Cactus

      Yellow Cardinal – One in a Million Bird

      Did you see Yellow Cardinal ever? Jeremy Black, an Alabama wedding and wildlife photographer, spent almost five hours in a friend’s backyard with the optimism of capturing an image...

      Eastern Box Turtle (box turtles)

      Order Testudines, Family Emydidae The Eastern Box Turtle is the most terrestrial of the Emydid turtles, having close-fitting shells...

      Onion – ‘Allium cepa’

      For a low-maintenance crop, try growing onions. They are raised from seed or from sets, which are specially...

      Forget-Me-Not or Myosotis Sylvatica Flower

      Hardy biennials are often grown as hardy annuals, forget-me-nots or Myosotis Sylvatica Flower are typically bright blue but...

      The Manyar Weaver (Ploceus manyar) Horsfield 1821

      Family: The Manyar Weaver (Ploceus manyar) is a species of weaver bird of the family Ploceidae in the...

      Quiabentia (Britton & Rose 1923)

      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 chende (Roland-Gosselin) A. C. Gibson & K. E. Horak 1978

      Polaskia chende looks like tree cacti, branching terminally to 4 m (13 feet) high with distinct trunks to 80 cm (31 in) high and...

      Polaskia: A Tree-Like Cacti

      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...

      Polaskia chichipe: Elegant cactus that resembles a columnar tree

      Habitat: The Polaskia chichipe succulent cactus grows in xerophytic shrubland. Plants are treelike, branching more or less terminally to form distinct crowns up to...

      Ferocactus cylindraceus (Engelmann) Orcutt 1926

      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...

      Ferocactus emoryi (Engelmann) Orcutt 1926

      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...

      Turbinicarpus knuthianus: A Masterclass in Cactus Elegance

      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 krahnii: Stunning little clustering cactus

      Matucana krahnii is a species of matucana in the family CACTACEAE. There are more than five known locations in Peru where this cactus can...

      Matucana intertexta

      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,...