Grigsby Cactus Gardens
"GROWING PLANTS FOR YOU SINCE 1965" 23262354 Bella Vista Drive   Vista   CA   920847836
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SUCCULENTS

ABROMEITIELLA
BREVIFOLIAA petite, tiny Bromeliad with 1" heads. It has long green flowers in winter. 3½" clumps (12-15 heads).$6.00
ADENIA
NOTE: Adenias and Adeniums can be poisonous. Be sure to wash hands after handling. Keep away from children.
GLAUCAPlants have beautiful, bright green, caudex trunks. Blue leaves like gecko paws. Nice plants with 8"+ tall trunk, 2" base$8.00
ADENIUM
ARABICUMThis plant has blunt, velvet covered, soft leaves and a very broad, short, silver caudex trunk. The flower is a soft pink. Several branches will develop at the top of the broad trunk-caudex. Super nice. 6" tall plants with 1"+ wide caudex.$7.00
OBESUM Normal formSuper nice plants with big red to pink flowers. Keep it a bit dry in winter. These were trimmed when very young so they are stout, multibranched plants. 8"-10" tall with apx. 1½"-2" base caudex.$8.00
ADROMISCHUS
CRISTATUSFat, velvet covered leaves look like triangular pillows with a wide undulating edge. Offsetting plants. 3"+.$3.00
MAXIMUSThis plant produces leaves up to 5" long and 2" wide. Too fragile to ship plants so we are offering unrooted leaves. Easy to root and will produce nice plants. Unrooted leaves.$3.50
AEONIUM
"ZWARTKOP"Means "black head" referring to the black leaves that make this such a beautiful plant. Unlike A. atropurpurea it does not turn green. 6"-8" rosettes.$4.00
AGAVE
AMERICANA var. MEDIO-PICTA ALBAStiff grey colored leaves with bright white midstripe. Maximum size for adult is 22"-24". Not common - certainly beautiful! 5"-6". LIMITED.$7.00
FERDINANDI-REGIS(Now a variety of A. victoriae-reginae). Short leaves, wide at the base, tipped with a triangular black spine and painted with a few white lines. Not a sissy plant! 3½"-4" plants.$4.50
GEMINIFLORAA different and very beautiful plant. Many of you have seen the adult plants near the parking area and asked for them. The symmetrical rosette consists of countless, spineless, very narrow (¼"), smooth, long leaves. Each leaf produces long, hair like, white filaments on the edges. It does not offset and is long lived. Maximum size about 27" diameter. Super nice 5 year old seed grown. 6"-7".$6.50
LEOPOLDII IIVery narrow leaves have white curling "string" edges and are decorated with white markings. Looks like a bridal bouquet! 4"-5" mature plants.$6.50
SCABRA X FERDINANDI-REGIS (F&G 3136)(See picture C&S Jnl (U.S.) Vol. 56 (1984), p. 157). This natural hybrid (?) was collected near Matehuala, Mexico, in the 1960's. Because it grows true from seed it is now believed to be a species. It has thick, rough skinned, stiff, grey/almost green leaves, tipped with a strong jet black spine. It has an "Art Deco" appearance quite unlike other Agaves. Young 3½" plants.$5.00
TOUMEYANAThis handsome plant from Arizona stays small. It has thick white "hairs" on the edge of leaves striped with white lines. 5"-6" plants selected for good markings.$5.00
VERSCHAFFELTII "DWARF" "Shoji-Raijin"A miniature plant, seldom more than 4" across. 2" x 2" leaves are thick and a pretty frosty green in color. Offsets freely to form a hemispherical mound of heads. Chubby 3".$4.50
VICTORIAE-REGINAE forma COMPACTABeautiful, compact form with shorter, broader leaves than the species and thicker, white markings. Plants propagated vegetatively from clones selected for excellent white markings.
LARGE:6"-7" plants.$18.50 plus $8.00 separate box, Priority Air.
SMALL:Nice plants with 4" full rosette.$6.50
ALLUAUDIA
All members of this family are more woody than succulent. Water or you will kill them! Keep above 500F.
MONTAGNACIIThe most beautiful of the genus with closely spaced silver thorns and dark, green, notched leaves. 7"-8" RC.$11.50
ALOE
The smaller Madagascar species are best for pot culture. Keep above 550F in winter. Lots of flowers if given enough water. Most of the larger species are best in the ground in frost free areas. The root systems for both are huge and require re-potting often or a big pot. We trim the brown roots back about ½ the bulk. The plant doesn't need them in a pot as only the new white roots feed it. Several good books are available to determine which grow in winter and which grow in summer.
ALBIFLORAPropagated from material collected in Madagascar by Dr. W. Rauh. A graceful, small growing plant with long slender, dark green, speckled leaves in an upright rosette. The bell shaped flowers are white, an uncommon color for Aloes. These adult plants are full rosettes of 8"-9" leaves.$14.00
x "BLACK BEAUTY"This interesting cross between A. rauhii and A. parvula is very different and beautiful. The rough textured narrow leaves are almost black in color. Nice coral flowers. 5" diameter plants.$6.00
BREVIFOLIAA short, fat leafed, offsetting plant. Full size about 10 inches. Pale blue/grey leaves have soft white teeth. Flower is short and coral in color. These 4"-5" plants have a few lines of variegation.$7.00
DICHOTOMAFrom N. Namaqualand. A true tree Aloe but grows nicely in a pot. These plants are 7" tall and 5" wide with the upright bluish leaves in 5 nice stacks.$17.50
x "DORIAN BLACK"Super hybrid by Dick Wright. Mostly pale white-green with dark green peeking out between the tooth-like white ridges on the leaf surface and edge. Very different. Nice 4" rosettes.$5.00
PARVULA var. JACOBSONIIThis variety is larger and bluer than our other plants of this species. It is also not fussy to grow. It is a a very light sky blue with small soft "teeth" here and there on the leaves. Maximum size 8"-10". Offsets to make a handsome cluster. 4"-5" plants.$7.00
ALOINOPSIS
SCHOONEESIIShort, fat, lightly speckled leaves form rosettes on a low, fat caudex. This "Mesemb" might be only 1" tall but it gets wider and wider and makes big clumps. These are nice plants 3" in diameter with 6 or more heads.$4.50
SPATHULATAThe little caudex has white spot covered grey-green leaves in a nice hatchet shape. It makes this little plant interesting. The deep red flowers make it beautiful.$4.00
AVONIA (formerly ANACAMPSEROS)
HERREANABig (for this plant) plants with 20+ branches. Not a "neat" Avonia but looks hassled. The white scales on the older branches lift up and gives it a look of disarray. The flowers are white and scented. 1½" plant.$11.00
PAPYRACEALargest branches of this miniature genus (¼" diameter), also the whitest scales. When grown from seed, produces branches from the top of tuber-like roots. Maximum size apx. 4"-5". Super nice very well branched 4"+ plants.$7.00
BEAUCARNEA
RECURVATAThis old time favorite is often called the "Pony Tail Palm". The slim trunk above a chubby caudex base produces a tuft of long curved green leaves. Young plants with apx. 1½" base.$4.50
STRIATAThose of you who have seen the large specimen of this plant out back of the sales area have asked for this plant. The specimen, with its 3 foot caudex "foot" covered with brown fissured bark is impressive. These seed grown plants have a 1½"-2" base caudex and are apx. 9" tall.$14.50
BOMBAX
ELLIPTICUMLarge leaves and a green striped, caudex-like trunk. Flowers like a shaving brush. Neat! 4"-6" seedlings with apx. ¾" base.$5.00
BOWIEA
NANASimilar to the "Pregnant Onion" but has a denser, slightly thicker vine. Bulb will dichotomize (split) into more bulbs. Seed grown. Nice 1"+ bulb.$4.50
BURSERA
Most of the woody Baja California plants don't have a growing season! They grow when water and food are available and stop when too dry or hot. This includes Pachycormus and Idrias (Fouquierias). Keep trimmed to develop trunk and improve appearance. Treat like a tree, not a succulent!
FAGAROIDESOne of the best of the "Elephant Trees". Leaves have spicy odor.
A: LARGE: Well branched, 20+ year old, seed grown plants with an apx. 2"+ wide by 8"+ tall trunk. Plant trimmed to 10"-14". Impressive.$40.00 (plus $10.00 sep. box, Priority Mail only)
B: SMALL: Nice 4 year old seedlings with apx. ¾" trunk. Plant trimmed to 10".$6.50
HINDSIANAFatter trunk with dark red-brown bark. Broad serrated leaves. Very nice 4 year old seedlings. 8"-10" tall, ¾" wide x 5" tall trunk.$9.50
CALIBANUS
HOOKERI3 year old with apx. 1" base.$5.00
CEROPEGIA
FUSCAStiff, upright round stems. Purple/grey when young, turning white when older. Purple flowers. Small seedlings.$7.50
CHORISIA
INSIGNISA very spiny tree of the Bombax family with big 5" yellow/white flowers. The 25 foot tree that is the mother of these plants has 3" cone shaped spines all over the trunk and branches. These seedlings have a nice apx. 1" wide by 3" caudex. Plant 8"-10" tall.$7.50
COTYLEDON
BUCHHOLZIANAUnusual and beautiful form of this stout, leafless, silver stemmed, copper tipped clone. 3" branched RC.$6.00
LADISMITHENSIS VARIEGATEFuzzy green and yellow striped leaves. Easy to grow and beautiful. 3" branched plants.$3.50
CRASSULA
ARGENTEA "PYGMAE JADE"The red edged, bright green leaves and plant are half the size of regular "Jade". Nice 5"-6" offsetting plants.$4.00
COLUMNELLASuper neat plant. ½" stems are light green and velvet covered. Offsets to make nice clump. 2½"-3" branched plants.$3.50
GOLLUM "DWARF"Smaller than normal form of this strange monstrose plant. Leaves are cupped at the tip. Great red color when grown in enough light. Nice 6" plants.$3.50
"MOONGLOW" cv.Square stack of very fat, silver grey leaves. 3"+.$3.50
"POLLY'S PINK" cv.Bright green, densely stacked, rough surfaced leaves. Produces big pom-pom of pink flowers. 4"+ offsetting.$3.50
"TOM THUMB" VARIEGATE cv.This little plant really fits the word "cute". The ½" pink and white leaves are stacked like flat beads. 3" well branched plants.$3.50
DIDIEREA
TROLLIIWonderful Madagascan plant with leaves and spines the same length. Forms tree in habitat but can be trimmed to keep in a pot. 7"+ rooted cuttings.$8.50
DIOSCOREA
ELEPHANTIPESGrown from our seed, these 7-8 year old plants have a 2½"-3" caudex and the typical branched vine with small heart shaped leaves. Warning! Be sure you plant the caudex at least ½" into the soil. The new roots come out of the side of the plant. These are still young plants and would appreciate a gravel cover over the caudex for a few years. Water well once a week when in vine. Water ¼ amount once a week if/when plant goes dormant. LIMITED.$18.50
DRIMIA
HAWORTHIOIDESA fabulous lily-like species with scaled lily-type bulb. Summer dormant. Removed scales will root and grow new plants. Leaves and flower spike simulate a Haworthia. 2"-3" multiscaled bulbs.$4.50
DUDLEYA
ATTENUATA var. ORCUTTIINative to Southern California, this plant has lots of round, silver grey fingers in a tight rosette. 3" RC.$4.00
GREENI "WHITE SPRITE"Each head of this charming miniature is about 2" across with tiny snow white leaves. Forms very neat small plants. Multiheaded 2½"-3" plants.$4.50
DYCKIA
CHORISTAMINEADense rosettes of narrow, toothy, silver green leaves. Flowers are a surprising bright, chrome yellow. Very nice 6"+ plants.$7.50
ECHEVERIA
AGAVOIDES "Red Edge"Thick, lime-pale-green, triangular, red edged leaves form a large rosette. 3½"-4".$6.00
ERYTHRINA
HUMEANA var. "RAJA"Many of you have seen this "Coral Tree" with its 3 foot x 2 foot caudex here at the nursery. The caudex grows fast and the plant will produce dark red flowers when very young. These 4 year old seedlings have an 1"+ wide caudex.$11.00
EULOPHIA
These are terrestrial ORCHIDS. You grow them like an Aloe or an Euphorbia. They are from the grasslands of Kenya and look best if given a little shade. Requires a large pot if you want to see flowers. Never let them get dry and keep above 500F.
PANICULATA (Oecgoclades calcarata)Short, wide, pleated, shiny green pseudobulbs. 12"-15" narrow, black-green leaves edged with white spots. 3-5 foot flower stalk with many 2" chartreuse and purple flowers. One pseudobulb.$22.00
PETERSIIPseudobulb is topped with very stiff 6"-7" leaves. Flower stalk is 5-7 feet tall, branched and covered with hundreds of 1½" orchid flowers. Really neat! TWO (OR MORE) PSUEDOBULBS:.4"-5" tall, topped with rigid 6"-7" leaves. Plants 12"-14" tall.$24.00 plus $2.00
ONE PSEUDOBULB:$12.50
EUPHORBIA
This group of plants is from almost anywhere you want to name. The culture varies a lot and you should do a little reading to determine what each species prefers. The Euphorbia Journal (all 11 volumes) by Strawberry Press is the best place to start.
AERUGINOSA MINORFour angled stems in a lovely blue color with bright copper colored spine shields. 6" well branched.$5.00
AMMAK VARIEGATEExciting plant. The 4"-5" diameter stem is shaded ivory yellow with pale green. The four deep wavy ribs are edged with small spines. 8"-10".$12.50
ATROPURPUREAHandsome plant from the Can-ary Islands. The thick stalk is topped with 2"-3" lanceolate bluish leaves. The large flower umble is a beautiful dark maroon color. 6"-8" plants. Summer dormant.$5.50
BAIOENSISBlue body with small spines in neat rows. Branches from base like a fountain. Easy to grow. Nice rooted cuts. 5"-6".$4.50
BALLYI (ex BALLY - F/C Erigavo, Somalia)This plant is vegetatively produced from cutting received from Peter Bally when he lived in what was once Rhodesia. (See picture C&S Jnl. (U.S.) Vol. 48 (1976), p. 284). It is very slow to grow so don't push it. The 5-7 angled, apx. 1", plant stems grow in constricted segments. It has a continuous heavy spine shield up the rib with short paired spines. In time, it forms a small bush. Very interesting plant. 8" branched.$10.00
BUPLEURIFOLIABrown barrel shaped, pinecone look alike trunk produces spray of 6" bright green leaves. Different and interesting. 3".$10.00
CROIZATIIThis rather unappreciated plant can be beautiful and interesting. After it is well rooted in, just cut off the top ½ inch. This will make it bush out and stop the long leggy look an untrimmed plant will have. The very bright green 3" leaves have a thin red edge. The stout ½" stem has interesting ½" long rose-like thorns. The flowers are weird. They can be green, yellow or pink or a petal combination of any of these colors and not necessarily two years in a row! These are strong 6" seed grown plants.$5.75
CYLINDRIFOLIAMiniature Madagascan plant with long round, almost black leaves with a tiny furrow down the center. The stems lay nearly flat along the ground. 3" well branched.$4.50
DECARYI DECARYIThis scarce and unique large form has large crinkle edged leaves and up to 1" thick stems. Handsome 3"-4"+ well branched plants.$5.25
DECARYI var. SPIROSTICHABeautiful variety with flat crinkled leaves with a rolled edge and a nice spiral pattern on the trunk. Very nice big plants. 4"-5" multibranched.$6.00
GREENWAYIWonderful blue form. It is one of the most exciting Euphorbias! The ¾" square stems bear unusual bright pink flowers. Nice 6"-7".$4.50
HORRIDA MAJOR "BLUE CLONE" sEverything is BIG on this clone. Big body, big spines and a lovely bluish color instead of the normal grey. Impressive 5" x 5" plants.$12.50 plus $3.00
HORRIDA var. MAJOR CLONE #2Unusual form with few erratic spines and odd washboard ridges. Dramatic! Big 4" x 4" plants.$10.00 plus $3.00
INGENS MONSTROSEOdd, very dark green, twisted stems with contrasting white markings. 7"-8" RC.$4.50
KIBWEZENSIS CRESTInteresting crested form of this plant from Kenya. This is the wide, heavy form not the thin form normally seen. Deeply pleated and edged with small spines. Thick 5"-6".$8.00
LACTEA CREST (GREEN)Great old favorite. White markings on a twisted and crested green body. 4"-6".$5.50
LACTEA VARIEGATE CRESTBeautiful white body with a slight undercast of green. Pink growth-line. A striking, beautiful crest. Nice big 3"-4" folded crest.$10.00
LEUCODENDRONBranched, round and spineless stems have black "polka dots". From Madagascar. 6"+ multibranched.$4.50
MAMMILLARIS VARIEGATEVery pretty white and pink columnar stems. AKA: "White Corn Cob". 3"-4" plants.$4.00
MILLOTTIIFrom N. Madagascar. Spineless round stem topped with green leaves with a red underside. Chartreuse flowers. Very nice 3" stem.$7.00
OBESAEveryone's favorite. Neat globes with pattern of transverse growth lines.
A: MEDIUM: Clean, super fat plants. 2½". LIMITED.$6.50
B: SMALL. 4 year old seed grown plants. 1½".$3.50
PETRICOLACute little dwarf plant from Kenya. Looks like a fountain and forms a root caudex. 4" branched.$4.50
POLYGONA cv. "SNOWFLAKE"One of the many "white" forms of this normally green plant. The columnar body is club shaped and offsets to make a nice cluster. Nice large plants, some offsetting. 6".$7.00
RICHARDSIAE var. RICHARDSIAEInteresting small plant from Malawi with ¼" stems and ½" leaves and beautiful red-purple flowers. 4"-5" branched.$4.50
SUZANNAEProbably the daintiest looking Euphorbia. No spines, just a fat, very green ball covered with lots of short pointed tubercles. Lots of yellow flowers. Clean, pretty 4" clump.$10.00
FENESTRARIA
"BABY TOES"Attractive, like clusters of little toes. The ends have "windows" which let light inside the leaf to the food making cells. White or yellow flowers. Nice 2"+ clumps.$3.00
FOCKEA
ANGUSTIFOLIAUnusual and pretty plant with 2" long by ¼" wide lance shaped leaves and a smooth caudex. Nice seed grown with caudex. Apx. 1" wide.$6.50
CRISPAThe name refers to the curled, wavy edges on the pointed leaves. The older the plant and the more light, the more curl to the leaves. Makes a big warty caudex. Seed grown plants.
A: LARGE. Nine year old plants with fat, sassy caudex apx. 2½" to 3" wide x 5"-7" long. LIMITED.$19.50
B: SMALL. Plants with 1" wide x 3" long caudex.$4.50
EDULISExcellent seed grown plants with a rough. knobby caudex, vining branches and broad, flat, rounded leaves.
A: LARGE: Super good plants with BIG root-caudex. 2½"-3½" wide x 6"-7" long.$18.25
B: SMALL: 1"-1½" wide caudex.$5.00
TUGALENSIS- See PENTOPENTIA NATALENSIS
GASTERALOE
"GREEN ICE"Thick, frosty-pale-ice green, triangular leaves have an overlay of irregular stripes and specks of dark green. The flower is frosty-orange with a green and yellow tip. A terrific plant, as bold in shape as it is subtle in its colors. Robust, neat with fat leaves. Slow to grow. Semi-fan 4"-5".$5.50
GASTERIA
This genus is easy to grow but not so easy to grow clean. Black spots seem to be its biggest problem. As this plant grows in mineral rich soils we tried adding minerals to its soil mix. To a large extent this has solved the problem. These plants do almost all their growing from Fall to Spring. Light shading and less water (but no dry pot) works well in Summer. A very good book for excellent information and pictures is "Gasterias of South Africa" by E. J. van Jaarsvild.
ARMSTRONGIITrue plant produced by offset from F/C plants, not hybrid seedlings. Certainly the nicest, and also the slowest Gasteria in the World! Super nice 10 year old plants. 3"-3½" fans 1½" wide leaves.$8.00
ELLAPHIAEFrom near the Kouga Dam region in eastern Cape Province, Africa, this plant grows on shady, sheer, rocky slopes. When adult, this small plant has thick, triangular leaves, rough with white tubercles and reaches about 7" in diameter. These 5"-6" plants are beginning to spiral. Very interesting. Seed grown. 5"-6".$7.50
GLOMERATABeautiful monocolored, icy-pale-green leaves with a textured surface. Name means compact. Leaves are about as long as wide. This plant grows in the shade on rocky cliffs near Kongadan, Cape Province, South Africa. Young 3" plants.$6.00
LILIPUTANAThe smallest and probably the cutest Gasteria. Full size about 4". Leaves are ½" wide and about 2" long. Dark black/green with lots of white spots. Flower is soft coral color. 2½"-3" offsetting plants.$3.50
VLOKIIRare plant with powder-grey over green color and leaves covered with rough, short white tubercles. Grows in grass and moss in Cape Prov., South Africa. Impressive 4"-6" "fans" with 1"+ wide leaves. May have some culture spots.$6.50
GERRARDANTHUS
MACRORHIZUSA wild cucurbit plant with ivy like leaves on a pretty vine. Grows a big, green, flat caudex if grown in a large pot. 3 year seed grown with caudex 3"-3½".$13.50
HAWORTHIA
Great group of mostly easy to grow plants. Stays small, grows mostly in fall to spring, dormant in summer so give some shade and light watering to keep turgid. There are about 5 books available. There are many differences in the authors' opinions. Pilbeam's book has the best pictures and the clearest explanations about the differences.
CHLORACANTHA var. SUBGLAUCASuper mini-form. F/C Great Brak, South Africa. Small, very pointed leaves are purple with dark spine-like bristles. Plants ½ the size of normal form. 2½".$3.50
"CHOCOLATE" cv.A retusa cultivar with chubby reflexed leaves. The faces are rough with dots of various colors. The plant is a yummy chocolate brown color. Nice 3½" plants.$6.50
COOPERIPale green, round chubby leaves with a hair at the center point. Nice 3" plants.$4.50
GLAUCATall growing plant. Beautiful windowless blue leaves overlap so it looks like a blue fox tail. 3"-4" offsetting.$4.00
"HAYASHI" cv.This beautiful plants looks like it is carved from waxy black soap! Very, very smooth, sharply pointed leaves form a "fountain" shaped plant. Full grown at about 6" diameter. Very nice 4" rosettes.$10.00
KOELMANIORUMSelected clone with long, pointed leaves that are bronze-burgundy in color. The leaf surface is covered with various sized burgundy "beads". Propagated from plants F/C in the Groblersdal District in the Transvaal. Super beautiful 3".$7.50
"LITTLE CIRCLES" cv.Interesting form of H. pumila with circles instead of dots on the leaves. Also called "Little Donuts". Slow to grow but worth the wait! Chunky 3½" x 3½" rosettes.$5.00
LUTEO-ROSEAVery neat compact plant. Heads seldom over 1½" in diameter. Pointed leaves bristle with soft, white teeth. Grows fast. 2½" plants.$3.50
"MANTELII" cv. Excellent hybrid of H. truncata and H. cuspidata. Very dark, very slow, very short and stout. Inward curving leaves have a rough face edged with short teeth. 2½".$4.50
MAUGHANI X TURGIDANeat hybrid with rhomboid leaf tips. Just what you would expect from the union of these two! Nice 2½"-3" plants.$3.50
MIRABILIS var. RUBRODENTATA(Original plant collected by J. W. Dodson #583). Distinct form with very long narrow leaves, clear "windows" with very few lines. "Teeth" will turn red in good light. 2½"-3".$4.50
RETUSA ACUMINATA VARIEGATE "WHITE GHOST"Leaves are pale green with white variegation. Whiter near the center than the tip. Very handsome! Nice 3".$4.00
TRUNCATA fma. CRASSAThis is the bold, large, dark, thick leaved form everyone finds exciting. The BEST form of truncata with leaves about 1½" wide in "fans" apx. 4" across. Super!$11.50
TRUNCATA cf. "LIME GREEN"Unusual very light, lime green plant with rough face. Just glows as if it has an interior light. Makes a 4" fan with 1" wide leaves. 3"-3½"+ fans, some offsetting.$5.50
TRUNCATA hybrid "SIZUNAMI"Very interesting plant with a very rough, faceted face and dark color. 2½"-3" offsetting.$4.50
VENOSA ssp. TESSELATA "NEAT"Bigger growing, better "teeth" and brighter face lines than normal form. Slow to grow but over 4" across when full grown. Big, beautiful 3" plants.$6.50
WHITESLOANIANA(Combined into H. magnifica fma. maraisii). This form is so different and robust we use the old name. Dark, small headed, slow growing plant. Very pretty 2½" offsetting.$4.00
XIPHIOPHYLLAEasy to grow plant with long, soft, white teeth along edge of leaf. Apx. 3".$3.50
HOYA
AUSTRALIS ssp. ORAMICOLAA very rare and unusual xerophytic plant from W. Australia. Pale green leaves measure 3" long. 1½" wide and will become ½" thick. Beautiful white flowers. Big 8"-10" RC. $10.00
LOYCEANDREWSIANA(Formerly listed as H. diversifolia). Rare plant from the lowland forests of coastal Malagasia and New Guinea. The huge mature leaves look like 6" red-edged, green pancakes hanging on a vine. Keep warm, above 50oF. (Limit 2 per order). Nice 8"-10" RC. LIMITED.$12.50
IPOMOEA
PLATENSECaudex 1" wide x 3½" tall.$14.00
JATROPHA
CAPENSISThis handsome African plant has a swollen trunk and soft green, lance-like leaves. Seed grown with 1"+ wide trunk. Well branched 8 year old plants. Trimmed to 10". LIMITED.$10.00
McVAUGHEYBeautiful species from Mexico with a thick trunk. Soft furry leaves, bunches of furry white flowers. The Best! 6"+ seed grown.$5.00
MULTIFIDAForms interesting many branched bush with strange red flowers. 4" leaves are so deeply cut they look like green lace. 7"-8" seedings.$4.50
KALANCHOE
KALANCHOE TOMENTOSA CULTIVARSFour different color cultivars from Madagascar, originally collected by Prof. Rauh. The lance shaped leaves are covered with a fuzz-like fur.
"CHOCOLATE SOLDIER" cv. - Hershey choco- late brown with black markings on leaf.$4.50
"GINGER" cv. Pale grey with red/black markings on leaf.$4.00
"GOLDEN GIRL" cv. Gold with black markings on leaf.$5.00
"SUPER FUZZY" cv. Long silver-grey "fur". Twice the size of normal form.$5.00
MESTOKLEMA
ARBORIFORMEThis "Mesemb" develops a gnarled caudex with red bark. Keep trimmed for best look. Seed grown with good caudex root. Trimmed to 8". LIMITED.$6.50
OPERCULACARIA
DECARYIYoung plants.$12.50
OXALIS
LATIFOLIASuper beautiful deep purple/red leaves in the usual "clover" pattern but up to 1½" across. Yummy lavender/pink flowers. Will not spread. Replant small (½") bulbs in October. Large multibulbed plants.$4.50
RUBRARead on! I wish this plant would seed all over. It grows from an above ground caudex that looks like a stack of shaggy marbles. Soft green, clover-like leaves and bright pink flowers. Winter grower. If/when it goes dormant give plant some shade. Neat plants.$5.00
PACHYCORMUS
DISCOLORA marvelous "Elephant Tree" from Baja California. Makes a very nice trunk-caudex with Bonsai-like branching. 5 year old seed grown with apx. ¾"-1" caudex-base. Trimmed to 8"-9". LIMITED$14.50
PACHYPODIUM
These plants grow stout and fat if the soil is NOT rich and you don't use fertilizer. Extra grit (small gravel) mixed in the soil helps the excess water drain out faster. If underpotted when young will also produce thicker, fatter stems. Water well when in leaf or flower, a little less when (and if) they are dormant. Lightly squeeze body with fingers - if soft, not enough water. Should be firm all year long. Keep above 500F.
LAMEREINarrower leaves than the variety. Lots of white flowers. Easy to grow. 4"-6" plants.$4.00
LAMEREI var. RAMOSUMWhen this plant gets older the leaves will be wider, longer and thicker, with a neat soft "felt" on the back, than the normal species. The bunches of 3" snow white flowers have a beautiful perfume too. Will flower easily in a pot. Neat 6" seedlings.$6.00
LEALII SAUNDERSII5" chubby seedlings.$4.50
NAMAQUANUMEndangered in the wild but we produce seedlings from our plants. This really is the most dramatic of the genus. Long curled velvet leaves top a plump body with 1"-1½" gold spines. Chubby 1½" tall x 1" wide plants.$6.50
ROSULATUM var. ROSULATUMFast and easy to grow. This plant offsets young and produces prolific and dramatic bunches of yellow flowers. 4"-6" neat seedlings.$5.50
SOFIENSEThis is a fairly new and hard to find plant. Our adult plant set seed three years ago so we have a few for you. The young plants are similar to P. lamerei BUT are very different as they grow up. They form a short barrel-like stem about 2 feet tall then flower and branch. The flowers are in large bunches with slightly twisted white petals with a faint purple edge. The wonderful perfume will amaze you! Seed grown 4" tall body, 1"+ wide.$8.50
PELARGONIUM
Easy to grow if "bush" type, takes a little practice if underground tuber type. Winter grower but will grow all year long if watered. Protect from heat in summer and cold in winter.
CARNOSUMSuper nice deep cut leaves, green, edged with silver-white. Nice plump, RC. $4.50
CERATOPHYLLUMSmall growing with very pinnate, cylindrical leaves. Thick stems branch well. White flowers. From lower Namibia. 5" branched. LIMITED.$6.50
sp. (FKH 16881)Frank Horwood collected this near Steinkope, South Africa. It grows from strange potato-like tubers and soon produces a stem with very pretty, red flushed, fuzzy leaves. Flowers are a pretty lilac-pink with red spots on upper petals. Check soil carefully for new tubers when re-potting. Nice plants with tuber.$8.00
PENTOPENTIA
NATALENSIS(aka: Fockea tugelensis, aka: Tacazzea natalensis and who knows what more changes to come??) A rare, interesting and slow growing Asclepiad with a round, rough, red barked caudex and a red vine with shiny green leaves with red undersides. Pretty too! Seed grown plants with 1"-1½" wide caudex.$5.50
PORTULACARIA
AFRA VARIEGATEThis gaudy colored plant has deep red stems and cream and green variegated leaves. Procumbant form, easy to grow. Good for Bonsai. 6"-8" well branched.$4.00
RAPHIONACME
FLANAGANIIThis Asclepiad forms a smooth caudex which produces a brown woody vine with 4" velvet soft leaves. Nice chubby root caudex apx. 2½" by 3"-4" long.$7.50
RAUHIA
PERUVIANASeed from plants collected by Rauh (#24223) in Pucairia, Peru. The bulb-caudex produces a pair of thick, tongue like leaves. When mature these leaves are 6" wide and 12" long. A tall stem with a umbel of 3" long, blue-green flowers will appear after the winter dormant period. Nice seed grown with apx. 6" leaves and 1"-1"+ bulb.$8.50
SANSEVIERIA
Very satisfying plant to grow. As a rule of thumb - if you can bend tip of leaf easily it likes more shade. If tip is stiff - it likes more light. Always looks better if not in full sun. Dormant from September to April or May. Water well when growing, about ¼ the amount when dormant. Great house plant.
"BANTEL'S SENSATION"Long, narrow leaves, grey-green with many bright, white stripes. Nice plants.$6.00
CANALICULATA Stiff, curved, round, single leaf per plant. Shallow channel. Very slow to grow. From Madagascar. Apx. 10".$7.50
CANALICULATA DWARFThis plant from Madagas-car is half the size of the regular plant in both length and diameter. It has only one, single, cylindrical leaf per plant but offsets well.$7.50
"FROSTY SPEARS" cv. This beauty is well illustrated on the cover of this Wish Book. The adult plant will spiral like a helix when it gets older. Nice 6"-7" plants.$14.50
"GRAY LADY" GC81032Lovely gray color, banded gray in the center. Multiheaded plants.$7.50
PATENSThick, ridged leaves form a "fan" of curved graceful leaves. We think it is one of the most beautiful of all the genus! Plants 6"-7" "fans".$10.00
SCABRAFOLIASlow growing, rather rare species. Very dark green rough leaves edged in white. Forms a fountain-like rosette but seldom over 10" in diameter. 3"-4" diameter, 5 year old seedlings.$11.50
SCHWEINFURTHII GC78210Leaves are very dark green and tapered round. The sculptured form is beautiful. The plant grows in an "S" shape rather than the normal rosette. Super 16"-18" plants. LIMITED.$20.00
SINGULARIS GC78124A plant that varies with age. It has flat, short, thick, dark leaves when young. Slowly the leaves lengthen and become thinner with a narrow channel. Finally the leaves are round with a tiny channel. Semi-adult BR.$5.00
sp. GC81069 "BASEBALL BAT"(Now S. hallii from Zimbabwe). There is no known Sansevieria like it. A plant has one or two broad channeled leaves, ridged on the face. The channel is the same width as the leaf! The adult leaf is 2"+ wide, up to 12" long and 1"+ thick!!! And it is as hard as a rock! We fondly call it the "Baseball Bat". This plant belongs in every collection. Nice plants with one or two 6"-8" leaves.$10.00
sp. FKH 432 (Now S. francisii) - From Garsen, Kenya. Forms 5 vertical rows of overlapping round, very pointed leaves when adult. An odd form somewhat like a raccoon tail. 4"-6" plants.$7.00
sp. LOBAL, KENYAPropagated from material found near Lake Baringo, Lobal, Kenya. Deep green leaves form a fountain-like rosette. 6"-8" rosettes. LIMITED.$12.50
sp. MASON/CONGO GC78133Fabulous mottled bluish color. Can make leaves 9" wide, 30" high! Nice plant 8"-10".$10.50
SEDUM
FURFURACEUSSmall, slow growing and interesting plant from the pine forest in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. The thick, lateral stems bear short branches of dense, fat, purplish ¼" leaves flecked with white wax. Star shaped pink flower. Can be grown as a hanging plant or trained into a Bonsai shape. Chunky 6" well branched plants.$4.50
SEMPERVIVUM
ARACHNOIDEUMPretty plant, stays small. Tight rosettes of purple/green leaves are topped with a heavy, white "spiderweb". 2"-2½" plants.$4.00
SENECIO
HAWORTHII "Cass Form"This form is bigger, whiter and more dramatic than the normal form. The felted leaves have a small ridge on each side instead of being round. It is handsome! 4"-6".$4.50
SCAPOSUSSilvery cylinders in dainty rosettes. A very lovely species. 3"+ rosettes.$3.50
SCAPOSUS var. CAULESCENSSilver cylindrical leaves are flattened and cupped at tip. Looks like a rosette of silver spoons. 4"+ plants.$4.50
SINNINGIA
TUBIFLORAStrange plant with irregularly shaped "biscuit" like caudex. Stiff stem has lovely 1" x 4" soft, furry leaves. The many tube shaped flowers are white. Nice 1½"-2" caudex.$7.50
TRICHODIADEMA
BULBOSUMThese plants with their pink flowers, tiny leaves, and big caudex root is always a favorite. The caudex on this 4 year old plant is apx. 1½" wide. Very nice.$7.00
TROCHOMERIA
DEBILISThis member of the Cucumber family has a smooth, twisted caudex and lace like leaves on a clambering vine. Yellow-orange fruit. Neat 4 year old plants with 2"+ wide. apx. 3"+ tall caudex.$9.00
UNCARINA
ROEOSLIANAThis unusual plant from Madagascar has an elongate caudex root, big velvet 3" leaves and "snapdragon"-like yellow flowers almost all the time. Really nice and easy to keep small by trimming. Good drainage required in soil mix. Nice large tuber, 8"-10".$13.50
ZAMIA
FURFURACEANice small growing cycad. Great as a pot plant and nice in the garden. The 12" "feather" leaf stems grow from the top of the caudex trunk and hold ranks of blunt stiff green leaflets. These seed grown plants have an 1"+ base and are 6"-8" tall. LIMITED.$12.50

WHAT IS A "SUPER CLONE"

A clone is a single plant grown from a single seed. Every plant grown from a seed is an individual clone. Like people, one in a thousand plants is so different and beautiful it stands out from all the rest. It is not a hybrid. It is propagated by cuttings so none of the unique characteristics are lost. Every cutting is genetically identical to the clone it is cut from. So, to set apart these very special plants we call them "Super Clone".

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