Plant Descriptions & Care

Cactus Limon
Plant Descriptions & Care
*Caring for Christmas Cactus* Light: prefer a cool, bright spot away from direct sun. If indoors, an east-facing window. Water: like a moist soil, water when top inch of potting mix is totally dry. Fertilizer: you can use a liquid fertilizer from the time that their buds develop, through their flowering period. Pot Size: when their roots are flattening against the sides of the pot, increase to the next size larger. During the Year: they like the outdoors in temperate climates, keep indoors where and when they might freeze. Next Year’s Blooms In November, place the plant in an environment with cool nights and no artificial light. Buds will form shortly. Once there are buds, move the plant back to its normal setting and apply liquid fertilizer.

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Succulent Plants Adenium Obesum This succulent is originally from Africa. This plant as it grows it forms a larger caudex. In its natural habitat it blooms strikingly during the dry period, the flowers are pink. It is also called the desert rose. Adenium Plant Care: Easy, good for beginners. Likes light and full sun, ideal winter plant for indoors, it doesn't mind dry warm air. The more it is in the sun the more abundantly it blooms, if in winter it remains in a warm room it continues to grow, if the plant is on the window it should be turned regularly, otherwise it only grows in one direction. In the summer water it a lot but provide good drainage to avoid wet soil, in the winter if the plant stays were its cool water less. From March to September fertilize every 3 weeks with cactus fertilizer. Aeoniums There are more than 30 different species of this family, all native from Africa and the Mediterranean. This rosettes lie on the floor or form a shrub. The blossoms are yellow, after they bloom, the branch that carries the blossoms dies. Some species are arboreum, haworthii variegated, spathulatum, canariense, arboreum luteovariegatum, zwartkop. Aeonium Plant Care: Very easy, the plant likes to be in a light location in the summer in half shade and plenty of water, in winter they require bright and cool situation. Water and fertilize during the flowering time. If potted put the plant in a pot that is too large, rather than too small. Agaves The Agaves belong to the Agaveace family. Agaves are succulent rosettes, often clumping, occasionally on short trunks. They generally have a sharp spine at the end of their leaves, and for this reason should be away from paths. Each rosette blooms after many years usually 7. The time before flowering is used by the plant to store nutrients and mineral reserves which are then utilized in the formation of the flower stem, which can grow up to 10 meters high. After flowering the mother plant produces offsets and then dies. The shape of the rosette is a defense mechanism, the leaves are usually hard or fairly rigid and fibrous inside and number between 20 and 200 depending on species. There are hundreads of species: Agave americana, americana variegata, angustifolia, attenuata, colorata, scabra, parryi, picta alba, filifera, tequiliana, bovicornuta, chiapensis, guadalajarana, lophanta. murpheyi, desmetiana variegata, franzosini, potatorum, xylonacantha, werberi. We have many of this for sale, check our store. Agave Plant Care: Easy, needs a sunny and airy location, during the growth period water and fertilize abundantly, there should be no water in the funnels of the rosettes. In winter give a rest period dry. Agaves are known for their hardiness and tolerance to adverse conditions. Aloes The Aloes belong to the Liliaceae family originated in Africa, Madagascar and The Mediterranean. There are many varieties, most species are stemless rosettes, the blossoms are generally red or yellow on high inlforescenses. We have many aloes: arisata, brevifolia, juvenna, nobilis, marlothii, meyeri dorian black, vera Aloe Vera: Also called Aloe barbadensis which is the only one recognized "Medicine Plant". The Aloes belong to the family Lilacea and originated in Africa and Madagascar. Plants with short stems, forming dense groups, green leaves up to 50 cm with or without white spots, produces yellow flowers, it is widely cultivated for its pharmaceutical properties. Aloe Plant Care: Easy, sunny location, light shade, moderate water in summer, opinion is divided as to weather aloes should receive any water in winter, a little water will help prevent die back of the leaf tips, to much will result in loss of roots by rooting. When potting aloes the stem must not be buried. Some turn red in the bright sun and they will turn green again if they are in the shade. Aloinopsis Schooneesii: This little South African Plant is a leafy succulent, each head has about 10 fleshy blue- green leaves. The plant clusters. It must be placed in a sunny position to flower , the golden yellow flowers are produced continuously throughout the summer months. Aloinopsis Plant Care: this succulent needs a very open soil, it is not necessary to repot annually, it is better to break the cluster up, pull the heads off, dry for two days then pot . Water the plant freely but small amounts during summer, allowing to dry between watering, do not water during winter. Avonia Buderiana: This plant belongs to the Portulacea family, they are native to South Africa. They are very little plants, white species are especially popular. This is a very unique plant a must in any collection. Avonia Plant Care: locate in a very sunny and warm spot, water very little, rest period in the winter, use a very porous cacti soil with goods drainage. Crassulas The Crassulas belong to the Crassulaceae family, they came from South Africa, the blossoms are very small and stand together in umbels. there are many different species arborescens, ovata, falcata, mucosa, perforata. Crassula Arborescens:They come from Cape Province. In its native habitat this species form 12 ft tall bushes. They have gray-green , ovate, thick , fleshy leaves about 2 inches wide, usually with red margins and dotted red above. The plant is tolerant to a wide range of environments. The blossoms are very small, and stand together in umbels, they are vivid colored and often have a scent. Crassula Argenta Habitat: They come from South Africa. Whit their thick, fleshy, irregular shape leaves they are also called Carasula monstruosa. The blossoms are very small, and stand together in umbels, they are vivid colored and often have a scent. Crassula Argenta Variegata: They come from South Africa. They have thick, fleshy, green and white leaves. The blossoms are very small, and stand together in umbels, they are vivid colored and often have a scent. Crasula Falcata: Native from South Africa, also called propeller plant. This plant has gray-green leaves 10 cm long with recurved apices, the blossoms are very small and stand together in umbels, they are red vividly color and often have a scent. Crassula Muscosa: This plant has many slender branched stems, closely arranged in rows, it is light to yellowish green, it produces very small yellowish-white flowers. Crassula Perforata: The crassulas adore the confines of container living, they can thrive in the same pot for years, requiring little more than the basics, a good bright location and ample water during growing season. It is also called String of Buttons. It has opposite pairs of flattened, pale green leaves that are joined at ends, they produce minute yellow flowers in early spring. They make excellent hanging plants. Crasula Plant Care: very easy, location sunny and warm, give sufficient water in the growth period from summer to fall; at other times water cautiously and from below. Give them light in the winter rest period, otherwise the plants degenerate. Propagate by seed, leaf or cutting. Dyckia: Belongs to the Bromelliacea family. Stemless rosette with a beautiful grayish white color leaves they are rigid and have white spines on the edges, it has the shape of a star. Dyckia Plant Care: Easy, location light and sunny, let dry between watering, use fast draining soil. Echeverias They belong to the Crassulacea family, originally from North, Central and South America. They are many different species: agavoides, elegans, derenbergii, gibbiflora, setosa. Echeveria Derenbergii: Their decorative leaves are usually arranged in spiral rosettes, green leaves, the plants flowers freely during summer the blossoms are yellow inside and orange outside. Echeveria Gibbiflora Arlie Wright Hybrid: this plant has a beautiful mottled brown color, with occasional tints of pink towards the stem and tips of the leaves, it will develop tubers and distortions that provide outstanding character. The outermost leaves on this plant are extremely wide and may crack during shipping, handle carefully. This does not damage the plant and they would fall off seasonally, in any event. Echeveria Gibbiflora v. Mauna Loa: This plant looks like a mini-volcano, with thick rings of bright red-purple leaves. The leaves grow in spiral rosettes, with the outer leaves showing the deepest coloration. As the grow, they will develop crests and thick protuberances, giving them a truly unique character. Echeveria Setosa: Native from Mexico. Stemless rosettes with numerous offsets, they are dark green with dense white hairs, flowers are red-yellow. Echeveria Subsisilis: Their decorative leaves are usually arranged in spiral rosettes, the have pinkish gray leaves. Echeveria Plant Care: Easy , they need a sunny , airy location, when watering don't water the rosettes or they can rot, keep slightly moist in winter. The lower leaves shrivel, leaving an untidy plant , in the spring remove the offsets and restart the plant. Euphorbias Euphorbia Horida: This succulent plant belongs to the euphorbiaceae family. It has a gray green stem, with wavy angels and often with white stripes. Native from South Africa. Euphorbia Leucodendron: This succulent plant belongs to the euphorbiaceous family. They are spineless shrubs that can grow tall, they have long light green branches, few small green leaves present only at tips of growing branches. Native from East and Southern Africa. Euphorbia Knuthii: from the euphorbiace family, native from South Africa. Tuberous plant, light green aerial branches with grey green stripes, has a caudex. Euphorbia Mili: also called Crow of Thorns, these succulent plants belong to the euphorbiaceous family. They have many varieties with red, yellow or cream colored blossoms. They have green leaves and thorny branches. They are native from Madagascar. Euphorbia Obesa:It is spineless, grey- green spherical plant with transverse red-borwn bands, the slow growing body becomes slightly columnar with age. Euphorbia Suzannae: Euphoria's belong to the Euphorbacea family , spinless green stems with several ribs each bearing prominent tubercles, has a unique shape, produces yellowish flowers. Euphorbia Tirucalli: This succulent plant belongs to the euphorbiaceous family. They are spineless shrubs that can grow tall, they have light green branches, few small green leaves present only at tips of growing branches. Native from East and Southern Africa. Euphorbia Trigona: Also called the African milk tree, originally from Africa. Euphorbias belong to the Euphorbacea family, These are spiny shrubs or small trees that grow up to 6 feet tall. The stems are distinctively with 3 or 4 angles, some varieties have green or redish leaves. Euphorbia Plant Care: they require warm, heated and sunny locations. Water too little rather than too much, especially in the winter. It propagates with cuttings. distinctive feature is the ability to produce a milky substance from the leaves and stem when cut open. The other distinctive characteristic is the flower structure, most produce flowers without petals, some species have female and male plants. Faucarias Faucaria Japanese Hybrid: This unique faucaria hybrid could be the Frankenstein of succulents. It is a genetic blend of a tuberculata and, apparently, a felini, and looks something like a fly trap -- with fuzzy tentacles, odd shaped leaves, clumping, and two different colors emerging. Whatever it is, it was the result of genetic manipulation by a Japanese plant biologist and not encountered in nature. For collectors it would be a very unique plant. It is totally unusual. Everyone who sees it is amazed. Faucaria Tigrina: Also called Tiger jaws. This short stem , mat forming, dentate leaf edge, the rosette like, the leaves stand opposite to each other, have white patterns and stand densely together. The yellow blossoms last several days . Faucaria Plant Care: This plants are suited for indoor cultivation should be given full light and modest amounts of water during the warmer months and considerably less water in the cool months. It is definitely tender and should not be exposed to frost. Fenesteria: Also called baby toes, it is a native of Southern Africa. In their native habitats only the upper leaf parts protrude from the ground; in cultivation, the leaves have to jut out of the soil, otherwise they rot. It produces yellow blossoms in late summer. Fenesteria Care: locate in a very light area, bright sun; during the growth period water enough to keep the leaves from shrinking, in winter give a rest period. Needs a cacti soil with good drainage, the plant doesn't like to be repotted. Fockea Edulis: The fockea edulis has climbing stems with green oblong leaves. They grow from a bulb-like caudex which can grow to 30 cm in diameter. It has white flowers. Fockea Plant Care: Avoid burning sun, don't allow to become bone dry between watering. Gasterias Gasteria Glomerata: stemless plant, offseting from the base and forming small clusters, inflorescence 20 cm long with pinkish red flowers, native from South Africa. Gasteria Liliputana: Native from South Africa and Namibia. Belongs to the lilaceae family. Fan shape leaves in two rows, they are very small and very attractive; leaves are white speckled. Gasteria Plant Care: very easy, needs a sunny or shady spot, water regularly in summer, in the winter keep rather dry, soil should have good drainage. Haworthias Haworthia Attenuata: Native of South Africa. This plant forms groups of small rosettes from longish pointy leaves with tubercles, which flow together in horizontal bands. Haworthia Fasciata: Native of South Africa. The rosettes of this species are stem less 7 cm in diameter, numerous green leaves with white tubercles arranged in distinct transverse bands, inflorescence 40 cm tall, reddish-white flowers with brown veins. Haworthia Reinwardii: Native from South Africa. Belongs to the liliaceae family. The rosettes are elongated up to 6 " tall and 2 " in diameter, they are green with whitish tubercles, the flowers are pinkish white with grayish brown veins. They are many species. Haworthia Coarctata: Native of South Africa. This plant grows in rows, the rosette keeps on growing on the top, forming rows. It is also know by the name haworthia chalwinii. Haworthia Retusa: Native from South Africa. Belongs to the liliaceae family. Rosettes are stem less can grow up to 6 " in diameter, forming clumps. The leaves are green shiny, turning to reddish -brown when in full sun, the flowers are white with green veins. Haworthia Truncata: Native of South Africa. This is one of the species with window leaves. The leaves look as if they have been sharply cut off at the ends and they are arranged like a fan, not a rosette. The surface is warty and the blunt end is transparent. Haworthia Plant Care: they prefer locations where it's bright, they can tolerate half shade. Haworthias should be repotted regularly, because every year they thrust off a part of their roots, which then rots in the pot. During time of growth water regularly, during the rest period they should never dry out completely. Huernia: Their native habitat South Africa, Ethiopia and Arabia. The stems are light gray-green, red-spotted, and four to five angled, the edges wavy and toothed. Huernia Plant Care: Easy, location light and sunny, in the summer protect from the full noon day sun, water only enough to keep the sprouts from shrinking. Kalanchoes Kalanchoe CV: this plant belongs to the crassulaceae family. This plant is an interesting cultivars, it has gray green leaves with reddish margins and horny lower surface, some people call it deer ears. Kalanchoe Marmota: also called dinosaur eggs. It belongs to the crasuulaceae family. Stems branch from the base, the leaves are obovate aprox 4 " long they are green gray with brown spots and dentate margins, they resemble a dinosaur egg, the flowers are white. Kalanchoe Thyrsifolia: this plants belong to the crassulaceae family. They are densely leafy stems, with beautiful wide flat leaves that have reddish margins, their blooms are yellow, also call flap jacks. Kalanchoe Plant Care: Easy. The plants need to be were is bright, sunny, warm and airy, water well during summer, during winter keep them rather dry, not completely, the Kalanchoes are short day plants, they only bloom when they have less than 12 hours of light per day. Lapidaria: is a monotypic genus (only one species) from the Namaqualand in South Africa where they get mostly summer rain. They are named for the Latin for "collection of stones", which is what a clump of plant looks like. It's a leaf succulent with stone shape leaves, they produce yellow flowers in the fall, after they bloom, a new pair of leaves develop, used the moisture from the older pair of leaves to grow. Lapidaria Care Plant: The plants should not be watered until the old pair of leaves is totally shriveled. they like a sunny bright location, water carefully during the growth period only, from May to July, during the other months let the plant remain completely dry. Use regular cacti soil with good drainage. Lithops Rock Plants Lithops Bromfieldi: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick , fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. The color of the pattern is gray with light brown. Lithops Dorothea: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick , fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. This are beautiful plants to collect each measures 1/2-1", the color of the pattern is dark green and gray. Lithops Fulviceps: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick, fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. These are beautiful plants to collect each measures 1/2-1", the color of the pattern is light green with brown spots. Lithops Hookeri Subfenestrata: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick, fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. These are beautiful plants to collect, each measures 1/2-1", the color of the pattern is reb-brown. Lithops Karamontana: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick, fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. This are beautiful plants to collect each measures 1/2-1", the color of the pattern is gray with light brown. Lithops Marmorata: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick , fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. This are beautiful plants, each about 1-1.5 inches, with very healthy roots and growing nicely. The color of the pattern is gray with light brown. Lithops Ochraceae Halii: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick , fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. This are beautiful plants to collect each measures 1/2-1", the color of the pattern is light brown. Lithops Pseudotruncatella: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick , fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. This are beautiful plants to collect each measures 3/4-1", the color of the pattern is green-grayish. Lithops Werneri: They are called living stones, they are found in South Africa and Namibia. The inverted cone shape body of the plant consists of thick , fleshy leaves, which grow together except for a small cleft. Each year two leaves are produced at right angles to the old pair of leaves. The side part contains chlorophyll. The flat ends of the leaves are often transparent and patterned. The growth period ends when the white or yellow blossoms come out of the cleft. These are beautiful plants to collect each measures 1/2-1", the color of the pattern is light brown. Lithops Plant Care: they need a regular cacti soil with good drainage, they like an airy and bright location, water very carefully in spring and summer during the time of growth, when watered too much the bodies burst. From September on keep them completely dry, it is the rest period. Monadenium: this plant belongs to the Euphorbiaceae Family. Tuberculate stems 3 cm in diameter and up to 40 cm long, green. Native from Kenya. Monadenium Plant Care: location sunny and warm, do not water too much, use special cacti soil, propagate by cuttings. Nolina Recurvata: Native of Mexico. The huge caudex on this plant can grow up to 1 meter in size. The green leaves can also grow 1 meter in length. This is a wonderful plant for a container or in-ground planting. Has white flowers. This plant is also called the beucarnea recurvata, and, commonly, as the elephants foot. Nolina Plant Care: easy care, sunny and warm location, let dry between watering. Pachipodiums Pachypodium Geayi: This species is native of Southern Madagascar. The deciduous leaves are very long, narrow and green with a light gray felt covering, most notably on the undersides. The leaves have a much lighter middle vein that has a rose tint to it and are more upright than lamerii. The trunk is smooth grayish silver and may reach 30 feet in time. Spines are in clusters of three and are sharp and strong. The flowers are white and relatively small with an exposed anther cone in the center. Flowers will set in about ten years in good conditions. Pachypodium Lamereii: This species are from Southern Madagascar. Also known as Madagascar palms. The deciduous leaves are long, not as narrow a geayi and darker green with a bit more of glossy look to them. The leaves have a lighter middle vein that has less of a downward curvature in the length than geayi. The trunk is smooth grayish silver. Spines are in clusters of three and are sharp and strong. The flowers are white with yellow in the center. Pachypodium Lamerii 'Curlycrest' (rosulatum gracilius): These types of pachypodiums are variations and not species of themselves. The lamerii is the most common in cultivation. The rosulatum gracilius is just as stunning and a little less common. Geayi curly crests exist but are rare. The nature of crested variations is to start growing in a fan shape and to curl into a wavy form as it matures. The leaves are generally much smaller than the type but retain the same characteristics otherwise. It is unknown whether the crested variations will produce flowers. These specimens are grafted to the trunk of a Pachypodium Geayi. This is a unique plant for collectors. Pachypodium Lealii Saundersii Compacta: This species are native of Eastern Zimbabwe and South Africa. The deciduous leaves are light green and oblong with smooth edges. The trunk is smooth grayish silver that is considerably larger than its branches. Spines are in clusters of three where the leaves are located. This species flowers easily in cultivation in the fall in the Northern Hemisphere. The flowers are a pure white salver form slightly larger than the more common saundersii. Flowers will set in the second year in good conditions. Pachypodium Namaquantum: This species are from South Africa. The deciduous leaves are a light green, velvet texture with wavy edges occurring only near the top of the plant and on the tips of its few branches. The trunk is similar to lamerii but has far more spines and the color is more of a brownish green. Spines are in clusters of three where the leaves were located. This species is known for its unwillingness to adapt to the seasons of the Northern hemisphere, growing in the winter and resting in the summer. The flowers are a dull yellow with a purple tint in the center. Flowering is not common but will occur infrequently. The flowers are formed in a bunch near the tops of the plant and branches. Pachipodium Plant Care: They need a sunny, light and warm location, especially warm at the ground, water only in the stage in witch the plant has leaves. Provide proper drainage, and considerably less water in the cool months. Do not let this specimen sit damp in cool weather, they need good drainage soil. The Pachypodium Namaquanum should be given full light and water during the winter months and less water in the resting periods, it is a summer dormant plant. Pleiospilos Pleiospilos Bolusii: They are stone-like plants. The surfaces are grayish -green covered with dark dots, resembling a small chunk of granite. The plant consists of one pair of very succulent leaves with flattened tops; the leaves are about 1" long and almost as broad. The stem is so short that the plant is almost described as stem less. The heads may be split off in late summer to propagate the plant. It flowers in autumn, the flower opens in the late afternoon, but only on sunny days, they are golden yellow. When the previous season's leaves have completely shriveled, the current season leaves will be well formed, this will be late summer. This species grows large. Pleiospilos Nelii: They are stone-like plants. The plant has more than one pair of leaves; the leaves are about 1" long and almost as broad, the surface s are smooth, dark grayish-green covered with dark scarcely visible dots. The stem is so short that the plant is almost described as stem less. The heads may be split off in late summer to propagate the plant. It flowers in autumn, the flower opens in the late afternoon, but only on sunny days, they are orange to salmon pink. When the previous season's leaves have completely shriveled, the current season leaves will be well formed, this will be late summer. Pleiospilos Royal Flush: They are stone-like plants. It is a very desirable plant because of its purple color body. The plant consists of one pair of very succulent leaves with flattened tops; the leaves are about 1" long and almost as broad. The stem is so short that the plant is almost described as stem less. The heads may be split off in late summer to propagate the plant. It flowers in autumn, the flower opens in the late afternoon, but only on sunny days, they are golden yellow. When the previous season's leaves have completely shriveled, the current season leaves will be well formed, this will be late summer. Pleiospilos Simulans: They are stone-like plants. The plant consists of one pair of very succulent leaves reddish-green, tingled with yellow, wrinkled and dotted, the leaves are about 3" long. The stem is so short that the plant is almost described as stem less. The heads may be split off in late summer to propagate the plant, the yellow scented flower opens in the late afternoon, but only on sunny days. When the previous season's leaves have completely shriveled, the current season leaves will be well formed, this will be late summer. Pleiospilos Plant Care: they like a sunny, bright location, water carefully during the growth period only, from May to July, during the other months let the plant remain completely dry. Use regular cacti soil with good drainage. Portulacaria Afra: It is the only species of this genus. It is also known as elephant bush, its native of South Africa. It is a very popular indoor plant, it has a superstition attached to it:" as long as it grows and prospers, the finances of its owner will be in order. This plant lives extraordinary long and its very easy to take care of it. In nature it can grow like a bush or small. The leaves are opposite, obovate or roundish, about 1/2 inch long, thick, fleshy and glossy green. Portulacaria Plant Care: bright location, during spring and summer water regularly and fertilize, during the rest period in the winter, keep the plant a little moist. To get a nice bushy form cut the shoots back frequently. It is ideal for a bonsai. Sanseveira Sansevieria Gracilis: Native from South Africa. They are short stems, leaves are rigid , cylindrical and green, belongs to the agaveace family. Ideal as an indoor plant. Sanseveira Moon Glow: A cultivar with beautiful bluish-green leaves, 10 cm wide. They belong to the Agavacea Family. Ideal as an indoor plant. Sanseveira Thyrsifolia: Native from South Africa. It belongs to the Agavacea Family. It has light green leaves to 8 cm wide, with several whitish bands and spots. Ideal as an indoor plant. Sanseveira Plant Care: easy care, let dry between watering, when sanseveiras decay in winter the cause is usually too much water during periods of low temperature. Sedum Morganianum: it is also called donkey's tail. They are small succulents, fast growing, their small fleshy green stems hang over the pots edge, ideal for a hanging pot. They produce red flowers on the tips. Grows by cuttings. Sedum Plant Care: easy location light and bright, water abundantly in summer, in the winter keep drier, propagate by cuttings. Semprevivum Arachnoide: They are native to the region of the Mediterranean and also to the near East. They mainly grow in walls, roofs and stone gardens. They make a dense low matt or cushion, crated by rosettes that easily make runners and divide themselves. They have fleshy green, reddish or bluish leaves, after flowering the rosettes die, but replacements are already in place. Their name means eternally alive. Semprevivum Plant Care: Sunny location, they can be outdoors for the entire year, they are perfect for a stone garden. Water moderately and let dry during watering, good drainage soil. Stapelia: Their native habitat South Africa, Ethiopia and Arabia. The stems are branched at the base forming dense clumps of four angle toothed stems, light green. Stapelia Plant Care: Easy, location light and sunny, in the summer protect from the full noon day sun, water only enough to keep the sprouts from shrinking, during the winter rest period keep dry but do not let the sprout shrivel. Cactus Plants Aporocactus Flageliformis: also called Rat Tail, it has cylindrical creeping stems 3/4 inch diameter, the flowers witch bloom diurnally appear along the whole length of the stem and are about 3 inches long, the persist for four to six days and they bloom late in spring. Aporocactus Plant Care: easy let dry between watering, perfect hanging plant likes sun and shade. Astrophytum Astrophytum Asterias: also called sea urnich, sand dollar. Its origin is from Northeastern Mexico (Nuevo Leon y Tamaulipas). In the wild it is almost extinct. This spineless cactus has a flat globular gray-green body, with 7-8 wide ribs and white felt-like areoles, it blooms in the summer at irregular intervals, the flowers are 2" wide, yellow with red centers and sweet scented, plants start blooming when they exceed 1" in diameter. Astrophytum Capricorne: also called goat's horn cactus. Its origin is Mexico, they are almost extinct in their natural habitats. The long disorderly, tangled spines grow up to 4 inches long. Its ribs have sharp edges and the dark green body is flecked with white. Their flowers are yellow and scarlet red at the bottom, they are especially big. Astrophytum Myriostigma: also called bishops cap. Its origin is the highlands of central and northern Mexico ( San Luis Potosi, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas ). In the wild it is almost extinct. It has a flat top globular body with 5 sharp edge ribs, the surface is sprinkled with white felted spots, and it has no spines. The flowers appear on the top of the plant throughout the summer, they are yellow with a sweet scent. Of all the varieties it has the largest flowers, measuring 2-3" across when fully open. Astrophytum Plant Care: They need a sunny to light shade spot that is always warm. Water sparsely in summer, letting it dry completely between watering and keep it totally dry during the winter, water should not be started until late spring. Transplant only if absolutely necessary, they are very root sensitive. Use regular cacti soil with good drainage. Copiapoa Copiapoa Tenuissima: This cacti is originally from Chile, in their natural habitat they live on the coastal desert and grow on rocky and stony terraces, they are exposed to extreme sunlight and winds, to survive they have developed a covering of thick wax layers. This cacti is a small growing, free flowering species, worth a place in any collection. It is densely tubercle, with globular to columnar stems, it has thin spines and a brown epidermis. The flowers are produced at the crown and are pale bright yellow. Copiapoa Dura: this cacti is a small growing, it has a globular stem its color is dark purplish-brown. Copiapoa Plant Care: The location has to be warm and bright, and it has to be in direct sun. In the spring and late summer, the water moderately, between this times are dry rest periods in the winter keep the plant absolutely dry. The roots need a lot of room, so make sure that the pot is large enough. Use regular cacti soil with a very good drainage. Coryphantha Elephantides: Native from Mexico, Michoacan. It has a glossy dark green body with conspicuously large tubercles, the axils are white and woolly, it has 5 - 8 brownish radial spines, central spines absent, the flowers are pink to carmine and have a red throat. Coryphantha Plant Care: The location has to be airy and warm, during the winter they should be absolutely dry, they need fast draining soil. Discocactus Discocactus Araneispinus: Native of Brazil. These species are threatened with extinction. Collectors consider this cactus genus from South America to be rarities. It forms a cephalium in the center of the plant, it has long, creamy white curling, interlacing, flexible spines. It blooms with large white flowers. Discocactus Buenkeri: Originally from South America, Brazil. These species are threatened with extinction. Collectors consider this cactus genus from South America to be rarities. This cacti forms a cluster of clumps, it has white small spines that look like webs, it forms a white cephalium on the top of the plant. Discocactus Crystallophilus: Originally from South America, Brazil. These species are threatened with extinction. Collectors consider this cactus genus from South America to be rarities. The epidermis is light brown, has tree spines in each areole, they form a white cephaleum. On the top of the plant it has brown to reddish spines. This cactus grows in the shade of trees in their natural habitat, should never be exposed to full sun. Discocactus S.P. HU544: This is the collection number of this cactus. Native from South America, Brazil. These species are threatened with extinction. Collectors consider this genus to be rarities. This cactus forms a white cephalium on the top. The spines are white with black tips, it has 6 spines on each areole, and the body is green and flat on the top. Discocactus Plant Care: The location has to be airy and warm, during the winter they should be absolutely dry, wet soil is deadly for this species. They need fast draining soil. It Care: The location has to be airy and warm, during the winter they should be absolutely dry, wet soil is deadly for this species. They need fast draining soil. It blooms in the summer. Echinocactus Echinocactus Texensis: It has 13 to 27 ribs, reddish radial spines, somewhat flattened, one central spine. The flowers are pink outside and orange and scarlet inside, the flowers are so uniquely beautiful, their individual petals are narrow and featherlike. Echinocauctus Grusonii: Also known as the golden barrel. Their origin is Mexico (Queretaro) where it is endangered in the wild. Its bright golden spines emphasize its distinctive barrel shape. The golden barrel has yellow flowers from the end of March until April, flowers are produce only in mature specimens receiving enough full sun, they produce a ring of flowers from yellow to purple red on the plant crown. Echinocactus Plant Care: Locate fully in the sun where is very warm and airy, in the summer they should be outside, water and fertilize regularly, but allow it to dry out between watering. Keep the plant warm and dry during winter rest period. Echinocereus Echinocereus Pectinatus v. Coahuila: These cactus plants are native to Mexico and Texas. It has 22-30 radial spines , it forms clumps in the sides of the body and it is pink in color, the flowers are pink to lavender with maroon throat. Echinocereus Rubrispinus: Native from Mexico, Sonora. This a beautiful stem cactus that grows up to 4" in diameter, the radial spines are 15-23, and 6-10 mm in length, they have a unique pink and violet color, witch makes it a very attractive cacti. Echinocereus Plant Care: Easy, in the summer they need an airy location in bright sun; well watered when it's hot. In the winter light, cool, and absolutely dry conditions. Echinofossulocactus Multicostatus: ( Stenocactus ) They are commonly called wave or brain cacti because of their crinkly appearance, they can have up to 150 undulating ribs. It is found only in Mexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua, Durango). It has a large number of slender, wavy ribs, globular body, flat top, vivid green. They are only 2 or 3 areoles in each rib, witch are covered with white felt in young plants, each has 6 to 9 radial spines, the upper ones are longer and the lower ones are shorter and point downwards. The spines are different lengths, they produce flowers in early spring. They are solitary plants. Echinofossulocactus Plant Care: Easy , in the summer the plants require sun or half shade, allow to dry between watering. During the winter keep them almost dry. Use regular cacti soil with good drainage. Echinopsis Subdedantum: You won't find this Echinopsis Subdedantum anywhere else, because it is a new subspecies, as yet unregistered. This is the first crop and they are only beginning to develop their first flowers. This is a beautiful plant, very healthy green, nine ribs, fuzzy gray flowers emerging. Echinopsis Subdedantum Care: Easy, the location should be warm, in the summer it should be sunny with some light protection from the full sunshine, for the winter rest period keep them dry and cool. For a strong growth and many blossoms the plant needs a porous nutritious soil and be fertilized frequently. Ferrocactus Ferocactus Latispinus: also called devils tongue barrel. They are originally from Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo Leon), and are found in altitudes more than 9,800 feet above sea level. It is a globular cactus with 14 to 23 ribs, large aureoles, it is gray to blackish and has 4 large central spines. The lowest central thorn is wider and points downward, it has pinkish-purple flowers appear in spring or autumn, with age the spines become broad and hooked. When it flowers, the flowers are beautiful purple - red and open in succession from autumn to winter. Ferocactus Wislizenii: Native from Mexico ( Sonora, Chihuahua, Baja ). The dark green stem is more or less cylindrical it has 12- 14 ribs with 8 radial red spines and one central hooked spine. Ferocactus Plant Care: In the summer they should be kept warm and in a sunny location, water regularly but sparsely allowing to dry between watering, they need good drainage. Keep dry in winter in as much sun as possible. Grafted Cacti: Grafting its a method use with plants of the same botanical family, were the plants are cut and place together, the contact should be as tight as possible, the sections surfaces must not come in contact with water until they have grown together for about 14 days. This is used for plants that grow very slowly in cultivation, or that are difficult to care for. Gymnocalycium Gymnocalycium Denudantum: Native from Argentina and Brazil. Their body is flattened and globule dark green, they have 5 to 8 ribs, radial spines thin and more or less a pressed , the flowers are 2 " long , glossy pure white. Gymnocalycium Friedrichii: Native from Paraguay. The body is dark reddish -purple with sharp angled ribs, marked with distinctive horizontal banding that makes this plant very attractive. The flowers are pink, they bloom from spring to fall, blooms are close to the crown, have scales, are large, bell shaped and remain open for several days. Gymnocalycium Horstii: (buenkeri) Native of South America, Brazil. They are ideal collectors items, even beginners can enjoy success. The globular body is glossy bright green. The flowers are white, they bloom from spring to fall. The blooms are close to the crown, have scales, are large, bell shaped and remain open for several days. Gymnocalycium Marsoneri: It has a flat globular body dark green, the spines are short and close to the body. It produces a very large funnel shaped beautiful flowers. Gymnocalycium Schatzlianum: Native of Argentina, Sierra de Tandil. It has a flat globular body dark green, the spines are short and close to the body. It produces a very large funnel shaped white with a greenish white throat flower. Gymnocalycium Sierra Medina: This cacti has a unique shape, it is spherical with odd shaped clumping, its spines have black tips. The color of the body is olive green. Gymnocalycium Striglianum: Native from Argentina, Mendoza. The body is flat grayish-brown, the flowers are creamy white with pink, they bloom from spring to fall, the blooms are close to the crown, have scales, are large, bell shaped and remain open for several days. Gymnocalycium Vatteri v. Paucispininum: This cactus is totally unique because it has a single spine in each areole, rather than a cluster of spines. It is a muted green color. These are rare. Gymnocalycium Plant Care: Easy. Protect it from full sunshine, water moderately during summer allowing to dry between watering, during winter rest period don't let them completely dry out, keep warm with plenty of light. Use regular cacti soil with good drainage. Lepismium Cruciforme: Origin: Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. In its natural habitat the plant grows like a shrub like epiphyte that hangs from trees, reaching a length of 3 to 10 ft, when cultivated they are much smaller. If this plant is under the direct sun light it will turn reddish and when place in the shade it will turn green again. It is an ideal hanging plant. Lepismium Plant Care: minimum avg. temperature: 50°F (10°C) , like shade and a humid microclimate, light shade to shade, prefers to have a moist, well drained soil, propagation by cuttings and seeds. Leuchtenbergia Principis: it is a sole species in the genus, prism cactus. A native of Mexico, it has a unique shape and is very rare. It is sometimes mistaken for an agave. It has a strong stem with three-sided green-blue tubercles up to 4 inches long. Top areoles are woolly and gray. It has yellowish twisted spines up to 6 inches long. It will blossom and have small fruit. This is a must for collectors. Leuchtenbergia Plant Care: location should be very sunny, water evenly and sparsely, keep it dry during the winter rest period, the soil should be loamy and very nutritious. Mammillarias Mammillaria Kramen: Native from Mexico. The name mammillaria comes from the Latin word mammilla and means nipple. Mammillarias have no ribs and the body is completely covered with tubercles. Mammillarias are easy to distinguish from another cacti because they produce a milky sap when they are injured, the flowers do not grow from the areoles, they grow from the axils. Mammillaria Plumosa: native from Mexico. It is an spherical stem, covered with a white and woolly spines, it resembles balls of cotton. Mammillaria Saboae: Native from Mexico. The name mammillaria comes from the Latin word mammilla and means nipple. Mammillarias have no ribs and the body is completely covered with tubercles. Mammillarias are easy to distinguish from another cacti because they produce a milky sap when they are injured, the flowers do not grow from the areoles, they grow from the axils. This plant has clumping stems 1-2 cm tall and wide, radial spines translucent white, yellow at the base, the flowers are pink. Mammillaria Ueberiformis: Native from Mexico, Hidalgo. The stem produces off shots at the base and may form huge clumps in old age. It has a large turnip like root serving the plant as a reservoir of water during resting period, it should be put in a deep container. The flowers grow from the upper axils and a very large compare to other mammillarias, they are yellow and open only in sunny weather. Mammillaria Plant Care: one rule of thumb should be noted, the heavily spines mammillarias, white forms may be kept in full sun, green specimens with few spines have no protection against the light and should be place in a bright location but not full sun. Easy care, the location should be bright, it requires partial shade because prominent spines do not protect its skin and the plant could readily be scorched by direct sunlight, water rather sparsely, needs good drainage soil, during winter rest period keep light and dry, mammillarias bloom year after year. Melocactus Melocactus Azureus: It is a globular cactus, divided in ribs, color is bluish-gray. A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium, a felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful flowers. Melocactus Caesius: It is a globular cactus it is divided into ribs, the skin is bright green, the spines are curved toward the body. A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium, a felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it is about 7 years old, when it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful flowers, that contrast with the white cepahlium. Melocactus Conoides: It is a globular cactus, nicely green in color, the spines are curved toward the body. A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium, a felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it is about 7 years old, when it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful flowers, that contrast with the white cepahlium Melocactus Curvispinus: It is a globular cactus it is divided into ribs, the skin is bright green, the spines are curved toward the body. A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium, a felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it is about 7 years old, when it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful flowers, that contrast with the white cepahlium . Melocactus Deinacanthus: : It is a globular cactus it is divided into ribs,t his is a rare, oversized globular melocactus with incredible body strength and presence. It is nearly extinct in native habitat and can be found only in limited cultivation. This is a must for any collector. A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium (which is just in formation on this plant, the perfect time to put it into a nice large pot and watch it grow!), the felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it is about 7 years old, when it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful red flowers, that contrast with the white cepahlium. Melocactus Ferrophilus v. Longispinus: This is a globular cactus with long red spines. A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium, a felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it is about 7 years old, when it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful flowers, that contrast with the white cepahlium. Melocactus Glaucescens: Native of Central America. It is a globular cactus with an attractive blue body which gets more intense as the plant ages. A striking characteristic of this genus is the all white cepahlium, a felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it is about 7 years old, when it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful red flowers, that contrast with the white cepahlium. Melocactus Guitartii: It is a globular cactus . A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium, a felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it finishes its vegetativegrowth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful flowers. It has many short yellow-light brow spines. Melocactus Matanzanus: also called dwarf turk's cap. Native of Cuba. It is a globular cactus it is divided into 8 ribs, the skin is bright green, the spines are curved toward the body. A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium, a felted area that forms on the crown it lith orange in color , where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it is about 7 years old, when it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful pink flowers, that contrast with the white cepahlium. Melocactus Neomontanus: A striking characteristic of this genus is the cepahlium (which is just in formation on this plant, the perfect time to put it into a nice large pot and watch it grow!), the felted area that forms on the crown, where the flowers and fruits emerge. Melocactus does not bloom until it is about 7 years old, when it finishes its vegetative growth and forms a woolly cephalium, it produces beautiful red flowers, that contrast with the white cepahlium. Melocactus Plant Care: keep in sunny warm locaction , water carefully during the summer, do not let the plant dry out entirely in the winter and keep it warm, needs good drainage soil. Notocactus Notocactus Crassigibbus: Native from Brazil. This is a solitary cactus, with a flat top, the large yellow blossoms stand near the top and appear during the summer. Notocactus Magnificus: These are natives of Brazil. Globular in shape, the large yellow blossoms stand near the top and appear during the summer. Care: they like a warm bright location, not in the full sun, water during the summer, they need good drainage soil, in winter rest period they should be dry and cool. Notocactus Turecekianus: Native from South America . This plant has a very dark green body it almost looks black and long yelloish spines. Notocactus Plant Care: they like a warm bright location, not in the full sun, water during the summer, they need good drainage soil, in winter rest period they should be dry and cool. Opuntias Opuntia Diademata: it is native of Argentina. This plant is grayish- green, with a potato shape joints that are 2" long by 1 1/2" wide, tubercles are not very prominent except on new growth, they have 1 to 4 whitish spines that are long, wide, soft and curved, The flowers are pale yellow. Opuntia Gosseliniana: Native from Mexico. Shrublike plant, ramifying from base, the disk shape leaves are wider than longer, spines appear only on the upper part of the disk, sometimes the spines are absent, flowers are yellow. Opuntia Subulata: it is native of Southern Peru. This stiff, shrub-like plant grows tall in its natural habitat. Its main stem is 2 1/2" to 4" in diameter and puts out cylindrical lateral shoots, stems and branches are green and have long tubercles that protrude at the top and are flattened toward their base. White felted areoles are born at the apex of the tubercle, there are one, two or sometimes more spines. Flowers are born near the tips of the shoots. You are bidding on two healthy stems. Opuntia Care: easy smaller species can be kept inside, lager ones can be placed outside in a very hot and sunny spot in the summer, moderate watering, during winter they should not be completely dry, heavy fertilizing from time to time is essential, it propagates from cuttings of joints placed on pure dry sand. Rebutias Rebutia Narvaecensis: Native from Bolivia. A clustering species with a grayish green globular stem. It has about 18 - 22 spirally arranged ribs set with low tubercles. The creamy brown felted areoles bear white or brown spines, 20 - 30 radials 1/10 to 1/5 inch long and up to six hardly distinguishable centrals. They flower in summer, the blooms are diurnal and are pale rose pink about 1 3/4 " long. Rebutia Perplexa: A native of Bolivia, they grow at altitudes up to 11,500 feet. It is low, compressed and globular with many sprouts growing out of the base. Instead of ribs the plant has spirally arranged tubercles, the spines are thin and light, the colorful pink blooms are often so numerous that they cover the entire plant. Rebutia Plant Care: Easy. Locate in an airy and sunny place. Allow to dry between watering. During winter rest period should be kept absolutely dry and very cool. They need cacti soil with good drainage. Schlumbergera " Christmas Cactus" Schlumbergera also commonly known as Christmas Cactus: it is an epiphylic shrub the flowers are a long funnel shape tube, flowers bloom by day usually on the winter months that's why its called Christmas Cactus. Stetsonia Coryne: native from Argentina, this species is the only one of its genus. It is a candle shape plant that grows up to 26 ft high., it branches, innitially the branches ae blueish green, turning grayish green latter, the spines are yellowish brown and latter they become white with a dark tip. Stetsonia Plant Care: let dry between waterings, do not water the plant, just the soil, use good drainage soil. Sulcorebutias Sulcorebutia Arenacea: Native from Bolivia. The body is , yellowish greenish with about 30 ribs. Spines 14-16 whitish yellowish give a sandy effect, they are 5 mm long. The flowers are golden yellow and measure 1 inch long. Sulcorebutia Rauschii: Native of Bolivia. This globular dwarf cacti is highly valued by cactus lovers. Their epidermis is black-green to violet. Only an inch tall, it produces magenta pink blossoms. Sulcorebutia Plant Care: they like plenty of light and fresh air, the soil should be very permeable. In winter the plants should be kept in bright, cool, dry conditions. In spring they should be spray over, once the buds are visible the plant should be watered to prevent the buds drying out, after flowering reduce the quantity of water given, for the summer dormant period. Thelocactus Hexaedrophorus: Native from Mexico ( San Luis Potosi ) It is a bluish to grayish green more or less globular body, the 12 to 13 ribs are divided into six sided tubercles, there are 6 to 9 yellowish radial spines and one central, witch is often absent. Flowers are pinkish with a creamy white center, they are 2 1/2 inches long, they appear in the summer. Thelocactus Plant Care: the location should be very sunny, warm and airy, water carefully ensure proper drainage to avoid wet soil, in the winter they should be kept completely dry . Uebelmannia Pectinifera: Native of Brazil, it grows there at elevations of 3,300 feet. The globular, slightly cylindrical cactus has ribs running vertically. The body is red brown and its covered by a waxy gray coating. The dark brown spines stand erect in close-set clusters, The flowers remain small and are greenish yellow. Uebelmannia Plant Care: They like a sunny and warm spot. They like to be sprinkled on sunny winter days, during winter kept them not entirely dry. Use a cacti soil with good drainage.



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