Showing posts with label Alluaudia comosa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alluaudia comosa. Show all posts

August 2, 2013

Didiereaceae Family

I do like plants in the Didiereaceae Family but only have a few.
They are:
Didierea madagascariensis
Alluaudia comosa
Alluaudia procera
Alluaudia dumosa


Wikipedia says, Didiereaceae is a small family of just four genera and 11 species of flowering plants endemic to south and southwest Madagascar.

Alluaudia
Alluaudia ascendens
Alluaudia comosa
Alluaudia dumosa
Alluaudia humbertii
Alluaudia montagnacii – probably a natural hybrid of A. ascendens and A. procera
Alluaudia procera – quite easy grown and the most frequent species in cultivation

Alluaudiopsis
Alluaudiopsis fiherensis
Alluaudiopsis marnieriana

Decaria
Decaria madagascariensis

Didierea
Didierea madagascariensis
Didierea trollii

 Alluaudia comosa in a 6 inch pot ↑

 Didierea madagascariensis in a 3 gallon pot and about 3 feet tall ↑
 Alluaudia procera in the ground at about 9 feet tall ↑
Alluaudia procera ↑

Alluaudia dumosa in a 6 inch pot ↑


February 3, 2013

Alluaudia comosa

This plant is growing more now then it did this pass summer.

Shrubby branched plant that stays small and grows slowly as pot plant, native southern Madagascar.

 

July 27, 2012

Didieraceae

Didieraceae is a small family of just four genera and 11 species of flowering plants endemic to south and southwest Madagascar, where they form an important component of the Madagascar spiny forests.

Alluaudia
Alluaudia ascendens
Alluaudia comosa
Alluaudia dumosa
Alluaudia humbertii
Alluaudia montagnacii – probably a natural hybrid of A. ascendens and A. procera
Alluaudia procera – quite easy grown and the most frequent species in cultivation
Alluaudia comosa

Alluaudia dumosa
Alluaudia procera

Alluaudia procera
Alluaudia montagncii
Alluaudiopsis
Alluaudiopsis fiherensis
Alluaudiopsis marnieriana
Sorry no photo's of any of these, Have not seen any.

Decaria
Decaria madagascariensis
Decaria madagascariensis
Didierea
Didierea madagascariensis
Didierea trollii
Didierea madagascariensis