Along with columns, club updates and other material, each issue of the Henry Shaw Cactus Digest includes “Plant of the Month” articles on members’ favorite cacti and succulents. The articles typically include photos and facts on the plants’ origins, distribution and growing conditions, as well as care and cultivation tips. Plants featured in this month’s Digest are shown below. Access previous POM articles from the pulldown menus to right.
By Pat Mahon – While in the Caribbean, we made an incredibly important stop to Grand Cayman, an island located just south of Cuba. Botanist George Proctor, author of Flora of the Cayman Islands, proclaimed that there are more endemic species found in the Cayman Islands than in the Galapagos. This is likely due to the isolation of the islands in closer proximity to other islands, …
By Bob Williams – While you can’t tell it from the weather, fall is almost upon us. Most of us are looking around the house, trying to figure out where place this plant or that plant. Which ones can handle a cooler room? Which ones do I need to water more often than others? Which ones need a southern window? Which ones am I going to bring …
By Barbara Wedler – I was the lucky winner of the “show-worthy” prize plant, a specimen Momordica rostrata, at the July meeting. This species is native to dry areas of East Africa (southern Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania and northeast Uganda). These plants have large caudices and grow …