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Latin name: Espostoa melanostele Common name: Old man of Peru Plant group: Cacti Plant family: Trichocereae Climate: Subtropical mountain climate Minimal temperature: 5°C (41°F) Optimal temperature: 24-26°C (75-78°F) Recommended place: sunny or penumbral Soil: cactus soil Height: 100 cm (39 in.) Flower color: white Repotting: every 36 months (3 years) Rarity: no Pests: Woolly schield louse (Pseudococcidae) Diseases: Basal rot (Sclerotium cacticola) Fire Blight  (Erwinia) Bacterial wilt (Pseudomonas) Bacterial diseases () Fungal wilt (Verticillium) Yellow fungus (Fusarium oxysporum) Origin country: Peru

Adenium Obesum's grow both indoors and outdoors and is also known as a desert rose. Adenium is also known as a desert rose. And although it doesn't really grow in the desert and it's not a rose it's still a beautiful plant that you can grow indoors or outdoors. Now to grow it there's a few simple rules that you should follow. Now it's a succulent. So it likes really dry areas but yet wants some water at the same time. So it wants lots of water then really wants to dry out. So it does the best around the eaves or somewhere in a big raised bed or a rock garden where it doesn't do well in a really wet boggy area and you'll lose it right away. So to start it from seed it's really easy. And so to start an Adenium by seed there's a few steps that you should follow. So the materials that you need when you start plants from seed, some plant seeds, container, and I always like to have gravel to put on the very bottom of the pot and the top of the pot. An...

Common Names:  jelly palm, pindo palm Family:   Arecacea/Palmae  (palm Family) Description This beautiful feather palm has long pinnate leaves that arch and recurve towards the ground from atop a thick stout trunk. The trunk can grow to 20 feet, but normally reaches 12-15 ft (3.7-4.6 m) with a diameter of 1-1.5 ft (0.3-0.5 m). Typically, the old leaf stalks persist for years, although specimens with clean trunks are not uncommon. Leaves range from light green to bluish gray and grow 5 to 10 feet long. The leaf stems range from about 2-4 ft (0.6-1.2 m) in length and have spines along both edges. The palm produces bright orange fruit (often called  pindo dates in the Deep South). These palms vary in form from one individual to the next. Specimens raised in dry and/or infertile soils tend to be smaller in stature with smaller leaves. Light also affects the plant's form while those grown in full sun are more compact. The apparent variability in specimens of  B...