"light rose to deep rose-purple. In cultivation, ""C. aclandiae"" prefers intermediate to warm orchid growing temperatures. Ample water is needed during periods of active growth; less water during the winter. High humidity is appreciated as long as adequate air circulation is present. Grow on cork bark or tree fern mounts or in pots with a coarse, free-draining growing media (fir bark or equivalent). Cattleya aclandiae Cattleya aclandiae (""Lady Ackland's cattleya"") is a species of orchid from the genus ""Cattleya"", named in honor of Lady Lydia Elizabeth Ackland, wife of Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 10th Baronet who was the first European"
"Crescentia cujete Crescentia cujete, commonly known as the Calabash Tree, is species of flowering plant that is native to Central, South America, West Africa and South Africa. It is the national tree of St. Lucia. It is a dicotyledonous plant with simple leaves, which are alternate or in fascicles (clusters) on short shoots. It is naturalized in India. It is also known as Calabacero (Spain), Cuité (Brazil) Totumo (Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru), Tutumo (Bolivia), Taparo (Venezuela), Mate (Ecuador), Huinga (Peru), Pate (Peru), Cuyabra (Colombia), Jícaro (Mexico, Nicaragua), Morro (Guatemala), Güira (Cuba), Cujete (Spain, Philippines), Miracle Fruit (Philippines), Kalbas (Dominica"
"World"" (African and Eurasian) species of ""Lotus"" did not belong in the same genus. ""Ottleya"" was monophyletic. , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Ottleya Ottleya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes). It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah) and to Mexico. ""Ottleya"" belongs to a group of species traditionally placed in the tribe Loteae of the subfamily Faboideae. The taxonomy of this group is complex, and its division into genera has varied considerably. Many species of ""Ottleya"" were formerly placed in"
"Ottleya Ottleya is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae (legumes). It is native to the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah) and to Mexico. ""Ottleya"" belongs to a group of species traditionally placed in the tribe Loteae of the subfamily Faboideae. The taxonomy of this group is complex, and its division into genera has varied considerably. Many species of ""Ottleya"" were formerly placed in a broadly defined genus ""Lotus"". A molecular phylogenetic study in 2000 based on nuclear ribosomal ITS sequences confirmed the view that the ""New World"" (American) and ""Old"
"= 21 and 21. Cattleya labiata Cattleya labiata, also known as the crimson cattleya or ruby-lipped cattleya, is the type species of ""Cattleya"", discovered in 1818 in Brazil. This plant grows in the northeastern area of Brazil, in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas. They grow to different sizes depending on the area from which they originate. Those that are growing in Pernambuco are smaller, with small but colored flowers, with most of them being lilac. The interior part of the flower is a dark lilac color. Plants from Alagoas are bigger and have larger flowers. Some varieties, such as"
"Cattleya labiata Cattleya labiata, also known as the crimson cattleya or ruby-lipped cattleya, is the type species of ""Cattleya"", discovered in 1818 in Brazil. This plant grows in the northeastern area of Brazil, in the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas. They grow to different sizes depending on the area from which they originate. Those that are growing in Pernambuco are smaller, with small but colored flowers, with most of them being lilac. The interior part of the flower is a dark lilac color. Plants from Alagoas are bigger and have larger flowers. Some varieties, such as ""Cattleya labiata"" var. semialba,"
"Parodia magnifica Parodia magnifica is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to southern Brazil. One of several species called ball cactus, it grows to tall by broad, with heavily ribbed, spherical to columnar, spiny and hairy stems, bearing pale yellow flowers in summer. Its natural habitat is cool, dry temperate grassland at elevations of up to . Populations are sparse and fragmented, and it has been designated as “Endangered” by the IUCN Red List. In cultivation it must be kept above , so in temperate regions is grown under glass. It has gained the Royal"
"Pitaya A pitaya () or pitahaya () is the fruit of several different cactus species indigenous to the Americas. Pitaya usually refers to fruit of the genus ""Stenocereus"", while pitahaya or dragon fruit refers to fruit of the genus ""Hylocereus"", both in the Cactaceae family. The dragon fruit is cultivated in Southeast Asia, Florida, the Caribbean, Australia, and throughout tropical and subtropical world regions. These fruits are commonly known in English as ""dragon fruit"", reflecting its vernacular Asian names. The names ""pitahaya"" and ""pitaya"" derive from Mexico, and ""pitaya roja"" in Central America and northern South America, possibly relating to"
"Althaea (plant) Althaea is a genus of 6–12 species of perennial herbs native to Europe, North Africa and western Asia. It includes ""Althaea officinalis"", also known as the marshmallow plant, whence the fluffy confection got its name. They are found on the banks of rivers and in salt marshes, preferring moist, sandy soils. The stems grow to 1–2 m tall, and flower in mid summer. The leaves are palmately lobed with 3–7 lobes. ""Althaea"" species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including ""Bucculatrix quadrigemina"". The genus formerly included a number of additional species now"
"Hylocereus megalanthus Hylocereus megalanthus is a cactus species in the genus ""Hylocereus"" that is native to northern South America, where it is known, along with its fruit, by the name of ""Pitahaya"". The species is grown commercially for its yellow fruit, but is also an impressive ornamental climbing vine with perhaps the largest flowers of all cacti. The yellow fruit has thorns, unlike the red dragon fruits (""H. undatus"", ""H. polyrhizus"", ""H. costaricensis""), and is commonly known as ""yellow dragon fruit"", ""yellow pitahaya"" or ""yellow pitaya"". Megalanthus (Greek) - large flowered. This species produces among of the largest flowers within"
"Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. The plant may still be found listed under these synonyms in the horticultural literature. Parodia magnifica Parodia magnifica is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to southern Brazil. One of several species called ball cactus, it grows to tall by broad, with heavily ribbed, spherical to columnar, spiny and hairy stems, bearing pale yellow flowers in summer. Its natural habitat is cool, dry temperate grassland at elevations of up to . Populations are sparse and fragmented, and it has been designated as “Endangered” by the IUCN Red List. In"
"'Lanarth' and 'Rowallane'. Two cultivars in this group, 'Mariesii' and 'Pink Beauty', have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Viburnum plicatum Viburnum plicatum (, ), common name Japanese snowball, is a species of flowering plant in the family Adoxaceae (formerly Caprifoliaceae), native to mainland China, Korea, Japan, and Taiwan. Growing to tall, it is a deciduous shrub. The leaves are opposite, long and 3–6 cm broad, simple ovate to oval, with a serrated margin. The flowers are produced in flat corymbs in diameter, comprising a central cluster of fertile yellowish-white flowers 5 mm diameter, surrounded by a"
"gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit. Lathyrus grandiflorus Lathyrus grandiflorus, two-flowered everlasting pea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to southern Europe. Growing to tall, it is a twining herbaceous perennial with grey-green leaves and, in late summer, bright, magenta-pink flowers, the central keel a darker red. Unlike its cousin, the annual sweet pea (""L. odorata""), it is unscented. Once established it is a robust plant with the ability to scramble into other shrubs and trees. It is very hardy, down to , so is capable of surviving conditions in most temperate"
"of the sections of ""Kohautia"". It is sister to ""Oldenlandia"" and will be renamed as a new genus. Kohautia Kohautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. Thirty-one species are known. The type species for the genus is ""Kohautia senegalensis"". ""Kohautia"" was named by Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1829. This generic name honors Franz Kohaut (d. 1822), a plant collector who worked in West Africa for the botanist Franz Sieber (1789-1844). ""Kohautia"" is diphyletic, consisting of two clades that are not sister"
"are purple, more or less bright, up to 4 inches long and can reach 7 inches in diameter. The fruits are almost spherical, bright red or yellowish white, about 8 mm in length. This species is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat are hot deserts and grassy mountain tops, at an elevation of above sea level. Mammillaria guelzowiana Mammillaria guelzowiana is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. The species epithet ""guelzowiana"" honors the German cactus collector Robert Gülzow of Berlín. ""Mammillaria guelzowiana"" is a perennial plant that grows fleshy, globose, at first solitary and then forming groups. The"
"lobed or not. The inflorescence is up to 2.5 centimeters wide and has bracts in shades of yellow, sometimes to pink or reddish orange. The flowers are roughly 2 centimeters long and vary from green to purple with red or yellow margins. The plant grows on serpentine soils below 300 meters in elevation. Castilleja neglecta The Tiburon paintbrush or Tiburon Indian paintbrush (Castilleja neglecta syn. for Castilleja affinis"" subsp. ""neglecta) is an endangered taxon of flowering plant in the broomrape family, Orobanchaceae. It is endemic to the San Francisco Bay Area in California in the United States, where it occurs"
"Richardia brasiliensis Richardia brasiliensis is a species of flowering plant in the coffee family known by the English common names tropical Mexican clover, Brazilian calla-lily, white-eye, and Brazil pusley. In Brazil it is known as poaia branca. It is native to South America. It is an introduced species and sometimes an invasive weed in many other places, including Hawaii, Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand. It is a weed of citrus groves in Florida. This plant may be an annual or perennial which grows from a deep root. The branching stems grow up to 40 centimeters long and lie prostrate or grow"
"Guibourtia Guibourtia is a flowering plant genus in the family Fabaceae (legume family), also known by the common names as African rosewood, amazique, bubinga, kevazingo and ovangkol. Guibourtia contains 16 species that are native to tropical regions of Africa (13 species) and South America (3 species). They occur in swampy or periodically inundated forests, as well as near rivers or at lakeshores. The trees grow to 40–50 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 1–2 m, often with a heavily buttressed trunk. The genus is used as a tropical hardwood timber, and is traded under the common names ""bubinga"", ""African"
"the taxonomy. Rubus defectionis Rubus defectionis, the Eclipse blackberry, is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It grows in only a few locations in the east-central United States (Maryland and Virginia). The epithet ""defectionis"" is from the Latin ""defectio,"" meaning ""eclipse."" This is in reference to the community of Eclipse, Virginia, where the plant was first discovered. The genetics of ""Rubus"" is extremely complex, so that it is difficult to decide on which groups should be recognized as species. There are many rare species with limited ranges such as this. Further study is suggested"
"by Hurricane Iniki in 1992. Dubautia plantaginea Dubautia plantaginea is a rare species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name plantainleaf dubautia. It is endemic to Hawaii where it is the only member of the silversword alliance that is found on all six of the largest islands (Kaua'i, O'ahu, Moloka'i, Lana'i, Maui, Hawai'i). Two of the three subspecies are rare and endangered. Like other ""Dubautia"" this plant is called na`ena`e. This plant varies in morphology, taking the form of a small shrub to a tree up to 7 meters tall. There are three subspecies. The"
"phyllaries. It opens into a face fringed with bright yellow ray florets which are sometimes tipped with white, and a center of disc florets with purple anthers. The fruit is an achene; fruits on the disc florets often have a thick pappus of white or brown bristles. Layia gaillardioides Layia gaillardioides is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name woodland tidytips. It is endemic to California, where it grows on the coastline and in the coastal mountain ranges in the northern and central parts of the state. This is an aromatic annual herb"
"Rubus defectionis Rubus defectionis, the Eclipse blackberry, is a rare North American species of flowering plant in the rose family. It grows in only a few locations in the east-central United States (Maryland and Virginia). The epithet ""defectionis"" is from the Latin ""defectio,"" meaning ""eclipse."" This is in reference to the community of Eclipse, Virginia, where the plant was first discovered. The genetics of ""Rubus"" is extremely complex, so that it is difficult to decide on which groups should be recognized as species. There are many rare species with limited ranges such as this. Further study is suggested to clarify"
"'Miss Willmott' have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Other cultivars include:- Scabiosa caucasica Scabiosa caucasica, the Caucasian pincushion flower, pincushion-flower or Caucasian scabious, is a species of flowering plant in the family Caprifoliaceae, native to the Caucasus, north eastern Turkey, and northern Iran. Growing to tall and broad, it is a clump-forming perennial with divided leaves. Pincushion-shaped buds, borne on erect stems, open to pale blue or lavender flower heads, in diameter, from late summer through to autumn. The plant is highly attractive to bees and other pollinating insects. Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden"
"Robinia Robinia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae, native to North America and northern Mexico. Commonly known as locusts, they are deciduous trees and shrubs growing tall. The leaves are pinnate with 7–21 oval leaflets. The flowers are white or pink, in usually pendulous racemes. Many species have thorny shoots, and several have sticky hairs on the shoots. The genus is named after the royal French gardeners Jean Robin and his son , who introduced the plant to Europe in 1601. The number of species is disputed between different authorities, with as few as"
"Stewartia Stewartia (sometimes spelled Stuartia) is a genus of 8-20 species of flowering plants in the family Theaceae, related to ""Camellia"". Most of the species are native to eastern Asia in China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam, with two (""S. malacodendron, S. ovata"") in southeast North America, from Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida and Louisiana. They are shrubs and trees, mostly deciduous, though some species (e.g. ""S. pteropetiolata"") are evergreen; the evergreen species form a genetically distinct group and are split into a separate genus ""Hartia"" by some botanists, but others retain them within ""Stewartia"". The Asian"
"Kohautia Kohautia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. They are native to tropical areas of Asia, Africa, and Madagascar. Thirty-one species are known. The type species for the genus is ""Kohautia senegalensis"". ""Kohautia"" was named by Adelbert von Chamisso and Diederich von Schlechtendal in 1829. This generic name honors Franz Kohaut (d. 1822), a plant collector who worked in West Africa for the botanist Franz Sieber (1789-1844). ""Kohautia"" is diphyletic, consisting of two clades that are not sister taxa. The clade that contains the type species is related to ""Pentanopsis"". The other clade consists of one"
"The cultivar 'Silver Cup' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. Lavatera trimestris Lavatera trimestris, common names annual mallow, rose mallow, royal mallow, regal mallow, common annual tree mallow syn. ""Althaea trimestris"" is a species of flowering plant native to the Mediterranean region. It is an annual growing to tall by wide, producing shallow funnel-shaped flowers in summer, in shades of white and pink, with maroon centres and maroon veining on the petals. The Latin ""trimestris"" literally means ""of three months"", referring to the growing and flowering period. Numerous cultivars have been developed for garden use, all"
"flower is cup-shaped with five pink-lavender petals 2 to 3 centimeters long. Iliamna latibracteata Iliamna latibracteata is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the mallow family known by the common names California globe mallow and California wild hollyhock. It is endemic to the coniferous forests of the Klamath Mountains, in northwestern California and southwestern Oregon ""Iliamna latibracteata"" is a large perennial herb growing a hairy stem from a woody caudex to heights between one and two meters. It produces palmate leaves with generally 5 or 7 pointed lobes on long, slender petioles, each leaf up to 20 centimeters long."
"by animals. Hartwrightia Hartwrightia is a genus of North American flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae of the sunflower family. The genus contains a single species, ""Hartwrightia floridana"", native to the US states of Georgia and Florida. The species is sometimes referred to by the common name Florida hartwrightia. Although superficially similar to some species in ""Eupatorium"", it can be distinguished by having a basal rosette of leaves, flowers of a different shape, and the fruit which lacks the parachute-like pappus found in ""Eupatorium"". The plant is about one meter tall. It flowers in the fall and the flowers are"
"calyx. The flowering period extends from May through June. Plant of western Mediterranean origin is distributed from the South of France and Italy to Albania, Greece, Palestine, Asia Minor and Turkey. These plants grow at an altitude of above sea level. They prefer rocky soils in sunny areas and fallow fields, hedgerows, beds of streams and road margins. Lavatera punctata Lavatera punctata, commonly called spotted-stalked tree-mallow or annual tree mallow, is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the genus Lavatera of the Malvaceae family. ""Lavatera punctata"" reaches on average of height. The stem is erect and covered with scattered hairs."
"flowers, shown below in detail, are present in the spring, when the tree is leafless. The white flowers, characteristic of the Apocynaceae family, cluster around the tips of the branches. The plant produces a watery latex, rich in toxic alkaloids, used by local populations as arrow poison for hunting. In contact with the eyes this latex can produce blindness. The Bottle tree is an endemic species of Namibia and southern Angola where it occupies the semi-desert areas and dry bushvelds, usually along rocky hillsides. It is especially common in the Etendeka plateau of NE Namibia, where it can be seen"
"Akebia Akebia is a genus of five species of flowering plant, within the family Lardizabalaceae. The scientific name, ""akebia"", is a Latinization of the Japanese name for species Akebia quinata: . There are five species including: ""Akebia quinata"" and ""Akebia trifoliata"" both bear edible fruit, containing a sweet white flesh. Flavor varies greatly in akebias, even within the same species, with some individuals displaying a complex flavor profile resembling a mixture of banana, passionfruit and litchi, with others being mild, or even insipid. Akebia is often mentioned in Japanese literature, where it is evocative of pastoral settings. Although the ""akebi"""
"bracts. Each flower is about a centimeter long and has a white tubular throat and a five-lobed purple-blue corolla. Navarretia jepsonii Navarretia jepsonii is an uncommon species of flowering plant in the phlox family known by the common name Jepson's pincushionplant, or Jepson's navarretia. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from the Inner North Coast Ranges west of the Sacramento Valley. It grows in grassland and chaparral and oak woodland habitat, often on serpentine soils. It is an annual herb producing a slender, reddish stem coated in white hairs and measuring 10 to 15 centimeters tall."