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[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Mother of thousands (Bryophyllum daigremontianum)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Mother of thousands (Bryophyllum daigremontianum)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Living stone (Lithops spp.)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Living stone (Lithops spp.)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Jade plant (Crassula ovata)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Hen and chicks (Echeveria)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Hen and chicks (Echeveria)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Hedgehog cactus (Echinopsis chamaecereus)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Hedgehog cactus (Echinopsis chamaecereus)

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, […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Haworthia (Haworthia attenuata)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Gold lace cactus (Mammillaria elongata)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Gold lace cactus (Mammillaria elongata)

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Easter cactus (Hatiora gaertneri)

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, […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Donkey tail (Sedum morganianum)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Super easy and low maintenance, donkey tail (Sedum morganianum) makes a delightfully odd companion because its long, dangling stems really do look like the thick tails of some animals—except that they’re gorgeous, waxy, and blue-green. The stems are clothed in hundreds of small, 0.75-inch-long, fleshy, blue-green, teardrop-shaped […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Crown-of-thorns (Euphorbia milii)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Crown-of-thorns (Euphorbia milii)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH This sprawling, succulent, woody shrub hails from Madagascar. So, although its common name is picturesque and accurately describes its densely spiny stems, crown-of-thorns (Euphor- bia milii) was not the plant used in the crucifix- ion of Christ. Crown-of-thorns gets 2 feet tall, at most, indoors […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera russelliana)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera russelliana)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH Christmas cacti (Schlumbergera russelliana, S.×buckleyi, and S. truncata) are true cacti, like their desert-dwelling cousins, but unlike them they are tropical evergreens. These leafless, spineless, shrubby epiphytes have jointed, flat- tened, leaf-like stems. Each joint of the stem is a flat, 1.5-inch-long pad with soft, […]

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