Showing posts with label Didierea madagascariensis. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Didierea madagascariensis. 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 ↑


June 2, 2013

Didierea madagascariensis

This is one of my favorite succulent plants. I had have it now for about 5 years or more.

The leafs are so long and thin the spines are hard to see.

It is now 5 feet tall and it's just the beginning of summer.