Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.) is the familiar cactus with flat pads that look like the ears on a Mickey Mouse hat. You’ve probably seen it in dozens of cowboy movies and western landscape paint- ings. The origin of the common name is obvi- ous: both […]
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Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Super easy to grow and tolerant of benign neglect, panda plant (Kalanchoe tomentosa) is among the most forgiving of all houseplants. It is a succulent, with thick, water-storing leaves, so it doesn’t need much water, and it’s very well adapted to the dry air of […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH There are more than 7,000 named hybrids and species in this cactus group, all with huge, stunningly gorgeous flowers in every shade of purple-red, red, pink, orange, apricot, yellow, white, and multicolor blends. Orchid cacti are mainly Epiphyllum species and their selections but also intergeneric hybrids […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Mother of thousands (Bryophyllum daigre- montianum) has thick, evergreen, succulent “leaves”—actually leaf-like structures called cladodes—6 to 8 inches long and 3 inches wide. They are blue-green on the upper surface, blotched with purple on the undersurface, and have saw-toothed, sometimes purple edges. The teeth are […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH “Bizarre,” “unbelievable,” and “amazing” are some of the things people say when they first see a living stone (Lithops spp.). It looks noth- ing like a plant but does look exactly like a stone, or pair of stones, actually. Two rounded leaves, separated by a […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Kalanchoes (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana) are attrac- tive little plants that appear in full bloom by the thousands every winter holiday season. They have very large clusters of very small flowers in brilliant shades of red, pink, orange, white, and yellow. Some people choose to treat kalan- choe […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH A handsome small tree with multiple trunks, sturdy limbs, and succulent leaves, the jade plant (Crassula ovata) is a beloved and common sight in homes everywhere, as well as in offices, pub- lic buildings, and shopping malls. Sometimes sculpted and almost bonsai-like, these plants develop […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Numerous species and hybrids in the genus Ech- everia are called hen and chicks, including E. elegans and E. secunda. These little evergreen beauties are easy to grow and very low mainte- nance. They make splendid potted plants, with a basal rosette of leaves that looks […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Grapefruit- to peanut-sized, these ball-shaped cacti with sharp spines have comparatively huge, outstandingly beautiful flowers. Peanut cactus (Echinopsis chamaecereus) has cylindri- cal stems about 0.5 inch thick and 2 to 3 inches long that resemble peanuts in the shell. The tiny plants produce improbably large, […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH These striking little plants are choice succulents that are easy to grow, low maintenance, and almost indestructible. Haworthias look like min- iature aloes with zebra stripes; the most desir- able species for growing indoors are Haworthia attenuata, H. bolusii, H. fasciata, and H. maxima. These […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Gold lace cactus (Mammillaria elongata) is deceptively small. It begins life in your home with individual stems that look like fingers, each about 6 inches long and 1 inch thick. Soon it begins to produce pups around the base of the stem. These produce more […]
Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Easter cacti (Hatiora gaertneri, H. rosea, and their cross, H. ×graeseri) are true cacti, but they do not live in the desert. Like orchids and bro- meliads, these tropical evergreens are shrubby epiphytes, and in nature they live on tree branches, high in the cool, […]