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[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?: 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?: 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?: Cereus cactus (Cereus repandus)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Cereus cactus (Cereus repandus) is generally 2 to 4 feet tall when grown as a houseplant. Its short but sharp spines are borne on columnar blue-green stems. Only large, older specimens will flower, but when they do, it is a show. The flowers are huge, […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Golden barrel cactus (Echinocactus grusonii) is the most widely grown houseplant cactus. It is a sculptural plant of great character and beauty, deeply furrowed and strongly ribbed. Dense golden spines on the tops of the ribs are long and straight, sometimes slightly curved, and occa- sionally […]

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

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Most of the time when you find a cactus labeled “ball cactus,” it will be one of the 25 or moreParodia species. As youngsters, all ball cacti are indeed round as a ball, but as they age they become columnar. They have deep furrows between raised […]

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

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Three of the approximately 450 species of aga- ves, many of them very attractive specimens, are often grown as houseplants. Parry’s agave (Agave parryi), like all its cousins, is an evergreen suc- culent perennial. It has stiff, thick, 12-inch-long steel-blue leaves shaped like broadswords and […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Moth orchid (Phalaenopsis, Doritis)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Moth orchids are species and hybrids in the gen- era Phalaenopsis and Doritis, and their interge- neric cross, ×Doritaenopsis. All are epiphytes in nature (they never grow in soil), and any one of the many available kinds would be a sophis- ticated addition to your home. […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Flaming sword (Vriesea splendens)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH Flaming sword (Vriesea splendens) is a brome- liad common in garden centers, supermarkets, and big box stores. It’s a popular houseplant both for its impressive, bright red inflores- cence and for its colorful leaves, whose alter- nating cross-wise bands of maroon and silvery green look […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Persian violet (Exacum affine)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Mai Nhung ENGLISH When in full bloom Persian violet (Exacum affine) is a knockout. And it is very easy to grow—for a while. But if you acquire one as an impulse purchase, don’t be disappointed when it gives up the ghost despite your best efforts to keep it alive. […]

[Ebook Việt Hoá] What’s wrong with my houseplant?: Florist azalea (Rhododendron)

Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH A classic Mother’s Day gift, the florist azalea is a hybrid evergreen shrub derived from various Rhododendron species. Unlike deciduous aza- leas, these evergreen types are not hardy and cannot tolerate freezing temperatures. They are grown in greenhouses and forced into bloom as spring holiday gifts. […]

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