RARE PLANT RESEARCH
An explanation of the Size Codes and Other Codes can be found in the Code Table
Plant List - Page 4
Species
Size
Codes
Other
Codes
Price
Amorphophallus revieri
Araceae. "Devil's tongue." Native to Indo-China. Forms a large tuber to at least 20cm wide with a single but divided leaf to 2m or more. The flower spike can be as large as 1m high. Keep moist when growing and bone dry when dormant.
2"
C
$9.50
* Anacampseros australiana
Portulacaceae, nice caudiciform from Australia with tuberous roots and succulent leaves.
1"-2"
C,LS
$4.50
Anredera beselloides Baillon
Madera vine. Native from Mexico to Argentina. Forms disjoint 'glob' caudex up to 1m wide! If heavily mulched caudex can be grown in temperate zones.
2"
4"
C
C
$4.50
$8.50
Anredera ramosa (Moq.) Hemsl.
BLM 1254 Aculzingo, Ver. Type is Guatemala, but native from Mexico to Costa Rica. Forms large tubers in the ground as well as leaf axial tubers. Smaller leaves than A. beselloides
2"
4"
C
C
$4.50
$8.50
Anredera sp. BLM 0475
Similar to above, but smaller caudex. Purchased from a San Jose, Costa Rica street medicine man who claims that the caudex can be used to heal wounds.
2"
4"
C
C
$4.50
$8.50
Araujia sericifera
Asclepiadaceae, from S. Brazil, "Cruel Plant", "Bladder Flower", flowers are able to trap insects, vining.
4"
ST
$8.50
** Ariocarpus agaviodes (Castaneda) Anderson
Native to Tampaulipas, Mexico. 2 year old seedlings.
1"-2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus fissuratus (Engel.) Schum.
Native to Coahuila, Zacatecas, W. Texas. 3 yrs. old.
1"-2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus fissuratus v. hintonii Stuppy & Taylor
SB 1568. Described in 1989 from S.L.P. south of Matehuala and differs from the type by its smaller size, straight lateral groves and longer tubercles.
1"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus fissuratus v. lloydi (Rose) Marshall
Type is en colinal al E. de Luguna del Rey, Coahuila, but grows also in Zacatecas on limestone. Differs from the type the lack of adaxial groves and rounded tubercles.
1" - 2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus (Lemaire) Schaumann "albaflora"
White flowering form.
1"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus v. macdowellii
2 year old seedlings.
1"-2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus retusus San Rafael form. SB 68
2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus retusus Scheid.
Native to Coahuila, Zacatecas and S.L.P. 4 yrs. old.
2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus retusus v. elongatus
1"-2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus retusus v. furfuraceus
1"-2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus scapharostrus Boedeker
Very small plants.
1"
LS
$12.50
** Ariocarpus trigonus "elongatus" Schum.
'Living rock' cactus. 4 yr. old seedlings.
1"-2"
LS
$5.50
** Ariocarpus trigonus Schumann
"Chaute" The typical form and native to Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi.
1"-2"
LS
$5.50
** Astrophytum asterias (Zuccarini) Lemaire
Native to Tamilipas, Nuevo Leon and S. Texas grow to 10cm wide and 6cm high. Very popular.
2"
ST
$6.50
Beaucarnea gracilis
One of the "ponytail palms", although not a palm at all but in the Liliaceae. Type is nr. Tehuacan, Pue. Used to be called B. oedipus. Forms caudices to 1.5m wide!
2"
C
$4.50
Beaucarnea guatemalensis Rose
Type locale is Sierra de las Minas near Coban, Guatemala.
2"
6"
8"
C
C
C
$4.50
$12.50
$19.50
Beaucarnea recurvata Lemaire
'Ponytail palm' Native to San Luis Potosi. Develops caudex fast! Caudices grow to over 1m wide!
10"
C
$29.50
Beaucarnea stricta Lemaire
Glaucas leaved and caudices growing to at least 1m wide makes this an interesting species.
2"
C
$4.50
Bechorneria calciola Garcia-Mendosa
Agavaceae. BLM 1255 Cerro Otzelotzi, Puebla. Grass-like foliage with a below ground caudex. A new species discovered only about ten years ago, perhaps the first time in cultivation.
4"
6"
C
C
$8.50
$12.50
Begonia peltata
Attractive, pubescent peltate leaves make this an interesting addition to tones collection, somewhat pachycaul.
2"
4"
ST
ST
$5.50
$8.50
Bombax palmeri S. Wats.
Differing from the above by having tomentose leaves and native only to Mexico's west coast.
2"
4"
6"
P,B
P,B
P,B
$4.50
$10.50
$16.50
Boswellia sacra
Syn. With B. carter. The frankincense tree. The resin has been used as incense for 1,000s of years. Rare in cultivation.
4"
B
$29.50
Brachystelma pygmeaum (Schltr.) N.E. Br.
Native from E. Cape Region to Natal and Zululand in grassy areas where it is able to withstand grass fires. Tuber grows to 10cm wide.
1"-2"
C
$9.50
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