My Life Among the Lithops (and Other Strange Plants)

For May, I chose a plant from my garden that's full of controversy, pluses and minuses, pros and cons. You might love it or hate it. It...

I was very surprised to learn that the genus Tillandsia evolved in the Andean region at the beginning of the Tertiary Period (about 65millio...

My one and only Argyroderma (silver-skin) is regenerating slowly but surely. Last summer, it was my Cryptkeeper.... I was really worried,...

My Lithops seedlings are now yearlings, and it's been extraordinary to watch them grow up. From about 100 seeds I've got about a doz...

This week is a wrap-up for the school year, with many final projects and final exams coming due, so I cannot write a complete and thoughtful...

I'm very pleased to see my new Catasetum blooming. This is the plant I bought at the orchid show several weeks ago, and I was feeling gr...

I don't know about you, but I get sooooo frustrated trying to figure out which species a particular Lithops belongs to. If the nursery o...