by randy | Jun 16, 2016 | Rare Plants |
This is truly one of my favorite staghorns. Unlike other Platycerium species, the fronds of P. elephantotis do not fork at all, giving them a very rounded appearance. Tall arching sterile fronds, and deeply veined broad round fertile fronds make this rare fern stand...
by randy | Jun 16, 2016 | Rare Plants |
From New Guinea and coastal Australia, this is the most common staghorn fern, but there are many regional variants within the species. An avid collector could easily overfill their yard with the many varieties of this species alone. P. bifurcatum is without question,...
by randy | Jun 16, 2016 | Rare Plants |
I know that I frequently say that some plant is one of my favorite plants in the world, but this one might be my very most favorite of all. What can I say about this plant other than that it is magnificent. When people view my collection, its the Platycerium wandae...
by randy | Jun 16, 2016 | Flowers, Rare Plants |
From Amorphophallus to Zamioculcas, members of the aroidacea family are the quintessential, tropical foliage plants. If you look at any tropical landscape painting, you will see many examples of aroid plants. Many aroids are climbers, such as the Philodendrons, or the...
by randy | Jun 8, 2016 | Bamboo, Rare Plants |
This is a real eye catcher in a garden. The culms get very wide but not very tall, so they taper dramatically, and they bulge outward between the nodes. Since the internodal distance is small, the branches are much closer together, creating a very dense screen at eye...
by randy | Jun 8, 2016 | Bamboo, Rare Plants |
This is a great little bamboo. Its hard to find a denser or faster growing privacy screen than bambusa multiplex. There are a lot of different varieties of this species to choose from. Alfonse Karr has beautiful yellow culms with green stripes. The subspecies Bambusa...
