Species: Mammillaria bocasana v. multilanata
Family: Cactaceae
Region of Origin: Mexico
Location in Garden: Desert Conservatory
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Species: Pachypodium lealii var. saunderii
Family: Apocynaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Desert Conservatory
Notes: Cuadex and white flowers; Pachypodium means "thick foot" |
Species: Uncarina grandidieri
Family: Pedaliaceae
Region of Origin: Madagascar
Location in Garden: Desert Conservatory
Notes: Yellow flowers with a red eye in the center |
Species: Monadenium coccineum
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Region of Origin: Tanzania
Location in Garden: Desert Conservatory
Notes: Red flowers
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Species: Mammillaria spinosissima
Family: Cactaceae
Region of Origin: Mexico
Location in Garden: Desert Conservatory
Notes: Hangs from sides of cliffs in the wild |
Species: Cerochlamys pachyphylla
Family: Aizoaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Desert Conservatory
Notes: Lavender with white flowers; Pachyphylla means "thick leaf" |
Species: Lithops karasmontana ssp karasmontana
Common name: Living Stones
Family: Aizoaceae
Region of Origin: Namibia
Location in Garden: Desert Conservatory
Notes: White flowers |
Species: Aloinopsis rubrolineata
Family: Aizoaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Desert Conservatory
Notes: Yellow flowers lined with red |
Species: Aloe bainesii
Family: Aloeaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Rose-brown flowers. Tallest of all of the aloe species, reaching a height of 50 feet. Native to the woods and low-lying areas of South Africa where the annual rainfall reaches 60 inches a year. Planted in 1942 and 1951. |
Species: Agave attenuata 'Boutin Blue'
Family: Agavaceae
Region of Origin: Mexico
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Blue-gray leaves and upright flower stalk, which blooms from thte bottom to the top |
Species: Agave attenuata
Family: Agavaceae
Region of Origin: Mexico
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Bent flowers stalks |
Species: Cephalophyllum stayneri
Family: Aizoaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Magenta flowers |
Species: Aloe aculeata
Common name: Red Hot Poker Aloe
Family: Aloeaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa, Namibia
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
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Species: Aloe x principis
Family: Aloeaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Red-orange flowers |
Species: Aloe petriphylla
Family: Aloeaceae
Region of Origin: South Africa
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Small plant, pinkish flowers, mottled foliage |
Species: Kalanchoe marnieriana
Family: Crassulaceae
Region of Origin: Madagascar
Location in Garden: Desert Garden
Notes: Red tubular flowers |