Aug 16, 2023
Plant of the Day
Thursday 17 August 2023
The Coryphantha sulcolanata (beehive cactus) was flowering in the Duthie Park Cacti House, Aberdeen. This globular cactus often forms groups.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Thursday 17 August 2023
The Coryphantha sulcolanata (beehive cactus) was flowering in the Duthie Park Cacti House, Aberdeen. This globular cactus often forms groups.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Saturday 4 February 2023
In the Cactus House of Inverness Botanic Gardens are some beautiful specimens of Agave victoriae-reginae (royal agave, Queen Victoria century plant). This evergreen perennial forms a rosette of spine-tipped leaves. Each of these have attractive white markings which are impressions made by leaves on one another as they develop.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 1 February 2023
Adding a vertical element to this cacti house is Cleistocactus strausii (silver torch). This is a vigorous cactus covered in white spines on hairy, bluish-grey columns. It must be lovely when covered in tubular deep red or burgundy flowers which are scattered along the stems in summer.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Thursday 26 January 2023
In the Cacti House of the David Welch Winter Gardens in Duthie Park, Aberdeen, there was a specimen plant of Puya chilensis (Chilean puya). This is an evergreen, clumping, perennial which will produce a flower stem up to 1.5m high, covered with yellow-green, bell-shaped flowers interspersed with bird perches for the pollinators. The plant is monocarpic and dies after setting green fruit containing winged seeds.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 5 February 2023
A relatively fast growing succulent Agave attenuata (foxtail agave) produces an evergreen rosette of silvery, pale green leaves on top of a thick stem. The common name comes from the tall dense stem of greenish yellow bell shaped flowers which arch over, because of their weight.
Jill Raggett
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Plant of the Day
Wednesday 8 February 2023
In the cactus house of Inverness Botanic Garden, Scotland, there was a fine display of Cleistocactus strausii (silver torch). This was last featured at a glasshouse in Aberdeen (Wednesday 1 February 2023) but these looked so great I couldn’t resist including this dramatic and vigorous cactus again.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Sunday 29 January 2023
Hechtia species are bromeliads that originate from Florida to Brazil but are primarily native to Mexico. This range gives Hechtia special adaptations allowing them to handle conditions other bromeliads will not including thriving in bright, sunny deserts and tolerating colder temperatures. Unlike succulents Hechtia species do not hold water in their tissues to tackle drought but slow their growth when water is not available.
Jill Raggett
Plant of the Day
Wednesday 27 October 2021
The green flowered Nicotiana solanifolia is putting on a display in the Cacti House at Cambridge Botanic Garden, UK. This is a Chilean endemic and is found in the Atacama Desert.
Jill Raggett