The Complete Handbook of Cacti and Succulents: A Comprehensive Guide to Cacti and Succulents in Their Habitats, to Their Care and Cultivation in House and Greenhouse and to the Genera and Their Species |
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Page 127
... shrubby while others are just herbaceous plants ; the roots of some of the latter are poisonous . Phytolacca dioica L. Fairly well distributed throughout much of South America . A tall succulent tree with thick fleshy roots and equally ...
... shrubby while others are just herbaceous plants ; the roots of some of the latter are poisonous . Phytolacca dioica L. Fairly well distributed throughout much of South America . A tall succulent tree with thick fleshy roots and equally ...
Page 151
... shrubby plant , freely branching . Leaves at terminal ends , very thick and fleshy , pale fresh green , obovate with dentate apex - the surface covered with minute white hairs . Inflorescence hairy with pendent apricot - yellow flowers ...
... shrubby plant , freely branching . Leaves at terminal ends , very thick and fleshy , pale fresh green , obovate with dentate apex - the surface covered with minute white hairs . Inflorescence hairy with pendent apricot - yellow flowers ...
Page 180
... shrubby plants , erect , prostrate or spreading . Of easy culture and very free- flowering . Embraces over 130 species . Lampranthus conspicuus ( Haw . ) N. E. Br . Shrubby with thick creeping branches . Leaves incurved at branch ...
... shrubby plants , erect , prostrate or spreading . Of easy culture and very free- flowering . Embraces over 130 species . Lampranthus conspicuus ( Haw . ) N. E. Br . Shrubby with thick creeping branches . Leaves incurved at branch ...
Contents
Preface | 9 |
Epiphytes and RainForest Cacti and Succulents | 21 |
The Succulents of South America | 95 |
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4-angled Agave apex areoles Argentina back surface Backeb base Bolivia branching freely Brazil bright green brownish Buin Buxb cacti Cactus Cape Province caudex cephalium Cereus Chile closely set clusters cm diameter cm high cm long colour CONOPHYTUM crenate dark green deciduous densely Echinocactus elongated Endemic Engelm Epiphyllum epiphytic erect Euphorbia flattened fleshy Flower white Flowers small Flowers yellow forming fruits genera genus globose globular greyish greyish-green growth hairs includes Inflorescence Kalanchoƫ keeled leaves Lepismium lobes Madagascar Mammillaria margins Mexico Native nocturnal numerous Opuntia pale Peru pink pinkish plant purple purplish radial spines rare in cultivation rare species reddish Rhipsalis Ritt roots Rose MEXICO rosette rounded S.W. AFRICA Schwant short shrubby slender sometimes South West Africa spiny spreading stalk stems and branches succulent succulent plants tapering terminal ends thick tree-like tube tubercles tuberous Type species upper surface usually whitish yellow flowers yellowish