Danh sách các bài viết có Thẻ: Cactus

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Các tình huống thường gặp khi trồng cây

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Các tình huống thường gặp khi trồng cây

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Every plant portrait lists the most common problems that occur for each plant. However, you may encounter less common problems as well. If something is not quite right with your plants and you’ve ruled out a pest or dis- ease, look at the photos and read […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Culinary Herbs (Thảo mộc gia vị) 

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Culinary Herbs (Thảo mộc gia vị) 

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH What a delight it is to harvest fresh herbs from pots lining your kitchen windowsills. No won- der then that so many people grow certain herbs as houseplants, even if only as temporary ones. All, including many scented-leaf gerani- ums (page 96), have scented, aromatic […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Snake plant (Sansevieria trifasciata)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH We’ve grown this plant, our mothers grew it, and so did our grandmothers. It’s been very pop- ular for a long time. And deservedly so, because it is a handsome plant with a pronounced ver- tical presence; and it is both easy to grow and […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Rat tail cactus (Disocactus flagelliformis)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Rat tail cactus (Disocactus flagelliformis)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH This is another epiphytic cactus, but unlike Christmas cactus, Easter cactus, and orchid cac- tus, rat tail cactus (Disocactus flagelliformis) is spiny, and vehemently so. The shallowly ridged, cylindrical stems are so densely clothed in whitish, orange-brown, or golden yellow spines that sometimes you can barely […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Prickly pear (Opuntia spp.)

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 […]

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

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

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 […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Orchid cactus (Epiphyllum)

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Orchid cactus (Epiphyllum)

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 […]

[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?: 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 […]

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