Persepolis is the Greek name for the ancient city of Parsa, located 70 miles northeast of Shiraz in present-day Iran. The name Parsa meant “City of The Persians” and...
Within the genus Quiabentia, there are two species: one found in Brazil and the other in Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina.
There was early and lingering...
Polaskia is named after Charles Polaski, an amateur American. In 1905, Robert Roland-Gosselin described two large cacti that grow in the dry, cactus-rich area...
Habitat: The Polaskia chichipe succulent cactus grows in xerophytic shrubland. Plants are treelike, branching more or less terminally to form distinct crowns up to...
Description: George Engelmann named the barrel-cactus variation Ferocactus cylindraceus in 1853. This unusual cactus poses a threat to plant collectors due to its exquisite...
Family: Ferocactus emoryi is a species of the family Cactaceae in the order Caryophyllales.
Genus: It is a barrel cactus in the genus Ferocactus.
Habitat: Ferocactus...
Family: Turbinicarpus knuthianus is a species of the family Cactaceae.
Altitude: About 1,700 meters above sea level.
Scientific Name: Turbinicarpus knuthianus (Boedeker) V. John & Riha...
Matucana intertexta plants are usually solitary. The stunning flowers are oblique, pale orange to vermilion to scarlet, with violet margins, 7–10.5 cm (2.8–4.1 inches) long,...