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Ceiba Foundation - Lalo Loor Plants
... the most famous example of this approach is the cactus, which stores moisture in its spiny trunk (and there are epiphytic cacti!), but other plants do the same: orchids use their pseudobulbs ... of the Manabí province, is the striking green giant Ceiba trichastandra. Spiny when young, to prevent herbivores from damaging the trunk, this tree has green bark that is photosynthetically-active even when ...
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Browningia candelaris
... describes the unusual shape of the plant with its single upright, spiny trunk crowned with a head of ascending or drooping branches which are ... with unusual, thin, fleshy scales. Flowers are never produced from the spiny trunk; they can appear on young arms, but only a few at ... certain conditions. Figure 4. The abrupt end to the spiny, lower part of the trunk on a plant near the road from Arica to ...
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Floridata: Chorisia speciosa
... develop broadly spreading umbrella canopies as they age. The bulbous green trunk is covered with big blunt warty triangular spines and turns ... shoot growth in a closed container with bottom heat. The spiny trunk makes the silk floss tree a favorite of masochistic tree ... year when young and never fails to attract comments with its spiny green trunk and beautiful flowers that cover a bare tree. Linda ...
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Acanthophoenix crinita
... F. Probably one of the more cold hardy spiny-palms. Trunk type: A single, spiny trunk. Leaf type: Pinnate (feather shape) Suckering/Solitary: Solitary (single trunk). Maintenance: Average Speed of growth: Fast ... Requirements: Typically full sun in California coastal areas. General Description: A unique and striking spiny palm that has proven to be both cold hardy and fast growing. Other Notes ...
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Trichocereus chiloensis
... reported to grow up to 8m in height. Growth Habits: T. chiloensis is a fiercely spiny cactus. It develops into a shrub or small tree. Stem: Rarely single, usually of several ... of many, arising from near the base, starting nearly at right angles to the main trunk but soon erect, up to 8 m tall, stems 10-12.5 cm in diameter ...
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Angiosperm Families - Caricaceae Dum.
... laticiferous. Plants succulent (in the stem), or non-succulent. Pachycaul (commonly, with unbranched trunk and a terminal cluster of leaves), or leptocaul. Leaves large; alternate; petiolate; ... pinnately lobed); cross-venulate. Leaves exstipulate (usually), or stipulate. Stipules when present, spiny. General anatomy. Plants with laticifers (articulated, anastomosing). The laticifers in leaves and ...
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HortNews- December 2004
... that can prevent the tree from absorbing water. Place the tree trunk in a pail of water until you bring it inside to decorate ... from the Christmas tree and placed over flowerbeds as mulch. The trunk can then be used for firewood. Finally, old Christmas trees can ... 5-7 individual leaflets and an inedible nut enclosed in a spiny, light brown, leathery capsule. 4. Decorate For The Holidays With Safety ...
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The Cycad Pages
... for a palm where a large crown is desired without the tall trunk. For sheer majesty, it is difficult to surpass one of the larger Encephalartos species with 2-3 m of trunk. It is also difficult to obtain such plants, and most gardeners ... . These all have the added advantage of lacking spines, prickles or spiny leaves. A critical factor in maintaining healthy indoor cycads is maintaining ...
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The Cycad Pages
... swollen at the base. Longitudinal ptyxis erect, horizontal ptyxis erect. Leaflets simple, frequently with spiny margins, with numerous bifurcating parallel veins and no distinct midrib, leaflets broad-based, not ... button of your browser, return to the original query, and gradually add more characters. Trunk Above ground Subterranean Leaf length (cm) Leaf - keel flat keeled Basal leaflets reduced to ...
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Acanthophoenix rubra a spiny palm also known as the red palm
... F. Trunk type: When young: single, spiny crown shaft and trunk; sheds spines on trunk as it matures. This palm has bright red colored petioles (leafstalks), red color (hence the red palm). Trunk fades into ... full-sun or part-day sun; inland, limited sun as tolerated. General Description: A spiny, single trunk-palm that is exotic and unusual. Other Notes: Acanthophoenix rubra: We've found this ...
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