Mini-Show Cactus January 2018: Mammillaria – Hooked Spines Mammillaria is one of the larger genera in the Cactus family, and one of the most variable. Read More ...
Mini-Show Succulent January 2018: Caudiciform (Beaucarnia, Calibanus, Dioscorea, Fockea, etc.) Caudiciform plants, also known as ‘Fat Plants’, are a grouping of many totally unrelated plants all having a fat, short, swollen stem-trunk. Read More ...
Mini-Show Succulent November 2017: Variegated All variegates are mutants. Something has gone wrong with the cellular structure of the leaf or stem growth tip (apical meristem) of the plant. Read More ...
Mini-Show Cactus November 2017: Crest and Monstrose The three most common types of mutation are crests, monstrose growth and variegation. All of these are mutations of the cellular structure. Read More ...
Mini-Show Succulent October 2017: Lithops, Conophytum Sometimes called "Living Stones". Read More ...