APOCYNACEAE

A look at the beatiful and interesting family of Apocynaceae and it's members.( sometimes other plant based subjects may be posted)

[cedar-glade]

Little umbels of consistent white dot the logging road in shaded transitional forbe mosaics as June leaves May behind. Lucky, always lucky to see, four leaves in a whorl. Shade tolerant milkweed, the earliest woodland Asclepias. Here I struggle to get lighting for the shots as mixed mesophytic transitions to alkaline mesic hillside; both hydrology, soil chemistry change as a hidden ecotone in the woods shows it’s self through it’s subtlety.

Asclepias quadrifolia,

Four leaf milkweed.

[lovecraftsgarden]

Orbea lutea subsp. vaga

(via)

[doomhope]

[ID: A flower with an unusual shape; it looks like a red and yellow starfish set on a sort of nest of flower bud shapes, which are green with red paint-like marks on the sides. /End ID]

[syngoniums]

Amorphophallus impressus!

[themarchingbeetle]

[stimman4000]

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[syngoniums]

Pearl milkvine (Matelea reticulata).

[plantanarchy]

Hoya carnosa going a bit wild in the south window

[lionfloss]

Caralluma socotrana

[lionfloss]

Ondrej V.

[hottiehorti]

Another less-seen plant! Or at least I dun think I saw it in my feed.

When I bought them, they really looked like unruly snakes twining around each other. I repotted them immediately when I got home, and laid them as neatly as I could 🤣 one of the "strands" rotted, but the rest seems fine. And now, I see 3 new heads appearing! Fingers crossed for these to do well with me :3 I can't keep snakes as pets, but these are good alternatives 🤭

ID: unknown Echidnopsis (even the guy manning the store wasn't sure). I guess I'll have to wait til they flower (hope one day they do) to find out!

[hottiehorti]

What's with snakes and apples? 🤔 Reminds you of a story doesn't it?

Nah I'm just kidding; don't be mad 🤭 Sorry for being blasphemous.

Anyway, I couldn't believe one of them flowered. I've only ever killed 1948293 Echidnopsis; who knew one would happily grow under my care, let alone flower?

[gamosepalous-5lobed]

E. malum @hottiehorti​

[strwbrryskies]

hi!! i bought this hoya today but completely forgot to ask what the name is 🙄🙄 i think it’s just a classic carnosa but if anyone could let me know i’d greatly appreciate it!! the new leaves are coming in very dark red/purple?? very cool

[little-garden-of-mine]

Ceropegia sandersonii

I can't take my eyes off these beautiful flowers. 💕

[artisticlog-deactivated20231213]

Hoodia Gordonii 🌵🌿🍃

[lookingattheedgeoftime]

[na-volgen]

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Fancy wasps (and everybody else) love milkweed.  San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Cochise County, Arizona, July 2020.