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Scientific Name – Aeonium arboreum Synonim – Sempervivum arboretum L. Common name(s) – tree aeonium, tree houseleek, ensaiao, saiao, garchosilla, siemperviva mayor, kalluwa. Distribution and Habitat – it is native to Morocco in northern Africa and the southern Mediterranean islands. Description – subshrub, stem woody at base, are often branching. Leaves borne at the ends of the branches in rather flat rosettes, 10-25 cm diameter; leaves 5-15 x 1-4 cm, glossy, light green to yellow-green, long-spatulate, margined with fine white hairs, acuminate, bases cuneate. Inflorescences pyramidal panicles, 10-25 x 10-15 cm; peduncul 5-20 cm; pedicel 2-12 mm; flowers 9-11, bright yellow, sepals pubescent, petals 5-7 x 1.5-2 mm. Flowering in December-April. n = 18. Growth rate – grow 2 m in its native habitat, though more like 30-90 cm in cool-temperates climates. Tolerances – tolerate summer water, but prefer to be on the dry side. Requirements – prefer porous, well-drained soil. Management – Propagation – by seeds, and cultivars by cuttings. Trim each cutting to 9 cm long and insert in a pot of gritty compost to root. Pest and Diseases – Garden Partners – Agave celsii, Aloe striata, Kalanchoe sp., Senecio serpens. Cultivars – ‘ Atropurpureum’ – cultivar with vegetative parts colored deep copper to dark purple in the summer. It needs full sun to attain the most color. ‘Luteovariegatum’ has green leaves with wide margins of light yellow. ‘Zwartkop’ has glossy leaves, dark purple, new growth is greener. Do fine in full sun, prefer partial shade, especially in areas that have harsh summers. Properties and Uses Curiosity – Bibliography Daniel Guillot Ortiz, Emilio Laguna Lumbreras, Josep Antoni Rossellò Picornell – La familia Crassulaceae en la flora aloctona valenciana – CEDro, 2009 Umberto Quattrocchi – CRC World Dictionary of Plants Names – CRC Press, 1999
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Agapanthus species. Cultivation and maintenance
Popular name for Agapanthus: English - Lily of the Nile, Africa - agape, Zulu - ubani. Agapanthus has been described for the first time in 1679 and was named by L'Heritier in 1788. The name derives from the Greek 'agape' - love and 'anthis' - relating to flower Aloe saponaria Haworth
Stem erect, juicy, reaching 1.2 m high when it bloom. Leaves arranged in rosettes, green stripe glauca iregulat-cross white oval-lanceolata, 10-30 cm long and 5-10 cm wide, spinal-edge gear, yellow-brown thorns, 4-5 mm long. Delosperma cooperi
Delosperma cooperi originated southern Africa. Prostrata or erect stem, grows up to 13 cm high and 60 inches wide. Leaves opposite, succulent, cylindrical or 3 angles, without stipule. Flowers solitary or Cime, terminal or axillary, 8 cm diameter, open purple, calyx with 5 lobes unequal, inferior ovary with 5 rooms. Kalanchoe eriophylla
Kalanchoe eriophylla - was first described by R. Hilsenbeck and W. Bojer, in 1857. Originally from Madagascar, which grows at high altitudes, on rocks. Kalanchoe eriophylla - epiphytic species, herbaceous perennial, 30 cm height. Decumbenta strain or swing. Leaves opposite, Sesia, in rosettes at the base, language juicy, sub-ovoid, 10-35 x 6-17 mm, pubescent, base truncata or amplexicaule, top obtuse, margin entire or crenata. House Plant
Culture and maintenance of species of Aechmea
Aechmea is a genus that belongs to the family Bromeliaceae, including about 50 evergreen species, almost all epiphytic. Most are grown Aechmea fulgens and Aechmea fasciata. Species of Aechmea are originating from Brazil, Paraguay, Honduras. Environmental problems of herbal apartment
Plants suffering physiological changes to adapt to climate change. This is the time when plants suffer transported inside a time of stress. This exchange of environmental condition than growth, flowering, fruit production and in worst cases, can cause plant wilting. Holcoglossum amesianum
Holcoglossum amesianum or litofita is an epiphytic species, endemic in Kampuchea, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam and China, which grows at 1200-2000 m altitude. Roots thick. Short stalk. Leaves 9-30 cm long, fleshy, narrow V-shaped in section, acute. Blossom raceme of 25-50 cm, with 15-30 flowers, SEPA and petals 2 cm, oblong, white. Iberis sempervirens
Perennial species, 30 cm height, 60-90 cm diameter, forming a dense bush covering the ground well. Leaves linear-lanceolata, margin entire, shiny dark green, 2,5-4 cm long x 3.6 mm wide. Flowers white, 4 petals, blossom type corymb, 9 cm diameter, January-June period of prosperity. Fruit silicula, 7 mm long. Mammillaria tlalocii
Mammillaria tlalocii 'caespitosa' - cactus global branch at the base. Tulpuna spherical, time becomes columnara, 20 x 7 cm. 16-22 thorns radial, 1-2 mm long. 2.4 spin central, 6-10 mm long, dark brown. Flower pink-carmine, 12-14 x 8-10 mm. Magnoliopsida
Polemonium caeruleum
Polemonium caeruleum - species used as ornamental plants in gardens with spontaneous or rock gardens. Are planted at 30 cm distance between plants. Primula acaulis
Herbaceous perennial or biennial, 20 x 20 cm. Rhizome small, fleshy. Leaves arranged in basal rosette, spatulate, rough, glabra on top, the furry on the underside, edge entire or gear, top obtuse. Flowers solitary, hermaphrodite, peduncle pubescent, 10-15 cm long; gamosepal calyx-tube, 5 sepa Symphytum officinale - tataneasa
Species herbaceous perennial, up to 1 m high. Rhizomes and roots are black-glossy. Stem erect, branched covered the whole surface with scrub, edges. Leaves alternate, the basal are ovat-lanceolata, the higher are lanceolata, nestipelate, 15-20 x 2-3.5 cm, green on the upper face, and pale green on the front lower Actinotus periculosus (Apiaceae), new perennial species in Australia
Actinotus includes 17 species. In Australia, the genus is represented by a single endemic species nova-zelandiae A. Petrie, in New Zealand. Actinotus periculosus Henwood, sp. November. Cirsium palustre
Originally from Europe and western Asia, growing on wet soils and peat, from plain to 1800 m altitude. |
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Nerium oleander - common oleander
Nerium oleander - leandrul-evergreen species, ornamental, used as a solitary species, in groups or in the form of hedges. Flowers may be single or double, plain green leaves or variegata. Caesalpinia gilliesii
Caesalpinia gilliesii - a species native to temperate and subtropical regions of South America, grown on every continent as an ornamental species in parks and gardens, may naturalize in areas where the climate is favorable. Petunia hybrida
Petunia hybrida - herbaceous, annual, used as an ornamental species in parks, gardens and terraces. Hybrid species derived from Petunia integrifolia and Petunia axillaris by Atkins in 1834. Parnassos palustris
Parnassos palustris - the name derives from Latin genus = Parnassus Parnassus in mythology rubs is considered the seat of beauty in relation to plant appearance and habitat. Cyclamen purpurascens
Cyclamen purpurascens - bulbous species, growing in beech forests, at 0-1900 m altitude. Species cultivated as ornamental garden or in pots.
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