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 […]
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Biên tập: Dũng Cá Xinh Người dịch: Huyền Nguyễn ENGLISH The most widespread and commonly avail- able tiger jaws is Faucaria tigrina, with F. felinaa close second. The name of the genus comes from the Latin fauces (“animal mouth”), and the leaves, borne in opposite pairs, do indeed look like the gaping maw of an animal’s mouth, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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, […]