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Aloe Yucca - habit

Aloe Yucca - Yucca aloifolia

Family: Asparagaceae Yucca aloifolia is the type species for the genus Yucca. Common names include aloe yucca, dagger plant, and Spanish bayonet. It grows in sandy soils, especially on sand dunes along the coast. Yucca aloifolia is native to the Atlantic…
Ananas ananassoides

Ananas - Ananas ananassoides

Synonyms: Acanthostachys ananassoides, Ananas ananassoides, Ananas comosus var. ananassoides, Ananas comosus var. microstachys, Ananas guaraniticus, Ananas microstachys, Ananas microstachys var. nanus, Ananas nanus, Ananas sativus var. microstachysFamily:…
Archontophoenix

Archontophoenix - Archontophoenix

Family: Arecaceae
Balloon plant - seeds and pappus

Balloon plant - Asclepias physocarpa

Family: Apocynaceae Other names: Balloon Cotton Bush, Balloonplant, Cotton Bush, Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush Gomphocarpus physocarpus, commonly known as balloonplant, balloon cotton-bush, bishop's balls, nailhead, or swan plant, is a species of milkweed.…
Bamboo Orchid - flower

Bamboo Orchid - Arundina graminifolia

Synonyms: Bletia graminifolia, Arundina bambusifolia, Arundina speciosaFamily: Orchidaceae - orchids Location: Maui Arundina graminifolia is a terrestrial, perennial orchid with reedy stems, forming into large clumps growing to a height between 70 cm…
Spathodea campanulata

Bignoneaceae seedlings promotion

Dear Friend I hereby introduce you to the family of flora with the most beautiful flowers on the planet earth. The family of Bignoniaceae! With moderate resistance to low temperatures and ideal for moderate temperature climates, the five species that…
Bloodflower - flowers and leaves

Bloodflower - Asclepias curassavica

Other names: Bastard Ipecacuana, Bloodflower Milkweed, Cotton Bush, False Ipecac, Madagascar Cotton Bush, Milkweed, Milky Cotton Bush, Red Cotton, Red Head, Red Head Cotton Bush, Red-headed Cottonbush, Scarlet Milkweed, Silkweed, Wallflower Cotton Bush,…
Calico flower - seed pods

Calico flower - Aristolochia littoralis

Family: Aristolochiaceae Aristolochia littoralis (calico flower, elegant Dutchman's pipe) is a species of evergreen deciduous vine belonging to the Aristolochiaceae family. Aristolochia littoralis is a climbing vine that can reach about 3–4.5 metres…
Cassava - variegata

Cassava - Manihot esculenta

Synonyms: Janipha manihot, Jatropha manihot, Manihot aipi, Manihot dulcis, Manihot esculentus, Manihot manihot, Manihot melanobasisFamily: Euphorbiaceae Manihot esculenta (commonly called cassava, yuca, manioc, "mandioca" and Brazilian arrowroot) is a…
Chironia gratissima

Cosmic insanity

There are two magical places, paradises of flora in the province of Manica, Mozambique. Not living more than one hundred and fifty years is able to forget these places, absolutely magic, that are the mountains of Serra Choa and Tsetserra, this last one…
Crabs Eye

Crab's Eye - Abrus precatorius

Abrus precatorius, known commonly as jequirity, Crab's eye, or crab's eye creeper, cock's eyes, rosary pea, paternoster pea, love pea, precatory pea or bean, prayer bead, John Crow Bead, coral bead, red-bead vine, country licorice, Indian licorice, wild…
Gui mu - leaves

Gui mu - Artocarpus nitidus subsp. lingnanensis

Family: Moraceae Location: Maui
Haleakala silversword - flowers

Haleakala silversword - Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum

Family: Asteraceae
Karo

Karo - Pittosporum crassifolium

Family: Pittosporaceae Other names: Stiffleaf Cheesewood Variegatum at Kula Experiment Station, Maui. May 28, 1998
Kwai Muk - leaves

Kwai Muk - Artocarpus hypargyraeus

Synonyms: Artocarpus lingnanensis; Artocarpus hypargyraeusFamily: Moraceae Location: Maui
Marlberry - habit

Marlberry - Ardisia escallonioides

Other names: Marlberry, dogberry Synonyms: Ardisia pickeringia, Bladhia paniculata, Cyrilla paniculata, Icacorea paniculata, Pickeringia paniculata, Tinus escallonioides, Tinus pickeringiaFamily: Primulaceae Ardisia escallonioides, the Island marlberry,…
Mexican poppy - leaves

Mexican poppy - Argemone mexicana

Synonyms: Argemone leiocarpa, Other names: Mexican Prickly Poppy, Mexican Prickly-poppy, Mexican Pricklypoppy Family: Papaveraceae Argemone mexicana (Mexican poppy, Mexican prickly poppy, flowering thistle, cardo or cardosanto) is a species of poppy found…
Pedalai - leaves

Pedalai - Artocarpus sericicarpus

Other names: gomihan, gumihan Family: Moraceae Location: Maui The tree originates from northern Borneo (Sarawak), Malaysia (Sabah),[3] the Philippines and Indonesia (Maluku Islands, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, and is most commonly found in humid tropics with…
Cajanus cajan

Pigeon pea - Cajanus cajan

The pigeon pea ( Cajanus cajan) is a perennial legume from the family Fabaceae. Since its domestication in India at least 3,500 years ago, its seeds have become a common food grain in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It is consumed on a large scale mainly…
Ananas comosus

Pina - Ananas comosus

Synonyma: Ananas ananas, Ananas argentata, Ananas aurata, Ananas bracteatus, Ananas bracteatus var. hondurensis, Ananas bracteatus var. paraguayensis, Ananas coccineus, Ananas comosus f. sativus, Ananas comosus var. variegatus, Ananas debilis, Ananas…
Protea eximia

Protea eximia - Protea eximia

Synonyms: Protea latifolia Protea eximia, the broad-leaved sugarbush is a shrub that may become a small tree, which occurs in mountain fynbos on mainly acidic sandy soils; the species was very well known under its old name of Protea latifolia. The flowers…
Shoebutton - leaves and fruits

Shoebutton - Ardisia elliptica

Synonyms: Ardisia kotoensis, Ardisia polycephala, Ardisia squamulosa, Bladhia elliptica, Bladhia squamulosa, Tinus squamulosaOther names: Ardisia, Shoebutton Ardisia, Shoebutton Ardisia Ardisia elliptica is an evergreen tree, also known as the shoebutton…
Medinilla speciosa

Showy Asian Grapes - Medinilla speciosa

Medinilla speciosa, common name Showy Asian Grapes, is a perennial epiphytic plant in the genus Medinilla, belomging to the Melastomataceae family. Medinilla speciosa reaches on average a height of 45–60 centimetres (18–24 in). This evergreen shrub…
Sugar Cane

Sugar Cane - Saccharum officinarum

Other names: Sugarcane Family: Poaceae Sugarcane, or sugar cane, are several species of tall perennial true grasses of the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae, native to the warm temperate to tropical regions of South Asia and Melanesia, and used for…
Aloe swynnertonnii

The Aloe beauty

Dear Friend Allow me to present one of the most important flora genera on the planet Earth. The genus Aloe! With more than 400 species already classified, essentially concentrated on the island of Madagascar and southern Africa, these plants are related…
Paphiopedilum

Venus slipper - Paphiopedilum

Synonyms: incl. Cordula, MenephoraOther names: Slippers, Slipper Family: Orchidaceae - orchids Paphiopedilum, often called the Venus slipper, is a genus of the Lady slipper orchid subfamily Cypripedioideae of the flowering plant family Orchidaceae. The…