Kaowinston Caudiciforms

Recently while visiting Japan I made a trip to the Kyoto Botanical Garden, and was very impressed. There was an extensive collection of plants and trees, as you would expect. But also present was a remarkable conservatory. The conservatory had many surprises in store for me, including fruiting papaya and banana tree and a mango tree in bloom. There was even a breadfruit tree, something which is particularly difficult to grow outside habitat.

The biggest surprise was the presence of a baobab (adansonia digitata) tree, growing in all its splendour. It must take a lot of courage to grow this tree in a greenhouse. But it has brought them the ultimate reward of producing fruits. Look at the photos.

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Caudiciform? Please ID

2009-04-17T23:04:20+02:00

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ID Please?

2009-03-25T20:32:45+01:00

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Jatropha Berlandieri

2009-02-27T21:26:54+01:00

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Zygosicyos Tripartitus

2009-01-17T21:10:33+01:00

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Adansonia Digitata

2009-01-04T14:06:40+01:00

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Cyphostemma juttae

2008-12-03T00:36:01+01:00

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Fockea Edulis / Crispa at BCSS National Show

2008-11-23T23:20:06+01:00

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Jatropha Podagrica

2008-11-09T00:58:12+01:00

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Adenia Globosa

2008-10-26T16:41:27+01:00

This is a very unusual plant that comes from Tanzania in south east Africa. It can be grown from seeds or cuttiings. You are better off trying the seeds, because I have tried the cuttings with little success. As it grows, it can become more spherical with its strangely rough and bumpy skin. It can grow to over one metre tall, with branches protuding to around the same length. Rarely seen in commercial nurseries circles in the UK, you can only obtain plants like these at specialist succulent nurseries in Europe. Both photos were taken at the Palmengarten in Frankfurt in Germany.

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Pachypodiums

2008-10-16T22:10:32+02:00

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Cyphostemma Laza

2008-09-05T22:30:39+02:00

Looking at the size of the sprawling vine, you would find it hard to believe that this plant started life as a young seedling under ten inches. These photos were taken in Monaco, at the Jardin Exotique Cactus Garden private collection.

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Zygosicyos Tripartitus

2008-08-13T00:41:08+02:00

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Welwitschia Mirabilis

2008-07-26T00:28:24+02:00

You can hardly describe this plant as an ideal caudiciform. But because it such an interesting and unusual plant, it is included in this blog. This is the infamous Welwitschia mirabilis which is native the desert areas of Namibia. In this very surprising photo, taken at the Berlin Botanical Garden, it is seen growing in a pot.

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Adenium Somalense

2008-06-17T20:25:48+02:00

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Adenia Glauca

2008-03-28T21:03:55+01:00

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CEIBA INSIGNIS ( Chorisia Insignis )

2007-12-30T22:35:28+01:00

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TYLECODON PANICULATUS

2007-12-10T00:02:06+01:00

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Fockea Crispa

2007-10-31T00:13:18+01:00

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A Young Uncarina Roeoesliana

2007-08-19T22:33:47+02:00

The easiest of all the uncarinas to bloom. It starts very early, sometimes within two years. One of mine was only six inches tall when it produced its first flower.

If you are looking to buy a young plant like one in the photo above, please contact me at kaowinston@aol.com .

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Uncarinas from Madagascar

2007-08-14T23:05:57+02:00

Uncarinas はとてもよく知られていた植物まだでない、今までのところではそれらは新しい世代別succulent のcaudiciforms の最もよい例おそらくである。それらはPedaliaceae のグループで種が限りでは、マダガスカルに排他的である唯一のものであるので分類され、非常に重要である。それらは平均より健康な高い育てる思いがけない植物全くである。残りのほとんどが容易に3 メートル上の高さを成し遂げる一方、最も小さいの2 メートル頃立つUncarina のroesoeliana である。魅力的な群葉および豪華で、黄色い花のために、それらは脂肪質植物の著しい傾向になることのチャンスを立てる。引き付ける力は更にそれらがあらゆる偽似熱帯環境で非常に容易に活気づくので高められる。 12 の種の、Uncarina のgrandidieri は最もよく知られている容易にである。注目される探検家およびコレクターの名にちなんで名付けられて、Alfred Grandidier それはあなたがあらゆる養樹園で発見に本当らしい1 つの植物である。しかしu. のpeltata 及びu. のdecaryi のような他は伝染性の上り既にである。植物を示すことを試みるときアイデンティティ問題がまだあるしかし商業養樹園への増加するアクセスと植物を識別する問題はすぐに解決するべきである。次にuncarinas がとても魅力的なぜであるか容易に示すある写真がある。

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Tylecodon Paniculatus

2007-08-03T17:35:29+02:00

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Pachypodium Bispinosum

2007-08-01T00:15:44+02:00

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