Author: Townshend Stith Brandegee 1891

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Baja California, Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 3,5 meters



Pop names: Torote Prieto, Torchwood, Copla

Synonyms: -

Photo By PalmBob.

This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Townshend Stith Brandegee in 1891. It is found on Baja California, Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stems only grow to fifteen centimetres - a bit slim for a true caudiciform - and the bush will eventually reach three and a half meters height. The small flowers are greenish yellow or crème coloured.


Bursera jorullensis

Photo by Michael McNulty.


Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 4 metres

Flower: ?


Pop names: -

Synonyms: Elaphrium jorullense Kunth 1924

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This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1883. It is found in Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to 30 centimetres and the whole plant up to four metres in height.


Bursera microphylla


Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Mexico, USA; California, Arizona

Soil: Mix


Sun: Maximum


Photo by Gabriel. Height: 4 meters

Flower: Greenish pale yellow.


Pop names: Elephant Tree, Torote

Synonyms: Terebinthus microphylla Rose 1906. Elaphrium microphyllum Rose 19011. Terebinthus microphyllaRose 1906. Elaphrium microphyllum Rose 1911.

This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Asa Gray in 1861. It is found in the deserts of California, Arizona and Mexico, growing in grit or other well drained soil with little to some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to 30 centimetres in diameter and four meters high. The flowers are greenish pale yellow.

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Photo by Thomas Müller. Named after: Joachim Burser, German/Danish botanist (1583-1639).

I did see them on Baja California, but not with leaves.

Bursera schlechtendalii

http://community.webshots.com/user/passalidius

Photo from Rolling Thunder Nursery.


Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum



Flower: Crème-Yellow-Maroonish


Pop names: -

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Synonyms: Elaphrium simplicifolium Schltdl. 1842. Bursera simplicifolia DC. 1830. Bursera jonesii Rose 1895.Might now be Terebinthus schlechtendalii Joseph Nelson Rose 1906. By mistake: Bursera schlectendahlii

This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler in 1883. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica and Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and lots of sun. The stem can grow to fourteen centimetres in diameter, the small tree up to 120 centimetres height. The flowers are creme-yellow-maroonish.


Bursera simplicifolia

Photo by Specks.

Author: Augustin Pyramus de Candolle 1825

Family: Burseraceae

Habitat: Jamaica, Oaxaca, Mexico

Soil: Mix

Water: Medium

Sun: Maximum


Height: 3,5 metres


Reproduction:

Seeds/Cuttings

Pop names: Torote Prieto

Synonyms: Terebinthus simplicifolia Nathanie


l Lord Britton 1908. Elaphrium jamaicense Joseph Nelson Rose 1911

Photo by Eric Winegar.

This member of the Burseraceae family was given this name by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle in 1825. It is found on Jamaica and in Oaxaca, Mexico. It will eventually grow to three and a half meter with a stem measuring 30 or even 50 centimetres in diameter. It need a well drained soil with some water when in growth and lots of sun. The small flowers are greenish yellow.


Calibanus glassianus

Photo from Cactus Art.

Author: Luis Hernández Sandoval & Sergio Zamudio 2003

Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: North-Eastern Mexico

Soil: Mix - Grit

Water: Medium


Thickness: 60 Centimetres or more


Flower: Yellowish

Reproduction: Seeds

Pop names: -

Synonyms: -


The caudex can be rather roughed, and will be party exposed in the wild. Photo fromCactus Art.

This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by Luis Hernández Sandoval and Sergio Zamudioin 2003. It is found between the tropical deciduous forest and the subontane scrub in the Sierra Madre Oriental near Xichú, Guanajuato, the north-eastern Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The natural exposed caudex can grow to 60 centimetres or more.

It is named after Shakespeare's monster Caliban and the specific epithet honours: Charles Glass.

Uni. of Connecticut list Calibanus as Agavaceae. The International Plant Names Index list Nolina as Dracaenaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden list Nolina as Liliaceae. Steven Jankalski list Calibanus as Nolinaceae.

Calibanus hookeri


Author: William Trelease 1911

Family: Nolinaceae

Habitat: Mexico

Soil: Grit

Water: Medium

Sun: Medium

Thickness: 1 meter


Flower: Pink

Reproduction:

Seeds

Pop names: Sacamencate

Synonyms: Nolina

hookeri Rowley 1990, Dasylirion hookeri Lemaire 1859. Beaucarnea hookeri Baker 1872.Calibanus caespitosus Rose 1906.

Got it from: Llandilo, Au + Honselersdijk Nl

Year: 2002 + 2004

This member of the Nolinaceae family was first described by Sir William Hooker as Dasylirion hartwegianum (by mistake). Then by Lemaire in 1859, as Dasylirion hookeri. In 1911 William Trelease moved it to the Calibanus genesis. Its found in Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí, Mexico, where it grows in grit and enjoys quite some water in the short growing-period and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to one meter in diameter, but the grass-like leaves will only get half a meter long. The clusters of flowers are pink, and it can not be reproduced by cuttings of the caudex (or leafs). I

The male flowers.

found my first small one in Llandilo, Australia in 2002.

It is dioecious, I don't know what I got.

The name Calibanus is after Shakespeare's monster Caliban.

Maybe it was re-named by G.D. Rowley in 1990, as Nolina hookeri. Despite of its differences in seeds.

Uni. of Connecticut list Calibanus hookeri as Agavaceae. The International Plant Names Index list Nolina hookeri as Dracaenaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden list Nolina hookeri as Liliaceae. Steven Jankalski list Calibanus hookeri as Nolinaceae.

Photo by Eric Winegar.

The male flowers.

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