Phytographica
Monday, March 15, 2010
Adansonia digitata
(African baobab).
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My baobabs make me happy, but more on that later. There are 8 different species of baobab--6 from Madagascar and 1 each from mainland Africa...
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Phoenix dactylifera
(date palm).
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Palms are rather amazing trees that have been used by humans for thousands of years. Palm trees are members of the palm family, Aracaceae (w...
Friday, February 26, 2010
Crassula ovata
(jade plant).
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Ah, the common jade plant. I used to really love this type of shrubby succulent, but now I find them a bore. My grandmother had a large one ...
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Synsepalum dulcificum
(miracle fruit plant).
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On to something a little more exotic . . . something miraculous? I first heard about the miracle fruit a couple of years ago, although it ha...
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Euphorbia pulcherrima
(poinsettia).
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Euphorbia pulcherrima are extremely popular, and are practically ubiquitous around the holidays. The common name, poinsettia, is often misp...
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Pachypodium lealii v. saundersii
(Star of Lundi).
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This is another one of my wife's plants. Pachypodia are members of the dogbane (Apocynum, Greek for dogbane or poison to dogs) family f...
Monday, January 25, 2010
Annona cherimola
(cherimoya).
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Chermoyas are part of the custard-apple (Annona) family and are native to the northern Andes. Annona is the Taíno (a native people of the C...
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