Plants > Succulents
The Bushman’s Pipe (Ceropegia ampliata) is an exquisite and architecturally bizarre succulent climber endemic to the dry thickets and bushveld slopes of eastern South Africa. Belonging to the dogbane family Apocynaceae, this virtually leafless scrambler is...
Plants > Succulents
The Beautiful Graptopetalum (Tacitus bellus, also classified as Graptopetalum bellum) is widely celebrated as one of the most spectacularly flowering succulents in the Americas. Discovered in 1972 by Alfred Lau in the rugged mountain barrancas of northwestern Mexico,...
Plants > Succulents
The Climbing Onion (Bowiea volubilis), also known as the Zulu potato or sea onion, is an extraordinary, bizarre succulent geophyte native to the semi-arid bushveld and rocky hills of southern and eastern Africa. Celebrated across the botanical world for its surreal...
Plants > Succulents
The Zulu Giant (Stapelia gigantea), famously hailed across the botanical world as the giant carrion flower or starfish cactus, is a bizarre and magnificent succulent perennial native to the arid bushveld of southern Africa. Despite resembling a spineless cactus, it...
Plants > Succulents
Elephant’s Foot (Dioscorea elephantipes), formerly known as Testudinaria elephantipes and frequently called Hottentot’s bread, is an extraordinary, pachycaul succulent geophyte endemic to the arid semi-desert regions of southern South Africa. Renowned...
Plants > Succulents
The Santa Barbara Island Liveforever (Dudleya traskiae) is an exceedingly rare succulent perennial belonging to the stonecrop family (Crassulaceae), native exclusively to a single tiny volcanic landmass off the coast of Southern California. Named in honor of...
