What's in a Name? Graptopetalum paraguayense, Ghost Plant, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
No, this pretty succulent is not from Paraguay but possibly from Mexico. The complicated history of its confusing naming for Paraguay dates back to the Green House of one Frank Weinberg at Woodside, Long Island, NY, USA, in 1904. The story has been extensively unraveled by Myron Kimnach and Reid Morgan in 1986 (www.crassulaceae.com/crassulaceae.com/botanik/pflanzen/bo...) so I needn't tell it here.
What's in a Name? Graptopetalum paraguayense, Ghost Plant, Hortus Botanicus, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
No, this pretty succulent is not from Paraguay but possibly from Mexico. The complicated history of its confusing naming for Paraguay dates back to the Green House of one Frank Weinberg at Woodside, Long Island, NY, USA, in 1904. The story has been extensively unraveled by Myron Kimnach and Reid Morgan in 1986 (www.crassulaceae.com/crassulaceae.com/botanik/pflanzen/bo...) so I needn't tell it here.