Fenestraria

Fenestraria is a monotypic genus of succulent plants in the family Aizoaceae. The species is also called babies toes or window plant. On each leaf there is transparent window-like area at the top, it is for these window-like structures that the genus is named (latin: fenestra). In the wild, the plant grows mostly buried by sand. The transparent tips are often above the sand and allow light into the leaves for photosynthesis. F. rhopalophylla is native to Namibia and Namaqualand in southern Africa. The plants are generally found growing in sandy or calciferous soils under low < 100 mm rainfall.

Fenestraria rhopalophylla appears very similar to Frithia pulchra, though the leaves are a slightly different shape and Fenestraria rhopalophylla has yellow flowers, compared to the pink flowers of Fenestraria pulchra.

Daboecia

Daboecia is a small genus in the family Ericaceae, containing two shrubby species, closely related to the genus Erica.

Daboecia differs from European Erica species in having a deciduous corolla which is substantially larger than... more >>>

Kalmia (Mountain Laurel)

Kalmia is a genus of about 7 species of evergreen shrubs from 0.2-5 m tall, in the family Ericaceae. They are native to North America and Cuba.

Kalmia is named after the Finnish botanist Pehr Kalm, who collected it in eastern... more >>>

Decumaria (woodvamp)

Decumaria (woodvamp) is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the family Hydrangeaceae, one (Decumaria barbara) native to the southeastern United States, and the other (Decumaria sinensis) native to central China.

They... more >>>

Vriesea

Vriesea (named for Willem Hendrik de Vriese, Dutch botanist, physician) is the second largest genus of the Tillandsioideae subfamily in the botanical family Bromeliaceae. Containing some of the largest bromeliad species, these tropical plants... more >>>

Berberis - barberry

Berberis (barberry, pepperidge bush) a genus of about 450-500 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs from 1-5 m tall with thorny shoots, native to the temperate and subtropical regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America and South... more >>>