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Orbea
Plant... purple. The succulent nature of this group enables the plants to go into a dormant state during part of the year, ... important for growers to establish from which region the plants originally came, i.e. whether they are from summer- or ... areas, to know when to stop watering and give the plants the opportunity to go into a rest phase. Orbeas do not ...
... dioecious (male and female flowers are borne on separate plants). Male and female inflorescences are different. The ... flowers in autumn (March or April). Unlike other plants, restios produce cylindrical stems, which are called ... of photosynthesis. Restios do not have leaves like other plants. They have a reduced leaf-like structure called a ...
Aloe genus
Plant... as those of other aloes. Aloes are mostly long-lived plants, especially the larger species. A specific quiver tree ... to regular fires. Several strategies exist through which plants survive these fires. Some aloes are resprouters; fires can completely kill the above-ground parts, but plants have a thick underground rootstock that resprouts. ...
Aloe dewinteri
Plant... Aloe (Eng.); Sesfonteinaalwyn (Afr.). Kirstenbosch NBG The plants are usually solitary, slow-growing, stemless or with a ... the small marginal teeth of Aloe dewinterii in habitat. Plants occupy larger crevices and ledges. Growth is slow, but the plants are long-lived. Where growing within reach of ...
Trachyandra tabularis
Plant... kranskool (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Trachyandra tabularis plants are solitary at first, dividing to form dense ... yellow. Leaves 1–5, succulent, pendent, terete in young plants, becoming flat in mature plants, 750 × 2.5–7.0 mm, drooping from the basal rosette. ...
Streptocarpus cyaneus
Plant... The Gesneriaceae family comprises mainly epiphytic plants,i.e. plants growing on other plants, such as trees, without deriving nourishment from ...
Rhodocoma foliosa
Plant... does not look very reed-like, as it is much branched. The plants are about 1.5 m high and about 2 m in diameter. Each ... add a good 500 mm to the height of the plant. The male plants have gracefully arching inflorescences, whereas the female plants have stiff, upright inflorescences. In the southern ...
Gasteria nitida
Plant... ox-tongue; Bathurst-beestong (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG The plants are stemless (acaulescent), decumbent to erect, ... 200–1200 mm long, up to 500 mm in diameter. The young plants often have a simple raceme. The flower stalks ... fall to the ground. Although fires are frequent where the plants occur, the plants are well adapted to these ...
Gazania krebsiana
Plant... its flower size, and its extended flowering period. The plants are semi-decumbent (prostrate to ascending), perennial ... about 250 mm deep. This is one of the reasons why these plants react so well to rain and are therefore regarded as excellent pioneer plants. The leaves may vary in shape especially when young. ...
Stapelia
Plant... forms of S. schinzii, S. hirsuta and S. remota give the plants a glabrous and shiny appearance. The flowers are ... flowers are mostly short-lived, but in some cases plants have extended flowering periods through the sequential ... and the small-flowered species are suitable as container plants. They are excellent subjects for a water-wise garden. ...