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Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Euphorbia obesa
Common Name(s): Basketball, Sea Urchin, Baseball, Living Baseball, Gingham, Golf ball, Vetmensie
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Green, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Astrophytum myriostigma
Common Name(s): Bishop's Cap, Bishop's Hat, Bishop's Miter Cactus
Synonym(s): Echinocactus myriostigma, Astrophytum prismaticum, Astrophytum columnare, Astrophytum coahuilense, Astrophytum tulense
Native Habitat: Chihuahua, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas - Mexico
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Parodia aureicentra
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Parodia rauschii, Parodia varicolor, Parodia muhrii
Native Habitat: Salta - Argentina
Flower: Magenta, Red
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinocereus rigidissimus
Common Name(s): Arizona Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus, Sonoran Rainbow Cactus
Synonym(s): Cereus pectinatus, Echinocereus pectinatus
Native Habitat: Chihuahua, Sonora - Mexico : Arizona, New Mexico - United States
Flower: Pink, Red
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Echeveria purpusorum
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Urbinia purpusii, Echeveria purpusii, Dudleya Purpusii
Native Habitat: Oaxaca, Puebla - Mexico
Flower: Orange, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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We have had a very warm winter, temperatures up in the 70's & 80's. My garden thinks it is Spring, but it really is not, I am trying really hard not to cut and feed because we could still see winter temps. But I am enjoying all the blooms and color, especially of all my succulents.
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Parodia aureicentra
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Parodia rauschii, Parodia varicolor, Parodia muhrii
Native Habitat: Salta - Argentina
Flower: Magenta, Red
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Gymnocalycium eurypleurum
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Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Paraguay
Flower Color(s): Pink, White
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinopsis saltensis
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Lobivia saltensis, Echinopsis cachensis, Lobivia cachensis, Lobivia nealeana, Hymenorebutia nealeana, Echinopsis nealeana, Lobivia pseudocachensis, Hymenorebutia pseudocachensis, Echinopsis pseudocachensis, Lobivia emmae
Native Habitat: Salta, Tucaman - Argentina
Flower Color(s): Red
Cultivar Availability: Uncommon
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Zamia furfuracea is a cycad native to southeastern Veracruz state in eastern Mexico. Although not a palm tree (Arecaceae), its growth habit is superficially similar to a palm; therefore it is commonly known as "Cardboard Palm" but the alternate name Cardboard Cycad is preferable. Other names include Cardboard Plant, Cardboard Sago, Jamaican Sago and Mexican Cycad (from Mexican Spanish Cícada Mexicana). The plant's binomial name comes from the Latin zamia, for "pine nut", and furfuracea, meaning "mealy" or "scurfy".
All parts of the plant are poisonous to animals and humans. The toxicity causes liver and kidney failure, as well as eventual paralysis. Dehydration sets in very quickly. No treatment for the poisoning is currently known.
Crews from the Arboretum and Public Garden planting the northernmost section of the La Rue Road median. Photo taken by Katie Hetrick 2.5.14.
Family: Crassulaceae
Genus: Crassula subacaulis f. Campfire
Common Name(s): Campfire Crassula, Red Flames
Synonym(s): Crassula capitella, Crassula erosula
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: White
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Winter Coloration
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria crinita
Common Name(s):
Synonym(s): Ebnerella crinita, Chilita crinita, Mammillaria criniformis, Mammillaria wildii, Mammillaria schelhasii, Ebnerella schelhasii, Mammillaria painteri, Ebnerella painteri, Neomammillaria pygmaea, Mammillaria pygmaea, Ebnerella pygmaea, Chilita pygmaea, Mammillaria aurihamata, Ebnerella aurhamata, Chilita aurihamata, Mammillaria erectohamata, Ebnerella erectohamata, Chilita erectohamata, Mammillaria pubispina, Ebnerella pubispina, Chilita pubispina, Mammillaria zeilmanniana, Ebnerella zeilmanniana, Chilita zeilmanniana, Mammillaria leucantha, Mammillaria gilensis, Ebnerella gilensis, Chilita gilensis, Mammillaria aureoviridis, Mammillaria calleana, Mammillaria mollihamata, Mammillaria monancistracantha, Mammillaria cadereytana, Mammillaria nana, Mammillaria duwei, Mammillaria variabilis, Mammillaria brevicrinita, Mammillaria puberula, Mammillaria moeller-valdeziana, Mammillaria felipensis, Mammillaria tezontle, Mammillaria scheinvariana
Native Habitat: Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico (State), Michoacan de Ocampo, Queretaro de
Arteaga, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas - Mexico
Flower: Magenta, Pink, Red, White, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Music in the Gardens, Sunday June 6th, 2010, the Garden at Lake Merritt.
Photo by Patrick Albin - www.thegardengeek.com/.
Mat Spurge, Chamaesyce polycarpa growing native in Southern California, Ramona. May 2010, full sun, drought tolerant perennial. Groundcover with small white flowers January through December. This plant inhabits dry sandy slopes and trails. Chamaesyce polycarpa can withstand occasional foot traffic.
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Opuntia aciculata var. orbiculata
Common Name(s): Chenille Prickly Pear
Synonym(s):
Native Habitat: Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas - Mexico : Southern Texas - United States
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common Locally in Some Areas
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Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Argyroderma delaetii
Common Name(s): Living Stone, Living Rock, Egg Plant
Synonym(s): Argyroderma speciosum, Argyroderma leucanthum, Argyroderma longipes, Argyroderma splendens, Argyroderma planum, Argyroderma lesliei, Argyroderma productum, Argyroderma reniforme, Argyroderma schuldtii, Argyroderma brevitubum, Argyroderma roseum, Argyroderma aureum, Argyroderma concinnum, Argyroderma australe, Argyroderma blandum, Argyroderma boreale, Argyroderma citrinum, Argyroderma densipetalum, Argyroderma formosum, Argyroderma gregarium, Argyroderma latifolium
Native Habitat: Knersvlakte, Little Namaqualand; South Africa
Flower: Pink, Purple
Cultivar Availability: Unusual
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria elongata
Common Name(s): Ladyfinger Cactus
Synonym(s): Chilita elongata, Leptocladodia elongata, Mammillaria echinaria, Chilita echinaria
Native Habitat: Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Queretaro de Arteaga – Mexico
Flower: Pink, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Echinocereus rigidissimus
Common Name(s): Arizona Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus, Sonoran Rainbow Cactus
Synonym(s): Cereus pectinatus, Echinocereus pectinatus
Native Habitat: Chihuahua, Sonora - Mexico : Arizona, New Mexico - United States
Flower: Magenta, Pink, Red
Cultivar Availability: Common
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This tenacious succulent seen here overflowing a 6" pot in my patio garden. Quite a lot of growth since I photographed it in August.
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Coryphantha elephantidens
Common Name(s): Elephant's Tooth, Starry Ball
Synonym(s): Mammillaria elephantidens, Mammillaria recurvispina, Coryphantha recurvispina, Mammillaria bumamma, Coryphantha bumamma, Coryphantha greenwoodii, Coryphantha garessii
Native Habitat: Michoacan de Ocampo, Morelos - Mexico
Flower Color(s): Pink, Purple, White
Cultivar Availability: Fairly Common
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Los Angeles Air Force Base's 61st Civil Engineering and Logistics Squadron uses drought-tolerant plants and landscaping known as "xeriscaping" to minimize water use as part of Air Force resource conservation efforts. Many xeriscaped areas on the base are only watered once a month or not at all. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarah Corrice/RELEASED.)
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria elongata
Common Name(s): Ladyfinger Cactus
Synonym(s): Chilita elongata, Leptocladodia elongata, Mammillaria echinaria, Chilita echinaria
Native Habitat: Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Queretaro de Arteaga – Mexico
Flower: Pink, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Asphodelaceae
Genus: Kumara plicatilis
Common Name(s): Fan Aloe
Synonym(s): Aloe plicatilis, Aloe plicatilis major, Aloe lingua, Aloe tripetala, Aloe disticha plicatilis, Aloe flabelliformis, Aloe linguaeformis
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Orange, Red, Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Faucaria tigrina
Common Name(s): Tiger's Jaw
Synonym(s): Mesembryanthemum tigrinum
Native Habitat: South Africa
Flower: Yellow
Cultivar Availability: Common
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My wife and I have been converting our landscaping to plants that are more drought tolerant because we live in an area of southern California that gets very little rain, and water rationing is coming. My wife has been learning about, and bringing in and planting a wonderful array of succulents. I never knew anything about them, but I've come to really appreciate the strange beauty and variety of these plants, when I take the time to really look at them, as I'm forced to do if I want to light and photograph them properly.
This was lit very simply with just one SB600 with a snoot to focus the light (like a spotlight). I experimented with adding other lights to make more balanced and even light, but I found that the image I liked best was this simple one. The strobe was triggered by the pop up flash on my D90 in commander mode.
Other plants and flowers that I've photographed using strobes can be seen in my Strobe Lit Plant set. In the description, I list resources that I've used to learn how to light with off camera flash. www.flickr.com/photos/9422878@N08/sets/72157628079460544/...