Orange Trumpet Creeper (Pyrostegia venusta), a member of the Bignonia family (Bignoniaceae), is an impressive tropical vine native to South America, but nowadays a well-liked creeper in many tropical countries. The Orange Trumpet Creeper (Pyrostegia venusta) requires full sun and blooms mostly in winter in cascades of orange tubular flowers. The plant can climb up [read more...]

Pachyphytum compactum Rose 1911 with its colorful flowers is a succulent plant belonging to the orpine family (Crassulaceae). Pachyphytum compactum is native to the mexican federal states Hidalgo and Querétaro and grows on shady cliffs in altitudes of 2000 meters. Primarily this orpine plant has been described by the American botanist Joseph Nelson Rose in [read more...]

Camellia sasanqua Thunb., commonly called Christmas Camellia, is an evergreen shrub belonging to the Theaceae family. The most well-known representative of the Camellia genus is for sure the tea plant (Camellia sinensis). The beautiful red Camellia sasanqua is native to the coastal forests of southern Japan and has been cultivated in Japan, where the …

Huernia macrocarpa (A. Rich.) Sprenger 1892 is a succulent plant, belonging to the milkweed family (Apocynaceae) and the same subfamily Asclepiadoideae as the beautiful Hoya plants. The succulent Huernia macrocarpa has been described primarily by the French botanist Achille Richard (1794-1852) in the year 1851 as Stapelia macrocarpa. 1892 the species has been transfered to [read more...]