Chinese lantern plant. South Africa, 2025
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oozey mess
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Chinese lantern plant. South Africa, 2025
Breathtaking wild succulents.
South Africa, 2025
Red Stems / Hawaii
×Puckia 'Sparkle'
The × at the beginning of this name means that it is not a true genus, but rather a cross between 2 different genera - in this case, Puya and Dyckia. Its parentage is said to include Puya laxa, Dyckia platyphylla, and Dyckia fosteriana. It would be hard to guess how these 3 might combine, but i find the flower color to be hard to square with this listed parentage. How did it get pale yellow petals, when those of P. laxa are blue-green fading to dark purple, while those of both Dyckia species are orange? I guess we will have to chalk it up to the mysteries of mixing genes. Puya and Dyckia are both in the Bromeliad Family and native to South America.
-Brian
Plant of the Day
Saturday 11 April 202
In the ‘Life Before Flowers House’ of Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK, there is a display of a range of early-evolution, non-flowering land plants. These include the spore-bearing lycophytes, or clubmosses, with a basket of Huperzia squarrosa (tassel fern). This epiphytic species grows in the rainforest canopy on moss-covered branches and requires humidity.
Jill Raggett
South Africa, 2025
Azalea
we choose it 🌏
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Late winter in Cascadia
Deception Pass Sunset.
Hellebore glowing in the sun.
South Africa, 2025
Aloe
South Africa, 2025
Beschorneria yuccoides 'Flamingo Glow'
The genus Beschorneria is related to Agave and to Yucca, and these are now placed in the subfamily Agavoideae within the Asparagus Family. Beschoneria species occur in Mexico and Central America, and mostly they are found in forested places up in the mountains. Their leaves are like those of some yuccas, but generally they are soft and pliable rather than rigid. The dangling tubular flowers, often featuring reds and greens, are truly wonderful. This one is 'Flamingo Glow', a variegated cultivar of B. yuccoides.
-Brian
Gasteria baylissiana
Gasteria is a genus in the family Asphodelaceae, and it is closely related to Aloe, although it has far fewer species and a much smaller area of occurrence (mostly South Africa). Gasteria baylissiana is a dwarf species, featuring pebbly-textured leaves and flowers with highly inflated bases. It comes from South Africa's Eastern Cape Province.
-Brian
Pelargonium appendiculatum
Pelargonium is a large genus in the Geranium Family, with many of the species native to South Africa. This one is Pelargonium appendiculatum, notable for the soft texture provided by its highly dissected gray-green leaves, as well as its pale yellow flowers with red markings. It comes from north of Cape Town in South Africa's winter-rainfall region, and it goes dormant in the summer.
-Brian