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Actually, I don't own "illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants" (or any other books for that matter. Publishers use toxic inks and unsustainable...
Of course it isn't always that simple. Botanists often disagree on the correct name for a plant. I don't know what evidence Dr. Eggli has for...
Cycas revoluta is dioecious, that is male and female reproductive parts are on separate plants. Like other cycads they do make cones. In my...
Photographed this plant on a recent visit to Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX. I don't often see this species in fruit so thought people might be...
To me it looks more like a badly etiolated Opuntia monacantha 'Joseph's Coat'. It certainly needs more light.
I'd say it is Hylocereus undatus.
Well, Tumamoc may be wrong about the common name Peruvian Torch (though there is no standard for common names so who's to say), but Cereus...
I hesitate to disagree with Lila, but I think number 2 is Aeonium haworthii, not an Echeveria.
In response to Brahea22's questions: (Do you know if Heptapleurum Arboricola is a new name, an old one or just a confusing concurrent one? I have...
The genus Kalanchoe was published in 1763, the genus Bryophyllum in 1805. In 1907, Raymond Hamet published a major work integrating Bryophyllum...
The succulent looks like a crested form of Euphorbia milii. Maybe the legume is Clitoria macrophylla. Tracy
Looks like a Jatropha, maybe multifida?
This looks like a Pereskia, a primitive cactus that grows as a leafy shrub. If you've had it 3 years I'm not sure why the sudden decline. I'd...
I don't think this is a jade (if by jade you mean Crassula argentea or C. obovata or C. arborescens) I'm pretty sure it's a Kalanchoe, probably...
I'm not an orchid expert, but I'll try an answer. You probably do need patience, even if you do everything right. Many orchids are seasonal...
Trademark names are a difficult issue in plant nomenclature. In general, trademarks belong to a company not to a particular product (plant). Thus...
What you originally had was a grafted cactus. The red top is a Gymnocalycium, the botton green portion is probably a Hylocereus. The red portion...
Opuntia ficus-indica (what Dave's Garden calls Smooth Mountain Pricklypear) is a subtropical species and extremely unlikely to survive in London....
I grew this plant outdoors in Phoenix and it survived very short periods down to 28 degrees F with no protection (though some of the smallest...
Your PS should really say that some (or many or even most) botanists now consider this plant to be Afrocarpus gracilior. Podocarpus gracilior is a...
