An African bulb which is also called the Giant Squill is from tropical and dry southern Africa. Nice fat bulbs showing above ground bear whorls of lanceolate leaves bearing many dark spots. The flowers are white, bell shaped and clustered, borne on a long scape. Good for landscape in zone 10 and above but makes a nice pot plant or terrarium plant too.

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This is an interesting caudex-forming species from Madagascar, with thickly succulent leaves with strongly undulating margins.  The plants are spreading but somewhat upright with half inch wide gray scarred trunks, resembling a miniature bonsai tree.  Native to the windswept terrace of Cap St. Marie in southern Madagascar it is a very attractive species in a weird sense.

A smaller hybrid that has decorative foliage, large teeth that are not sharp but are more rubbery, tapering, triangular leaves to about 3 inches long and a procumbent habit. The foliage is green, but blushes orange to red in strong light. The inflorescence bears red flowers. A choice plant, easy to grow.

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Aloe 'Snowstorm' is a compact plant with dense irregular banding with white teeth. It is star shaped and form a dense cluster.

A bizarre, epiphytic, caudiciform plant native to New Guinea and northern Australia. It belongs to the family Rubiaceae that includes coffee. It has a globular caudex with some bumps but mainly smooth, glossy, skin and many tiny openings that lead to a labyrinth of interior chambers.

The leaves are curled, thick and leathery with a smooth surface, borne on a full crown of small limbs that also bear fleshy fruit. In nature it maintains a symbiotic relationship with ants that make a home in its interior chambers, in exchange for providing food and protection to the plant.

In cultivation, no native ant species are attracted to it. Can be grown potted in loose, well-drained media, or mounted in the fashion of a Platycerium fern, using a thin layer of sphagnum moss. Needs frequent watering, but will not tolerate being constantly wet.

*VIPP offering - plants are ready to be re-potted into a larger basket

AGAVES, YUCCAS, AND RELATED PLANTS: A Gardener's Guide, Mary and Gary Irish, 384 pp, 100 color photos, 6 x 9in, hardcover, ©2000 Outlining the gardening use of a many Agaves, Yuccas, and related species. For all with interest in this diverse and horticulturally important group of plants.