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 ...
Mini-Show Cactus October 2017: Copiapoa A genus of cacti from the dry coastal deserts, particularly the Atacama Desert, of northern Chile. Read More ...
Mini-Show Succulent September 2017: Adenium, Adenia These 2 caudiciform genera, are unrelated except that they are both from Africa and Southeast Asia and are named after the country Aden. Read More ...
Mini-Show Cactus September 2017: Astrophytum Astrophytum (Bishop's Hat) is a (mostly) star shaped cactus from north/central Mexico and southern Texas, USA. Read More ...
Mini-Show Succulent August 2017: Sedum, Pachyphytum, Sempervivum These 3 genera, in the Crassulaceae family, include plants from many parts of the world. Read More ...
Mini-Show Cactus August 2017: Ariocarpus Ariocarpus is one of the treasures of the world of Cacti, from Central to Northern Mexico and Southern Texas. Read More ...