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0 Indoor or Outdoor code not assigned.
1 Outdoors only, grows weakly indoors.
2 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
3 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
4 Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
5 Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
6 Indoors OK but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
7 Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
![Forms a very large diameter stemless rosette, and up to 1m long racemes held high.](/images/library-a-aloe-macroclada-1.aloe-macroclada-aug-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Individual flower is small but there are thousands of them.](/images/library-a-aloe-macroclada-2.aloe-macroclada-first-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Towering raceme has flowers opening down the sunny side.](/images/library-a-aloe-macroclada-3.aloe-macroclada-inflorescence-aug-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer view of a 2 metre diameter rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-macroclada-4.aloe-macroclada-july-04-2-metres-diameter.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Sandy Bay, late 1980's.](/images/library-a-aloe-macroclada-5.aloe-macroclada-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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![](/images/library-a-aloe-macroclada-aloe-macroclada-raceme.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Golden Aloe. Madagascar. Stemless rosette to 1m diam., pale leaves with golden teeth. Several winter inflorescences to 2m ht with golden flowers on bottlebrush racemes up to 1m long. Wonderful!
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Oblique racemes are characteristic.](/images/library-a-aloe-marlothii-1.aloe-marlothii-3911-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Colour of leaves can be superb.](/images/library-a-aloe-marlothii-2.aloe-marlothii-product.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The best lookers are the spiniest leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-marlothii-3.aloe-marlothii-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-marlothii-4.aloe-marlothii-aug-04-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big rosette, about 1.5 m wide! This one's green, not blue.](/images/library-a-aloe-marlothii-5.aloe-marlothii-3911-e.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These buds will open orange in a few days.](/images/library-a-aloe-marlothii-6.aloe-marlothii-jul-05-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-marlothii-aloe-marlothii-3911-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Spiny leafed tree Aloe slowly to 4m. Unbranching and massive rosette has large inflorescences of yellow flowers in outward pointing (45 degrees) racemes in mid-winter. Good in the garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Fantastic flowers!](/images/library-a-aloe-mawii-1.aloe-mawii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of raceme.](/images/library-a-aloe-mawii-2.aloe-mawii-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bristling with firepower in our Auckland Trial Garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-mawii-3.aloe-mawii-july-04-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Less common orange-flowered variant.](/images/library-a-aloe-mawii-4.aloe-mawii-orange-flowers-july-03-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering in our Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-mawii-5.aloe-mawii-aug-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
An excellent tree Aloe, these are the superb Zomba Plateau form. Grows to 2 m high, thick & branching. Stunning racemes are horizontal with dense bright red flowers in winter. Outdoors in well drained position.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Offsetting in due course.](/images/library-a-aloe-melanacantha-1.aloe-melanacantha-may-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-melanacantha-aloe-melanacantha-enmasse.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Medium sized (30cm) species from very arid areas of southern Africa. Long white spines go black with the travails of time. Flowers pinkish on inflorescences to 1m high. Probably not OK outdoors in NZ.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Need better photo.](/images/library-a-aloe-mitriformis-1.aloe-mitriformis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rosette to 20cm diameter eventually on slow growing stems to 60cm. Flowers are in capitate racemes in this form, and the leaves become glaucous in bright light. OK outdoors.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A huge old cluster about 1m wide.](/images/library-a-aloe-mitriformis-nobilis-form-1.aloe-mitriformis-nobilis-form-18022009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The flowers distinguish this from true mitriformis.](/images/library-a-aloe-mitriformis-nobilis-form-2.aloe-mitriformis-nobilis-form.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Pot specimen or garden plant, forming compact clumps of rosettes with short, thick leaves. Flowers are numerous, red and usually produced from December to February. A hybrid.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A very pretty little plant.](/images/library-a-aloe-mt-tiger-1.aloe-mt-tiger-15810.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-mt-tiger-aloe-mt-tiger-7613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Miniature, a super form of millotii or its hybrid perhaps, the narrow leaves brightly marked with long white stripes and white edge teeth, frequently conjoined. Easy and fast to multiple into a compact dense mound of interwoven leaves.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Delightful raceme.](/images/library-a-aloe-munchii-1.aloe-munchii-fl-july-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Plant is not heavy, but stem is strong.](/images/library-a-aloe-munchii-2.aloe-munchii-july-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-munchii-aloe-munchii-18712.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-munchii-aloe-munchii-21611-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Elegant narrow tree aloe to 5m tall with straight stiff trunk and erect leaves with a pinkish margin and teeth. Broad short red racemes. From altitude in Zimbabwe and Mozambique, so should be OK outdoors in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Atop a short trunk, apical dividing has started.](/images/library-a-aloe-mutabilis-1.aloe-mutabilis-5062009-c.king.king.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower.](/images/library-a-aloe-mutabilis-2.aloe-mutabilis-5062009-c.king-b.king-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Prolific flowers in mid-winter.](/images/library-a-aloe-mutabilis-3.aloe-mutabilis-jun-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nicely coloured leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-mutabilis-4.aloe-mutabilis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Does well in the garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-mutabilis-5.aloe-mutabilis-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Short-trunked, topped with many rosettes forming a ball of gorgeous long blue leaves. Racemes are bicoloured in red/yellow. Easy outdoors, and spectacular in flower in mid-winter.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Graceful flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-myriacantha-1.aloe-myriacantha-7273-301109.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering size in 9cm pot.](/images/library-a-aloe-myriacantha-2.aloe-myriacantha-19110-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closer to spotty fine leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-myriacantha-3.aloe-myriacantha.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-myriacantha-aloe-myriacantha-19110.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-myriacantha-aloe-myriacantha-201112-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Rare "Grass Aloe" from Natal to Kenya. Forms only 8-12 thin grass-like leaves to 30cm high. Flowers dull but shapely, in spring. Dies back in winter, re-grows in spring. Bright light indoors, untried outdoors.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Aloe ortholopha warming up a bleak July.](/images/library-a-aloe-ortholopha-1.aloe-ortholopha-july-04-pic9.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This inflorescence would be about 1.5 metres wide.](/images/library-a-aloe-ortholopha-2.aloe-ortholopha.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup showing secund arrangement of flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-ortholopha-3.aloe-ortholopha-fl-jul-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Laddertop view of flowering.](/images/library-a-aloe-ortholopha-4.aloe-ortholopha-jul-04-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young Aloe ortholopha when very dry](/images/library-a-aloe-ortholopha-5.aloe-ortholopha-when-very-dry.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Ooh la la, what more can we say!](/images/library-a-aloe-ortholopha-6.aloe-ortholopha-july-04-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Broad thick grey leaves form a stemless rosette to 1m. across. Stunning winter inflorescences of horizontally disposed scarlet extravagance. Prefers sheltered garden position or large patio pot.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Offsets in due course.](/images/library-a-aloe-pachygaster-1.aloe-pachygaster-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Inflorescence is held out sideways.](/images/library-a-aloe-pachygaster-2.aloe-pachygaster-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dark teeth on nearly cylindrical leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-pachygaster-3.aloe-pachygaster-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bizarre flowering format perhaps wants ground-dwelling insects to pollinate it?](/images/library-a-aloe-pachygaster-4.aloe-pachygaster-jun-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flower.](/images/library-a-aloe-pachygaster-5.aloe-pachygaster-raceme-jun-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Slow growing species from arid areas of Namibia. Forms attractive light grey rosettes to 30cm diameter. Flowers in winter on unbranched inflorescences, pink with greenish tips. Probably not OK outdoors in NZ.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Pretty wee thing.](/images/library-a-aloe-partridge-wings-1.aloe-partridge-wings-61112-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Hybrid from Aloe variegata, the Partridge Breast Aloe.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Leaf colour varies from bluish to slate-grey.](/images/library-a-aloe-parvula-1.aloe-parvula-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lax raceme.](/images/library-a-aloe-parvula-2.aloe-parvula-fl.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Endangered dwarf aloe from rock cracks in the Itremo Mts Madagascar. Unusually bristly leaves colour up violet-blue in full light. Also pinkly floriferous. OK in pot or rockery in mild areas.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Biggest raceme of any of the small Aloes.](/images/library-a-aloe-peglerae-1.aloe-peglerae-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![First bud will open tomorrow?](/images/library-a-aloe-peglerae-2.aloe-peglerae.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These incurving leaves are a sign of dryness.](/images/library-a-aloe-peglerae-3.aloe-peglerae-when-very-dry.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Solitary, blue rosette to 40cm across. Flowers in winter on a short, dense, unbranched inflorescence. Buds red opening to whitish flowers. Sunny position essential. Probably not frost tolerant.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![What a stunner when it flowers well!](/images/library-a-aloe-petricola-1.aloe-petricola-fl-sep-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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South African stemless Aloe to 60cm diameter, smooth grey leaves and few thorns. Dense racemes of flowers are beautifully two-toned, being red in bud and open to greenish white. OK outdoors.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![When it's good it's great!](/images/library-a-aloe-pictifolia-1.w2504.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering and multiheading in a 20cm pot.](/images/library-a-aloe-pictifolia-2.aloe-pictifolia.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Spotted atractive seedlings.](/images/library-a-aloe-pictifolia-3.aloe-pictifolia-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Fine rosette to 30 cm, with pretty white-spotted leaves and red/green flowers on a simple inflorescence. From Cape Province (S. Africa) and described as recently as1976.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Most majestic of all Aloes perhaps. This rosette is about 2 metres diameter.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-1.aloe-pillansii-jul-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Seeds which were germinating in seedpod.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-10.aloe-pillansii-seed-germinating-6210.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Side view of maximum healthy rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-11.aloe-pillansii-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Middle-aged sag!](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-12.aloe-pillansii-trunk-jun-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers from above. Note twin heads.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-13.aloe-pillansii-17102009-top-view..jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Rosette from above.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-2.aloe-pillansii-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Broad glaucous leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-3.aloe-pillansii-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Marginal teeth can be complex, from a cream margin.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-4.aloe-pillansii-marginal-teeth.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Developing flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-5.aloe-pillansii-flowers-161009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Later, partly hanging inflorescence.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-6.aloe-pillansii-partly-hanging-down-171009.aloe-pillansii-partly-hanging-down-171009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Can just be reached from ground in its first flowering.....](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-7.aloe-pillansii-reaching-up-to-flowers-1102009-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![.....but needs a ladder to pollinate.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-8.aloe-pillansii-pollinating-171009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Seedpod.](/images/library-a-aloe-pillansii-9.aloe-pillansii-seedpod-7210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Fabulously beautiful, rare and endangered species with massive blue-grey rosette on heavy trunk. Flowers lemon yellow emerging sideways or downways. OK outdoors only in warmest dry position.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Magnificent plant in a patio tub.](/images/library-a-aloe-plicatilis-1.aloe-plicatilis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A plant like this throws a superb shadow when floodlit onto a wall.](/images/library-a-aloe-plicatilis-2.aloe-plicatilis-pic9.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Plicatilis has one of the larger Aloe flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-plicatilis-3.aloe-plicatilis-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Huge plant 50 years old in an Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-plicatilis-4.aloe-plicatilis-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big seedlings in 13 lt tubs are just getting their second fans.](/images/library-a-aloe-plicatilis-5.aloe-plicatilis-product.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-plicatilis-aloe-plicatilis-aug-07-pic12.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-plicatilis-aloe-plicatilis-funky-16606.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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The Fan Aloe. Grows slowly into a multi-fanned bush to 2m x 2m. Perfect shape and easy in either pot or garden. Stands frost (snow in S. Africa.) Bright red flowers in winter attract tui, bellbird, waxeye.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Leaves are pliant and not as fierce as they might look.](/images/library-a-aloe-pluridens-1.aloe-pluridens-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Sometimes the trunk throws up many vertical branches......](/images/library-a-aloe-pluridens-2.aloe-pluridens-june-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![... and sometimes it doesn't.](/images/library-a-aloe-pluridens-3.aloe-pluridens-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tough plant, Auckland garden, the trunk behind is 40 years old.](/images/library-a-aloe-pluridens-4.aloe-pluridens-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A tall, thin, often branched tree Aloe to 4m topped with an elegantly swirling rosette with orange-red midwinter flowers. Good garden subject, but also suits a patio pot, being not wide.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Spiralling out of control at 1 m diameter!](/images/library-a-aloe-polyphylla-1.aloe-polyphylla-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The flowers come in early summer and are substantial.](/images/library-a-aloe-polyphylla-2.aloe-polyphylla-developing-inflorescence.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![But two clones are needed for seed production....](/images/library-a-aloe-polyphylla-3.aloe-polyphylla-pollination-dec-93.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Seedlings at eight months old. NOT tissue cultured!](/images/library-a-aloe-polyphylla-4.aloe-polyphylla-seedlings-8-months-old.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Apical division is not uncommon. Two completely separated plants will eventually result!](/images/library-a-aloe-polyphylla-5.aloe-polyphylla-dichotomously-dividing-oct-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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The Spiral Aloe. Solitary stemless rosette to 1m diameter. Ideal for garden or very large pot. Frost hardy, and likes lots of water on roots in summer. Showy orange flowers in early summer.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Where did those big flowers suddenly appear from?](/images/library-a-aloe-pratensis-1.aloe-pratensis-261009-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Attractively spiny Aloe from Cape Province, to about 30cm diameter (sometimes offsetting). Flowers orange-red, opening while the inflorescence continues to grow. OK outdoors in a sunny well drained area.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Narrow pointed raceme. Endangered species in habitat.](/images/library-a-aloe-pretoriensis-1.aloe-pretoriensis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![3m tall inflorescence in May in Auckland.](/images/library-a-aloe-pretoriensis-2.aloe-pretoriensis-may-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Many-leaved rosette needs regular water to avoid tip dry-off.](/images/library-a-aloe-pretoriensis-3.aloe-pretoriensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Fine-leafed rosette to 60cm diameter on a very short trunk. Known for its remarkably tall inflorescence (to 3m!!!) of bright red flowers in late autumn. From S.Africa & Zimbabwe. Frost tender.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Single rosette from above.](/images/library-a-aloe-purple-puzzle-1.aloe-purple-puzzle.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A puzzling purple forest.](/images/library-a-aloe-purple-puzzle-2.aloe-purple-puzzle-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Intensely coloured purple or bluish rosettes elegantly atop short stems to 60 cm height, eventually multi-trunked. Easy in pot, patio tub, or garden in mild areas. Needs bright light.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![In 50 litre pots.](/images/library-a-aloe-ramochotoma-1.aloe-ramochotoma-7606-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Doing well in our trial garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-ramochotoma-2.aloe-ramochotoma-10612-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![It's a serious business measuring these beauties.](/images/library-a-aloe-ramochotoma-3.aloe-ramochotoma-26308-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Name coined for these plants seemingly intermediate between ramo' and dicho'. First branches occur at 60-200 cms ht, are erect and frequently don't rebranch for some distance. Bright indoor or outdoors in mild areas, and needing excellent drainage.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Impressively thick trunk at about 20 years old.](/images/library-a-aloe-ramosissima-1.aloe-ramosissima-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Not an easy Aloe to flower, but possible all the same.](/images/library-a-aloe-ramosissima-2.aloe-ramosissima-flowers-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowers, waxy almost plastic-like.](/images/library-a-aloe-ramosissima-3.aloe-ramosissima-jun-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering in our Sales Greenhouse (but not for sale, sorry)..](/images/library-a-aloe-ramosissima-4.aloe-ramosissima-jun-05-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Can't stop myself taking photos of these flowers!!](/images/library-a-aloe-ramosissima-5.aloe-ramosissima-jun-05-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Wonderful branching medium size tree Aloe from South Africa and Namibia. To 2m+, suits a classy presentation in a quality pot. Bright indoor area or outdoors in warm, sheltered position with excellent drainage.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Older cluster.](/images/library-a-aloe-rauhii-1.aloe-rauhii-11613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-rauhii-2.aloe-rauhii-11613-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Single rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-rauhii-3.aloe-rauhii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Outdoors in Auckland Botanic Garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-rauhii-4.aloe-rauhii-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
A beautifully patterned miniature Aloe from Madagascar to around 15cm diameter, slowly offsetting. Flowers on slender stems 20cm high, bright scarlet red. OK outdoors only if frost-free and given very good drainage
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![A recommended garden subject, flowering late summer......](/images/library-a-aloe-reitzii-1.aloe-reitzii-mar-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![....when few other Aloe species flower....](/images/library-a-aloe-reitzii-2.aloe-reitzii-26022006-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![....but more importantly, the racemes shouldn't get burnt off by frost.](/images/library-a-aloe-reitzii-3.aloe-reitzii-26022006-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Broad handsome leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-reitzii-4.aloe-reitzii-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-reitzii-aloe-reitzii-fl-mar-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Choice usually solitary blue-grey rosette to 80cm diameter, without trunk. Long dense racemes of flowers are a showy pinky-red opening to yellow. OK outdoors, & in garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Flowers in late winter, bringing warm orange cheer.](/images/library-a-aloe-rupestris-1.aloe-rupestris-sept-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Handsome rosette to about 1m diameter.](/images/library-a-aloe-rupestris-2.aloe-rupestris.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Handsome straight unbranched tree aloe to 8m tall. Profuse flowers in late winter, many racemes. Protruding stamens have an almost fluorescent bright orange-red effect. Moderately frost-hardy.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Many-racemed inflorescence from swirly rosette of leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-sabaea-1.aloe-sabaea-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The individual flowers are quite large and fat.](/images/library-a-aloe-sabaea-2.aloe-sabaea-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Shows narrow straight trunk.](/images/library-a-aloe-sabaea-3.aloe-sabaea.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Outdoors in Auckland, although not all thrive like this one did. It sold in our downsize auction for $9.](/images/library-a-aloe-sabaea-4.aloe-sabaea-41111-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare tree aloe from remote and stony Yemen with curvy leaves atop a tall naked unbranched trunk to 4m. Large lax red flowers in mid-winter, on a tall inflorescence. Should be okay outdoors in warm position in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Need better photo.](/images/library-a-aloe-salmdyckiana-1.aloe-salmdyckiana.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Solid tree aloe to 4m with bright red flowers in profusion in June/July/August. Heavy rosettes atop thick branching trunks. Remove basal offsets for best appearance. Tough & reliable.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Pretty little Aloe, easy indoors, worth trying outdoors.](/images/library-a-aloe-sinkatana-1.aloe-sinkatana-yellow-fl-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![](/images/library-a-aloe-sinkatana-aloe-sinkatana-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Uncommon species from Sudan. Spotted rosettes (theoretically to 1 m wide, but usually much smaller), offsetting. Orange flowers several times per year from a branched inflorescence. Racemes unusual, flattened and disc-like. Untried outdoors, probably OK.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Swirling head of leaves at 20 years old.](/images/library-a-aloe-speciosa-1.aloe-speciosa-seedpods.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
!["Speciosa" means attractive, here's how.](/images/library-a-aloe-speciosa-2.aloe-speciosa-flowers-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The emerging raceme is attractive too.](/images/library-a-aloe-speciosa-3.aloe-speciosa-raceme-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Enjoying the sunshine in an Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-speciosa-4.aloe-speciosa-july-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bird's eye view of flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-speciosa-5.aloe-speciosa-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Still happy in a pot after 14 years.](/images/library-a-aloe-speciosa-6.aloe-speciosa.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Distinctive tilted head and leaves on a single-stemmed tree Aloe to 4m. Flowers go from red to whitish as they open, giving a very showy effect. Moderately frost-tolerant. Bright light if indoors.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Handsome brute.](/images/library-a-aloe-spectabilis-1.aloe-spectabilis-aug-94.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Very heavy spiny rosette atop a stout unbranched trunk to 4 metres. Spectacular candelabras of flowers in midwinter, usually yellow. Close relative of A.marlothii. OK outdoors and frosthardy.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Tough doer, with showy flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-spinosissima-1.aloe-spinosissima-27811-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Softly spiny light green rosettes to 40cm, offsetting prolifically. Very bright red flowers in late winter ard dense and showy. Thought to be a humilis hybrid. Fast, easy, and tolerant.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Smooth leaves and chartreuse flowers in summer.](/images/library-a-aloe-striatula-1.aloe-striatula-51210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flower, which, unfortunately is only at its best look for a few days.](/images/library-a-aloe-striatula-2.aloe-striatula-51210-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Becomes a spreading bush in time.](/images/library-a-aloe-striatula-3.aloe-striatula-dec-04-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Smooth leaves and chartreuse flowers in summer, becoming a many-branched bush in a few years.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![A cutting from a very old plant.](/images/library-a-aloe-succotrina-1.aloe-succotrina-18072009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Old plant with branching.](/images/library-a-aloe-succotrina-2.aloe-succotrina-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Many white-spotted white-toothed leaves form a big red-flowered rosette on a stout trunk, eventually branched and outliving its 1st owner by 100 years or more. Easy and handsome in gardens or pots. Won't worry with winter wet.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![The racemes are held over 1 meter above the large stemless rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-swynnertonii-1.aloe-swynnertonii-21612.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Zimbabwean species which can have a stemless rosette to 1.5 metres diameter, later offsetting. Racemes held very tall in early winter.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Need better photo.](/images/library-a-aloe-taurii-1.aloe-taurii-13811-e.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Relatively new (1968) and not too large bottlebrush aloe from Zimbabwe with yellow-orange flowers and leaves that redden attractively when dry. Easy plant for the garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Red teeth and sometimes red bumps can make this very attractive.](/images/library-a-aloe-teethy-schmeethy-1.aloe-teethy-schmeethy-13812-a.1-81110-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers freely produced.](/images/library-a-aloe-teethy-schmeethy-2.aloe-teethy-schmeethy-26911-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A quite glaucous example.](/images/library-a-aloe-teethy-schmeethy-3.aloe-teethy-schmeethy-26911-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Small plant bearing one offset already.](/images/library-a-aloe-teethy-schmeethy-4.aloe-teethy-schmeethy-81110-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Red, sometimes translucent, edges with conjoined multi-cuspid teeth.](/images/library-a-aloe-teethy-schmeethy-5.aloe-teethy-schmeethy-7613-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A Coro Cacti hybrid with interesting multi-cuspid teeth on the translucent edges of remarkably rough-textured leaves. Leaves vary in roughness, redness, and glaucousness. Every one is different, it is best to own a full set.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Striking a pose atop a Mt Eden stone wall.](/images/library-a-aloe-thraskii-1.aloe-thraskii-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Dramatic landscape plant with a cockleshell topping.](/images/library-a-aloe-thraskii-2.aloe-thraskii-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Suits a pebble garden too.](/images/library-a-aloe-thraskii-3.aloe-thraskii-maraetai-sept-02.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Before a weight-reduction for shipping….](/images/library-a-aloe-thraskii-4.aloe-thraskii-3608-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![…. after weight-reduction. Voila, a rare two-headed plant!!](/images/library-a-aloe-thraskii-5.aloe-thraskii-311010-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Tree Aloe of the Natal sand dunes. Striking 1.5m diameter rosette on trunk eventually to 4 metres. Leaves concave above, downcurving. Winter flowers are yellow on truncated racemes.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![A large head atop a stately trunk.](/images/library-a-aloe-vaombe-1.aloe-vaombe-27082009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Showy winter flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-vaombe-2.aloe-vaombe-10909-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Large single-headed Madagascan tree Aloe, eventually to 3m. Long leaves with white teeth. Flowers in midwinter with spectacular inflorescences holding (up to) hundreds of bright racemes of red flowers. Easy in pot or garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![My favourite Aloe shape.](/images/library-a-aloe-vaotsanda-1.aloe-vaotsanda-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In the garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-vaotsanda-2.aloe-vaotsanda--pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![... and a year or so later.](/images/library-a-aloe-vaotsanda-3.aloe-vaotsanda.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The flowers are a real surprise!](/images/library-a-aloe-vaotsanda-4.aloe-vaotsanda-17910-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Close view of a raceme.](/images/library-a-aloe-vaotsanda-5.aloe-vaotsanda-17910-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tiny dainty inflorescence for a large Aloe!](/images/library-a-aloe-vaotsanda-6.aloe-vaotsanda-17910-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Recommended planting technique for challenging subjects. Not much hole and minimal damage to rootball.](/images/library-a-aloe-vaotsanda-7.aloe-vaotsanda-15213-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Perhaps the most handsome Aloe, with its outspread recurved green leaves atop a stout trunk clad with persistent dead leaves (if not removed). Orangish flowers. Slowgrowing. Needs best warm and well-drained position, or pot.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![A classic shape, watch for it in Riven (a computer game).](/images/library-a-aloe-variegata-1.aloe-variegata-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-variegata-2.aloe-variegata-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young plants have thicker leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-variegata-3.aloe-variegata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Partridge Breast Aloe. Three ranks of thick triangular leaves distinguish this classic plant. Pink flowers in spring. OK outdoors if roots are very well-aerated. Offsets readily to form a tight group.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![This is the famous medicinal Aloe. Not those other ones.](/images/library-a-aloe-vera-1.aloe-vera.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Aloe vera with the Little Spotty Hybrid for comparison.](/images/library-a-aloe-vera-2.aloe-vera-both-forms.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Yellow flowers in dense racemes are distinguishing.](/images/library-a-aloe-vera-3.aloe-vera-fl-nov03-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The real Aloe vera is quite stately in the desert garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-vera-4.aloe-vera-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Hard to find the REAL Aloe vera](/images/library-a-aloe-vera-5.aloe-vera-nov03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Exactly 1 kilogram of freshly cut leaves.](/images/library-a-aloe-vera-6.aloe-vera-1-kg-of-fresh-leaves.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of 580 different Aloes, this is the famous medicinal one. Stately rosette to 80cm diameter with bold yellow flowers quite unlike the spotty hybrid sold under this name. OK outdoors in well drained airy position.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Spotted distichous rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-verecunda-1.aloe-verecunda.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![It flowers better than grass!](/images/library-a-aloe-verecunda-2.aloe-verecunda-jan-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Plant with flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-verecunda-3.aloe-verecunda-jan-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Medium sized South African 'Grass' Aloe. Forms clumps of grass-like leaves to 30cm high, which die back over winter. Large orange-red flowers on stems 30cm long spring to summer. OK outdoors.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Swirly pastel green leaf.](/images/library-a-aloe-viguieri-1.aloe-viguieri-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Hanging flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-viguieri-2.aloe-viguieri-fl-apr-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rarely offered species from Madagascar. Forms attractive light green rosettes to 50cm or more in diameter which will offset around the base to form a group. Flowers bright red throughout spring/summer.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Gorgeous green flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-viridiflora-1.aloe-viridiflora-6102008-g.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Large white solitary rosette.](/images/library-a-aloe-viridiflora-2.aloe-viridiflora-6102008-f.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Comments later, too busy right now!
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![A delicate miniature Aloe.](/images/library-a-aloe-wildii-1.aloe-wildii-oct-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flowers.](/images/library-a-aloe-wildii-2.aloe-wildii-fl-oct-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of plant.](/images/library-a-aloe-wildii-3.aloe-wildii-oct-06-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
This is one of the 'grass-Aloes' of Zimbabwe. Along with several other species it occurs in the Chimanimani Mountains where it forms small clumps to about 20 cm high. Flowers red in spring. Great rock-garden subject.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![1m high stems, in our Akld garden.](/images/library-a-aloe-yavellana-1.aloe-yavellana-may-05-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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OK outdoors in mild areas only. Small shrubby Aloe to 1 m height, basally branching.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Leaves resemble pebbles of granite.](/images/library-a-aloinopsis-schoonesii-1.aloinopsis-schoonesii-19811-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![It was years before we realised there were two flower colours!](/images/library-a-aloinopsis-schoonesii-2.aloinopsis-schoonesii-pink-and-yellow-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Pink with a red midstripe.](/images/library-a-aloinopsis-schoonesii-3.aloinopsis-schoonesii-16810-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Yellow with a red midstripe.](/images/library-a-aloinopsis-schoonesii-4.aloinopsis-schoonesii-14411-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers come in mid-winter.](/images/library-a-aloinopsis-schoonesii-5.aloinopsis-schoonesii-19811-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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South African miniature. Dense mound of dark green leaves to 15cm across in time. Flowers in summer, yellowish with a thin red stripe down each petal. Indoors only, in bright light, water sparingly. Watch for spider mite and thrips
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Small plant.](/images/library-a-ammocharis-coranica-1.ammocharis-coranica-4312-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Very large solitary bulb (to 30cms!!) with long-lasting cerise flowers, up to several times per year (apparently). Flat leaves go bluntly half-sized and dormant for spring. Water from December. Takes mild frost if well-drained.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![The flower comes in spring before the leaves.](/images/library-a-amorphophallus-konjac-1.amorphophallus-konjac-flower-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Leaves are connected like cheap plastic foliage.](/images/library-a-amorphophallus-konjac-2.amorphophallus-konjac-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This bulb is large enough to flower (see the hand for size comparison)](/images/library-a-amorphophallus-konjac-3.amorphophallus-konjac-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flower.](/images/library-a-amorphophallus-konjac-4.amorphophallus-konjac-flower-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering outside in our Auckland garden.](/images/library-a-amorphophallus-konjac-5.amorphophallus-konjac-281011-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Bulb producing a single tree-like leaf in summer with a beautifully marbled stem. Flower is huge, 60cm high, and purple. Ignore over winter when the whole plant dies down to the tuber. Grows fine in the garden in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![With cobwebby leaves in a 10cm pot.](/images/library-a-anacampseros-filamentosa-namaquensis-1.anacampseros-filamentosa-namaquensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The shortlived flower.](/images/library-a-anacampseros-filamentosa-namaquensis-2.anacampseros-filamentosa-namaquensis-fl-feb04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Tiny South African to 12cm height with bright pink flowers in December. Curious felted stems cope with highly exposed pebbly slopes. Bright light for compact growth. Outdoors unknown.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Relatively easy to grow as far as NE African stapeliads go.](/images/library-a-angolluma-decaisneana-1.angolluma-decaisneana-181210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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DP 7998 is a Darryl Plowes collection number, about which we know little, it not being in Ralph Martin's excellent website of locality data, that is http://ralph.cs.cf.ac.uk/Cacti/fieldno.html.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Flower.](/images/library-a-apteranthes-joannis-1.apteranthes-joannis-apr-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Easy to grow and flower, this stapeliad is from Morocco. Flowers appear near the stem tips in clusters during summer/autumn and are dark red with a spotted white centre. Indoors only in bright light.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Ariocarpus retusus SB 68 Apr 05](/images/library-a-ariocarpus-retusus-1.ariocarpus-retusus-sb-68-apr-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Ariocarpus retuusus as bonsai.](/images/library-a-ariocarpus-retusus-2.ariocarpus-retusus-as-bonsai.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Small plant with two heads.](/images/library-a-ariocarpus-retusus-3.ariocarpus-retusus-before-repot-9092008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Highly sought-after slow-growing cactus from Mexico with unusual spineless, flattened tubercles. White 5cm flowers in summer. Indoors only in warm bright position in well drained potting mix.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![A red hot cutie.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-nana-1.arrojadoa-nana-hu-578--101211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Arrojadoa nana HU 578 flowers](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-nana-2.arrojadoa-nana-hu-578--flowers-.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Here's a hot tip for you.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-nana-3.arrojadoa-nana-hu-578-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Can be straight, or can be bent.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-nana-4.arrojadoa-nana-hu-578.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Miniature columnar cactus from Brazil. Grows 20-30cm high, offseting from the base. Flowers pinkish red with a yellow tip produced from a pseudocephalium (bristly zone at stem tip). Indoors only in bright position.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![This plant is about 90 cms high.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-penicillata-1.arrojadoa-penicillata.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These incredible flowers emerge from a tuft of bristles called a cephalium.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-penicillata-2.arrojadoa-penicillata-311009-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![After flowering the stem pushes on upwards, but the cephalium can flower again later, as seen here.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-penicillata-3.arrojadoa-penicillata-fr-1335-mar-04-2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Amazingly rigid pencil-thin cactus from Brazil to 1m+ high, offseting from the base. Flowers bright pink produced from a pseudocephalium (bristly zone at stem tip). Indoors in bright position or, experimentally, outdoors(?)
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Almost fluorescent flowers always delight.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-rhodantha-1.arrojadoa-rhodantha-nov-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Note flowers from older cephalium almost hidden in the node.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-rhodantha-2.arrojadoa-rhodantha-111112-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fruits.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-rhodantha-3.arrojadoa-rhodantha-fruits-jan-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Stripped down to show the cholla wood within. Very strong skeleton wood.](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-rhodantha-4.arrojadoa-rhodantha-cholla-wood-24310-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Holy Nodal Rounders](/images/library-a-arrojadoa-rhodantha-5.arrojadoa-rhodantha-jan-07-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Narrow columnar cactus from Brazil. Grows slowly to 2m high, offsetting from the base. Flowers freely with hot pink waxy flowers emerging from a pseudocephalium (bristly zone at stem tip). Indoors only in bright position.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Nearly all nocturnal flowers are white, but not this one!](/images/library-a-arthrocereus-rondonianus-1.arthrocereus-rondonianus.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers at top of stem.](/images/library-a-arthrocereus-rondonianus-2.arthrocereus-rondonianus-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Definitely not white.](/images/library-a-arthrocereus-rondonianus-3.arthrocereus-rondonianus-feb-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A small cereoid bearing fabulous coloured flowers, even more remarkable for being nocturnal. Wants bright light and good drainage. Try it outdoors in well-drained rockery perhaps?
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
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Comments later, too busy right now!
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Astroloba bullulata Type A Wild hybrid](/images/library-a-astroloba-bullulata-type-a-wild-hybrid-1.astroloba-bullulata-type-a-wild-hybrid-16412-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
From wild-collected seed as Astroloba bullulata, but proving to be a very nice wild hybrid. Slowgrowing, white spotted upper leaf, pustuled lower leaf. Not tall.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Astroloba bullulata Type B Wild hybrid](/images/library-a-astroloba-bullulata-type-b-wild-hybrid-1.astroloba-bullulata-type-b-wild-hybrid-101012-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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From wild-collected seed as Astroloba bullulata, but proving to be a wild hybrid. An easy to grow columnar type with long quite long-persisting leaves.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Precise-leafed miniature.](/images/library-a-astroloba-foliolosa-1.astroloba-foliolosa-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-a-astroloba-foliolosa-2.astroloba-foliolosa-fl-sept-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![It threw one stem as a variegated sport once, but it disappeared in a nursery error.](/images/library-a-astroloba-foliolosa-3.astroloba-foliolosa-variegated.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Sharp leaved slow growing columnar miniature. Forms many upright spiralling leaf-clad stems from an offsetting base. Flowers tiny & insignificant. Easy indoors & possibly OK in rockery.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![The flowers are a real surprise!](/images/library-a-astroloba-spiralis-1.astroloba-spiralis-flowers-aug-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Beautiful pastel-coloured elegantly pointed leaves in tight spirals.](/images/library-a-astroloba-spiralis-2.astroloba-spiralis-13510-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![basal offsetting has begun.](/images/library-a-astroloba-spiralis-3.astroloba-spiralis-13510-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Inflorescence.](/images/library-a-astroloba-spiralis-4.astroloba-spiralis-4062009-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Size comparison.](/images/library-a-astroloba-spiralis-5.astroloba-spiralis-4609-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup, the surface is carved and rugged.](/images/library-a-astroloba-spiralis-6.astroloba-spiralis-flowers-aug-06-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Pale hard leaves in a spiralling extended column rosette, later offsetting at the base. Flower is the prettiest of Astrolobas, white and grooved. Suits a bowl in medium light.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![A really choice cactus species.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-asterias-1.astrophytum-asterias-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Variably spotted.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-asterias-2.astrophytum-asterias-prod-17012007.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower bigger than plant.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-asterias-3.astrophytum-asterias-fl-17012007.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Sexy and symmetrical when viewed from above.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-asterias-4.astrophytum-asterias-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In an 8cm pot.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-asterias-5.astrophytum-asterias-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A slow growing and difficult Mexican, to 10cm diameter. Big yellow flowers. Indoors only in medium light, not full sun, not full shade. Water sparingly and keep dry when cold. Take lots of photos while it is still alive.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Starting to get the mature look.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-capricorne-niveum-1.astrophytum-capricorne-niveum-mature.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Pretty flower, even at a small size.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-capricorne-niveum-2.astrophytum-capricorne-niveum-jan-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Juvenile, yet to develop the tangled spines.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-capricorne-niveum-3.astrophytum-capricorne-niveum-juvenile-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Heavily flocked, probably has hybrid blood.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-capricorne-niveum-4.astrophytum-capricorne-niveum-hybrid.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Aristocratic slow growing Mexican cactus which develops tangled, flexible straw-like spines. Eventually forms short columns to 30cm. Flowers yellow with a red centre. Indoors only in brightest light.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![The straw-coloured spines on left typify this taxon but the variability is enormous and pink flowers are also known, in addition to the standard yellow.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-capricorne-senile-1.astrophytum-capricorne-senile-aureum-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A confused nomenclature exists within capricorne and it is barely worth losing sleep over the many names. Suffice to say there are many variations of spottedness from naked (no flock) to very flocking spotted, and spines golden, white, or black, thick or thin, and curly, straight or tangled. Keep dry when cold in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Symmetrical.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-myriostigma-1.astrophytum-myriostigma.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-myriostigma-2.astrophytum-myriostigma-nov-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Unflocked form known as 'nudum'.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-myriostigma-3.astrophytum-myriostigma-nudum.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Slow growing but one of the most attractive cacti from Mexico. Scented yellow flowers spring to autumn. Indoors only in bright light; water infrequently (once every 2-3 weeks, less in winter) to prevent root rot.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![When square is hip!](/images/library-a-astrophytum-myriostigma-quadricostatum-1.astrophytum-myriostigma-quadricostatum-pic1.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Designed by a Warehouse Manager perhaps.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-myriostigma-quadricostatum-2.astrophytum-myriostigma-quadricostatum-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A very old plant, 40cms in height.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-myriostigma-quadricostatum-3.astrophytum-myriostigma-quadricostatum-2092008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Very little flocking, some would name this 'nudum' but it is just an extreme in a continuum of variability.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-myriostigma-quadricostatum-4.astrophytum-myriostigma-quadricostatum-green-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Square four-sided variant of this slow growing but attractive Mexican cactus.Scented yellow flowers spring to autumn. Indoors only in bright light; water infrequently (every 2-3 weeks, less in winter) to prevent root rot.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Heavily flocked and wonderfully variable.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-onzuka-1.astrophytum-onzuka-cc2426-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A four-sided example.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-onzuka-2.astrophytum-onzuka-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Very rare three-sided plant.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-onzuka-3.astrophytum-onzuka-3-sided.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The Japanese give them many different names, but we call them all 'Onzuka' but we illustrate each one, when selling, so you can decide just how special it is.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-onzuka-4.astrophytum-onzuka-2426.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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4 or 5-sided works of art, originally bred in Japan from A.myriostigma. All are different, solitary, to 10cm diameter and heavily flocked. Flocking fantastic! Indoors only, require nice pot for best growth. Water seldom in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Handsome devil in a black pot.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-ornatum-1.astrophytum-ornatum.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Large flowers in early summer.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-ornatum-2.astrophytum-ornatum-flowers.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A few are less fully flocked.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-ornatum-3.astrophytum-ornatum-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In 10cm pots.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-ornatum-4.astrophytum-ornatum-product.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Huge old plant with four heads, probably as a result of damage to the tip.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-ornatum-5.astrophytum-ornatum-51109-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another big old one, in a 30cm pot.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-ornatum-6.astrophytum-ornatum-141010-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another large one, this one is at least 28yo.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-ornatum-7.astrophytum-ornatum-28yo-34ht-24712.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Astrophytum Scuzz, the dark scarring that comes to remind you that you have been ignoring the plant lately. It's onset is related more to underpotted stress than age, although age is a good excuse frequently offered.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-ornatum-8.astrophytum-ornatum-scuz.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Armed but ornate with its fine white-dotted stem and strong yellow spines. From Mexico, it grows slowly to around 2 m high (may take a few hundred years!). Large scented yellow flowers in summer. Indoors only, in bright light.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Standard-looking 'Super Kabuto'.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-super-kabuto-1.astrophytum-super-kabuto-29092009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![You can see variation in this batch.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-super-kabuto-2.astrophytum-super-kabuto-181010-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nice one.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-super-kabuto-3.astrophytum-super-kabuto-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Very nice one.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-super-kabuto-4.astrophytum-super-kabuto.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lovelyflowers also.](/images/library-a-astrophytum-super-kabuto-5.astrophytum-super-kabuto-22211-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Cultivars of Astrophytum asterias with improved flocking: more of it and arranged in interesting symmetrical patterns.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Handsomest cereoid of all perhaps?](/images/library-a-azureocereus-hertlingianus-1.azureocereus-hertlingianus-11009-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Huge old one in a garden in Bay of Plenty.](/images/library-a-azureocereus-hertlingianus-2.azureocereus-hertlingianus.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tall one at Stan's place.](/images/library-a-azureocereus-hertlingianus-3.azureocereus-hertlingianus-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Superb blue cereoid from the central Peruvian highlands. Grows slowly to 8m high with long vertical branches, making a stunning shape! OK outdoors in sheltered frost-free area with good drainage.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![22 year old plant, lovely shape.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-gracilis-1.beaucarnea-gracilis-fo-72-400-at-22yo-20811-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another pic, taken just before we sold it.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-gracilis-2.beaucarnea-gracilis-fo-72-400-at-22yo-20811-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Large old one in Mt Eden circa 1985](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-gracilis-3.beaucarnea-gracilis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The other side.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-gracilis-4.beaucarnea-gracilis-1985-approx.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Slow but large-growing relative of Pony Tail Palm with thin, slightly glaucous leaves which hold themselves much more erect than recurvata & guatemalense, but not as broad nor stiff as stricta. Trunk, as for all the fore-mentioned species, becomes massive in time, and branched above - at that stage a prestigious plant of great beauty and presence.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Beautiful species!](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-guatemalensis-1.beaucarnea-guatemalensis-ws-004-front.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
!["Dr. Seuss", our alltime favourite shaped one.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-guatemalensis-2.beaucarnea-guatemalensis-dr-seuss.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Shepherding a large, grumpy one before it butts the fence again.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-guatemalensis-3.beaucarnea-guatemalensis-ws-073-front-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Ruby Ponytail. Graceful swirling red-tinged leaves atop a small branched tree which develops a fantastic swollen base and lower trunk. OK outdoors and in the ground in mild areas.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Old one in a garden.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-recurvata-1.beaucarnea-recurvata-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-recurvata-2.beaucarnea-recurvata-infl-mar-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Branches coming after flowering.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-recurvata-3.beaucarnea-recurvata-3092009-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Very tolerant of being potbound!](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-recurvata-4.beaucarnea-recurvata-3092009-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![With B.stricta on the right, for comparison.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-recurvata-5.beaucarnea-recurvata--stricta.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Ponytail Palm, so-named by a blind moron. Graceful swirling green leaves atop a small branched tree which develops a fantastic swollen base and lower trunk. OK outdoors and in the ground in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Stricta on the right, recurvata on the left.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-stricta-1.beaucarnea-recurvata--stricta.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In a 70cm pot.](/images/library-b-beaucarnea-stricta-2.beaucarnea-stricta.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Slow but large-growing relative of Pony Tail Palm with straight, rough, slightly glaucous leaves which hold themselves much more erect than recurvata & guatemalense, stiffer and broader than stricta. Trunk, like all the fore-mentioned, becomes massive in time, and branched above - at that stage a prestigious plant of great beauty and presence.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![After 3 years in a garden still happy.](/images/library-b-begonia-venosa-1.begonia-venosa-16122007.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers reliably.](/images/library-b-begonia-venosa-2.begonia-venosa-2102007-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Unusual succulent Begonia from Brazil. Thick upright stems to 50cm high. Flowers pink and white. Grow in bright light and keep fairly dry in winter. OK outdoors in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Blue-grey sandpapery leaves in a soft and offsetting rosette](/images/library-b-beschorneria-yuccoides-1.beschorneria-yuccoides-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This pic does not do justice to the spectacular fleshy flower.](/images/library-b-beschorneria-yuccoides-2.beschorneria-yuccoides-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Large blue-grey rosette of soft non-spiny sandpapery leaves, eventually forming large clusters. Spectacular arching inflorescence with huge fleshy pink flowers. Easy plant for banks and larger gardens.
1.Outdoors only, (grows weakly indoors).
"Code": "1.Outdoors only, (grows weakly indoors)."
![Has lovely blood red zygomorphic flowers often opening en masse.](/images/library-b-bolivicereus-samaipatanus-1.bolivicereus-samaipatanus-17112-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In 10cm pots.](/images/library-b-bolivicereus-samaipatanus-2.bolivicereus-samaipatanus-prod-10cm-pot.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Here I am, I'm over here!](/images/library-b-bolivicereus-samaipatanus-3.bolivicereus-samaipatanus-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These buds will open tomorrow.](/images/library-b-bolivicereus-samaipatanus-4.bolivicereus-samaipatanus-31012008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Bolivian cactus branching from the base to 1.5m high. Floriferous with lovely blood red zygomorphic flowers often opening en masse. Keep it fed or repotted for best health. Half to full sun, outdoors OK.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![A classic fattie in a classic Tim Currey pot.](/images/library-b-bombax-ellipticum-1.bombax-ellipticum-jan04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Leafless when dormant in winter.](/images/library-b-bombax-ellipticum-2.bombax-ellipticum-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The remarkable flower.](/images/library-b-bombax-ellipticum-3.bombax-ellipticum-flower-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Small plant with attitude.](/images/library-b-bombax-ellipticum-4.bombax-ellipticum-pic8.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Trunk detail. Rewarding colours and patterns.](/images/library-b-bombax-ellipticum-5.bombax-ellipticum-trunk-detail.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These two plants are same age, 20 years old in 2006.](/images/library-b-bombax-ellipticum-6.bombax-ellipticum-same-age-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![On the near top surface one can see a scar where a big branch was pruned, and one can see the bark pattern re-establishing itself across the scar!!!](/images/library-b-bombax-ellipticum-7.bombax-ellipticum-scar-healing-over.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![At the end of its second winter in our Auckland garden.](/images/library-b-bombax-ellipticum-8.bombax-ellipticum-outdoors-29710-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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(actually named Pseudobombax ellipticum these days) Succulent tree from Mexico forming a beautiful flask shaped stem. Shaving brush flowers. The leaves are shed during winter when it should be kept dry. That said, however, has lived outdoors, fully exposed, in our Auckland trial garden both potted and in ground, for several winters without harm. Certainly OK outside in summer.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Nice cactus.](/images/library-b-borzicactus-icosagonus-1.borzicactus-icosagonus-13052009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-b-borzicactus-icosagonus-2.borzicactus-icosagonus-5311-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Colourful spines on semi-prostrate basally branching stems. From 5,300-6,500 ft in Ecuador/Peru. Tubular red flowers readily produced from bristly zones near the tips. OK outdoors in well-aerated raised bed.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Larger prettier flowers than B.volubilis.](/images/library-b-bowiea-gariepensis-1.bowiea-gariepensis-6042009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Larger bulb also. This one is dormant (in summer) with just a few dried straws of last winter's vines left attached.](/images/library-b-bowiea-gariepensis-2.bowiea-gariepensis-31012008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Rare and recently re-discovered oddity from NW South Africa. Soft, blue-green leafless vine and delicate white flowers. Keep dry when the vine dies back in summer. Floriferous and choice. Recommended.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![A particularly fine older example, Nancy's I think.](/images/library-b-bowiea-volubilis-1.bowiea-volubilis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![...summer-growing green twining tendrilosities, without leaves.](/images/library-b-bowiea-volubilis-2.bowiea-volubilis-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Green clusters of bulbs, sitting on the ground, from which arise summer-growing green twining tendrilosities, totally without leaves. Floriferous, with small cream smelling flowers. Dormant (leafless) in winter, keep dry.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Wonderful flowers.](/images/library-b-brunsvigia-pink-spider-1.brunsvigia-pink-spider-20032006-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Beautiful pink flowers are produced in autumn.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Pretty flowers nearly all year round.](/images/library-b-bulbine-hallmark-1.bulbine-hallmark-flowers-oct-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fastgrowing to cover an ugly bank etc.](/images/library-b-bulbine-hallmark-2.bulbine-hallmark-oct-03-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Dense clump-forming plant to around 1 metre across. Produces long inflorescences of small yellow and orange flowers almost all year round. Very easy plant for outdoors in full sun or part shade. Good on a bank.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Bright inflorescence extends over an extended period.](/images/library-b-bulbine-latifolia-1.bulbine-latifolia-fl-oct-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Soft leaved green rosette to 30cm diameter, on a short trunk sometimes with basal offsets. Tall elegant Aloe-like inflorescence opens with bright yellow flowers over a long period. Possibly OK outdoors in warm, well-drained spot.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Bonsai style tree in time. Better pics later.](/images/library-b-bursera-microphylla-1.bursera-microphylla-14413-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Unripe fruit. It is orange when ripe.](/images/library-b-bursera-microphylla-2.bursera-microphylla-19410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Comments later, too busy right now!
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Big old fella, caudex about 23 cms diameter.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-1.calibanus-hookeri-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fabulous deeply fissured caudex.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-10.calibanus-hookeri-deeply-fissured-steves002.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Even bigger, 50cms plus in diameter of caudex, in a frost-prone garden in Katikati.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-2.calibanus-hookeri-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young leaves are blue-grey.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-3.calibanus-hookeri.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A tangle of bluish leaves from caudices about 12 cm diam.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-4.calibanus-hookeri-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big one, freshly dug.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-5.calibanus-hookeri-41011-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower buds.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-6.calibanus-hookeri-fl-121211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-7.calibanus-hookeri-61212-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Small seedpod. Self-fertile species.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-8.calibanus-hookeri-fruit.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Christened "Wilson" this one had a close encounter with a weeding spade some years earlier.](/images/library-c-calibanus-hookeri-9.calibanus-hookeri-mr-muppet-3512-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Bizarre boulder-shaped caudex with tufts of grey 'grass' all over. In rare localities in Mexico the caudex can grow to the size of a Volkswagen. Easy to grow, in pot or garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Removing the top metre when we had to demolish the big greenhouses.](/images/library-c-cephalocereus-senilis-1.cephalocereus-senilis-9052008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![You need quite a big plant to get flowers, or else a cutting from a big plant.](/images/library-c-cephalocereus-senilis-2.cephalocereus-senilis-nov-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers just starting to open as the sun goes down.](/images/library-c-cephalocereus-senilis-3.cephalocereus-senilis-flowers-opening-dec-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fully open by the light of the silvery moon.](/images/library-c-cephalocereus-senilis-4.cephalocereus-senilis-fl-dec-06-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Old Man Cactus from high altitude in the Andes. Slow growing.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Bizarre waxy Lump Plant.](/images/library-c-cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-1.cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Leaves and male flower.](/images/library-c-cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-2.cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-male-fl.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Female flower is a rare sight.](/images/library-c-cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-3.cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-17102008-first-female-fl.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Two fruits, the lefthand one is within 24 hours of falling apart.](/images/library-c-cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-4.cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-first-fruits-26112008-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Quite well camouflaged in the Corocac Desert.](/images/library-c-cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-5.cephalopentandra-ecirrhosa-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Popular knobbular globular East African cucurbit Lump Plant with broad-tapered green, wax-like caudex, to 20cm diam., furrowed with peeling bark and a summer vine with yellow flowers and (very rarely) fruit. Likes warmth, indoors only.
6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "6.Indoors OK, but not for beginners, Outdoors not OK."
![Distinctive scalloped ribs set this apart.](/images/library-c-cereus-blue-wing-1.cereus-blue-wing-25310.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Very blue stems.](/images/library-c-cereus-blue-wing-2.cereus-blue-wing-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Buds opening at 9pm.](/images/library-c-cereus-blue-wing-3.cereus-blue-wing-bud-opening-5122008-85837-p.m.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![At 7-40am the next morning.](/images/library-c-cereus-blue-wing-4.cereus-blue-wing-bud-opening-6122008-74151-a.m.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Same.](/images/library-c-cereus-blue-wing-5.cereus-blue-wing-bud-opening-6122008-74258-a.m.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Cross section of stems.](/images/library-c-cereus-blue-wing-6.cereus-blue-wing-11022009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fruit is small and red.](/images/library-c-cereus-blue-wing-7.cereus-blue-wing-fruit-3811-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fruit is small and red.](/images/library-c-cereus-blue-wing-7.cereus-blue-wing.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This scalloped-edged sculptural sonata soon becomes a vertical symphony in blue. Fast-growing, with large white flowers, If indoors needs bright light to keep wide diameter at top. Easy to grow outdoors, to 5m+,
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![This was a favourite specimen we called ''Twin Towers'.](/images/library-c-cereus-caesius-monstrose-1.cereus-caesius-monstrose-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Short but thick product in a 15cm pot.](/images/library-c-cereus-caesius-monstrose-2.cereus-caesius-monstrose-product-8072008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Suits a pot in bright light, out of the driving rain.](/images/library-c-cereus-caesius-monstrose-3.cereus-caesius-monstrose.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Time to say goodbye to Twin Towers in January 2004.](/images/library-c-cereus-caesius-monstrose-4.cereus-caesius-monstrose-1000-10104a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Aberrant fasciated form of a large cereoid cactus. Sculptural. Very blue especially if protected from weathering. Pot or garden, indoor or outdoor, in bright light.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Strong upward silhouette to stir the soul.](/images/library-c-cereus-coromandel-colossus-1.cereus-coromandel-colossus-jan-03-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The faint glow is the Potting Shed roof below.](/images/library-c-cereus-coromandel-colossus-2.cereus-coromandel-colossus-jan-03-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The white flowers are quite large for the genus Cereus.](/images/library-c-cereus-coromandel-colossus-3.cereus-coromandel-colossus-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Pete about to tie up a limb ready for cutting.](/images/library-c-cereus-coromandel-colossus-4.cereus-coromandel-colossus-jan-03-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Successfully relocated in large pieces to the Auckland nursery.](/images/library-c-cereus-coromandel-colossus-5.cereus-coromandel-colossus-21109-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![David takes on Goliath, so to speak.](/images/library-c-cereus-coromandel-colossus-6.cereus-coromandel-colossus-191102-matthew.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Unusually noble and treelike clone with sculptural branches and great silhouette combined with vigour, giant size, and large white flowers. Wants fairly bright light, in pot or garden, indoor or outdoor, but bigger if in the ground.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Virtually spineless, with deep ribs or 'wings'.](/images/library-c-cereus-green-wing-1.cereus-green-wing-pic7.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fastgrowing, in good conditions 80cm per year. This one came to dominate our Sales Area garden.](/images/library-c-cereus-green-wing-2.cereus-green-wing-11311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![An amazing show of flowers every summer.](/images/library-c-cereus-green-wing-3.cereus-green-wing-pic10.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Young branches vary in spininess, depending on their position.](/images/library-c-cereus-green-wing-4.cereus-green-wing-12311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![David has begun dispatching this big old fella to make way for the Transpower NAaN Project. A sad day.](/images/library-c-cereus-green-wing-5.cereus-green-wing-11311.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Just the skeleton remains, and the rest of the garden has been demolished already.](/images/library-c-cereus-green-wing-6.cereus-green-wing-cholla-skeleton.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Near the base the cactus was nearly solid timber.](/images/library-c-cereus-green-wing-7.cereus-green-wing-19311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Crying 'oer the bones.....](/images/library-c-cereus-green-wing-8.cereus-green-wing-20311-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Vigorous columnar cactus to 5+ m. Almost spineless stems are up to 20cm diameter yet lightweight on account of the deep winged ribs. Large nocturnal white flowers. Outdoors OK.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![These once were well-known examples at the Papakura Funeral Parlour.](/images/library-c-cereus-hildmannianus-monstrose-1.cereus-hildmannianus-monstrose.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In 12cm pot.](/images/library-c-cereus-hildmannianus-monstrose-2.cereus-hildmannianus-monstrose-product-8072008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Tim has a certain glint in his eye....what is about to happen?](/images/library-c-cereus-hildmannianus-monstrose-3.cereus-hildmannianus-monstrose-and-tim-oct-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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(syn.peruvianus) Aberrant sculptural form of a large cereoid cactus. Blue-green if protected from weathering. Variable spine colour. The small tight form can grow looser later, but not always. Pot or garden, indoor or outdoor, bright light.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Probably not the best planting plan. Panmure area. Removed by Gary Dovey and Tim Powell. Valiant effort!](/images/library-c-cereus-jamacaru-1.cereus-jamacaru-pic6.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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![This one in Greenlane.](/images/library-c-cereus-jamacaru-2.cereus-jamacaru-greenlane.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Potted cutting.](/images/library-c-cereus-jamacaru-3.cereus-jamacaru-pic11.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Spot the crest?](/images/library-c-cereus-jamacaru-4.cereus-jamacaru-crest-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![There it is!](/images/library-c-cereus-jamacaru-5.cereus-jamacaru-crest.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This one was in New North Rd and had to make way for the new Pak 'n Save...](/images/library-c-cereus-jamacaru-6.cereus-jamacaru-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![So I obtained cutting rights and hired a cherry picker to get the big arms down undamaged.](/images/library-c-cereus-jamacaru-7.cereus-jamacaru-new-north-rd.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This one in Mission Bay may be different, it seems to have shorter fatter annual growth segments. However, it is severely "potbound" in its situation.](/images/library-c-cereus-jamacaru-8.cereus-jamacaru-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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(or might be C.hildmannianus, we don't know enough) From Brazil, large-growing much-branched columnar cactus to 10m. Frost tolerant and easy. Enjoys root freedom and soil fertility. Whitish nocturnal flowers, repeatedly in summer.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Large flower.](/images/library-c-cereus-lee-sizable-1.cereus-lee-sizable-31110.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Not the right plant for planting under a soffit!!](/images/library-c-cereus-lee-sizable-2.cereus-lee-sizable-july-04-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Pronounced "Seriously sizeable" because this unidentified species is capable of growing 1 metre/year of its broad deeply ribbed stems. Easy to grow in garden, especially with good soil.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Cereus 'Parallel Lines'](/images/library-c-cereus-parallel-lines-1.cereus-parallel-lines.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Named for Blondie fans, this very tall, small-flowered cereoid freely throws notably upright branches with an attractive parallellity. Fast growing and very tolerant in the garden, in (at least) mild areas.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![The original plant, now destroyed.](/images/library-c-cereus-tiraumea-1.cereus-tiraumea.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Streaking for the sky in our nursery.](/images/library-c-cereus-tiraumea-2.cereus-tiraumea-41210-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nocturnal flowers.](/images/library-c-cereus-tiraumea-3.cereus-tiraumea-19212-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A small squadron of bees that were roaming in the gloaming.](/images/library-c-cereus-tiraumea-4.cereus-tiraumea-9111-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup before the light failed.](/images/library-c-cereus-tiraumea-5.cereus-tiraumea-9111-f.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This Cereus has relatively unbranched straight stems that reach a great height.](/images/library-c-cereus-tiraumea-6.cereus-tiraumea-9111-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This is the tallest cereoid we have seen in NZ, its natural habit is to stretch upwards as fast as possible on its strong (probably woody within) seldom branching stem. Easy to grow in the garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Easy, OK outdoors, and forms interesting shapes over time.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-dichotoma-1.ceropegia-dichotoma-may-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of the 'stick' Ceropegias from the Canary Islands. Leaves small, dropping off after a short time. Flowers yellow, in tight bunches from sides of the sticks. OK for well drained garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Red flowers and darker stems than C.dichotoma.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-fusca-1.ceropegia-fusca-9211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of the 'stick' Ceropegias from the Canary Islands. Leaves small, dropping off after a short time. Flowers deep red, in tight bunches from sides of the sticks. OK for well drained garden.
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Flower. Weird.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-rendallii-1.ceropegia-rendallii-dec-06-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The caudices can be seen just above ground level.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-rendallii-2.ceropegia-rendallii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Forms multiple caudices to 8cm diam. with short vines & thick succulent lvs. Flowers green, purple and white, looking as cute as a bastard cross between a bottle and a lantern, and remarkably similar. Indoors only, bright light.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Ceropegia sandersonii](/images/library-c-ceropegia-sandersonii-1.ceropegia-sandersonii-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower about 8cm long.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-sandersonii-2.ceropegia-sandersonii-fl-may-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Upper surface with green spots.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-sandersonii-3.ceropegia-sandersonii-fl-may-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Succulent vine from South Africa with large green and white flowers shaped like a parachute. Easy to grow in bright light. Train vine around a frame or grow as a hanging plant. Indoors only, keep dry in winter.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Here's one, but every one is different! Some people need two ones.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-stapeliiformis-crest-1.ceropegia-stapeliiformis-crest-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-stapeliiformis-crest-2.ceropegia-stapeliiformis-crest-10408-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Another.](/images/library-c-ceropegia-stapeliiformis-crest-3.ceropegia-stapeliiformis-crest-10408-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Rare crested form. Produces unusual, gnarly, flattened growth as well as its usual vining form. Flowers unusual whitish and brownish purple. Easy to grow, best in a sunny spot indoors.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Funky trunky.](/images/library-c-chorisia-speciosa-1.chorisia-speciosa.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Beautiful flowers (in Auckland Botanic Gardens).](/images/library-c-chorisia-speciosa-2.chorisia-speciosa-fl-jun-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fruits hang like dead rats in Avondale.](/images/library-c-chorisia-speciosa-3.chorisia-speciosa-july-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Brazilian pachycaul with fat green trunks covered, to a variable degree, in crazily conical spines. Flowers speckledy pink, varied, and attractive. Leafless in winter. Can take a mild frost (or more once established and gaining height).
2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow.
"Code": "2.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK, easy to grow."
![Handsome even when small.](/images/library-c-cipocereus-bradei-1.cipocereus-bradei.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Very handsome blue cereoid from hottest volcanic Brazil. To 3 metres tall, sparingly basally branching. Wants max warmth and bright light, and probably unsuited for NZ's outdoors.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![They just get bigger and better!](/images/library-c-cissus-tuberosa-1.cissus-tuberosa.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Leaf.](/images/library-c-cissus-tuberosa-2.cissus-tuberosa-leaves.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In a ceramic dish, a selected fat one.](/images/library-c-cissus-tuberosa-3.cissus-tuberosa-30310.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
For lovers of Lump Plants, a Mexican vine from the Grape Family, forming a thickened base and sausagey segments too, but best to remove vine regularly to enjoy the wonderful basal caudex. Easy, & tough, outdoors in mild areas.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![In our sales area garden, note the basal branching, but it also does above-ground branching.](/images/library-c-cleistocactus-morawetzianus-1.cleistocactus-morawetzianus-11209-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Cigarette flowers.](/images/library-c-cleistocactus-morawetzianus-2.cleistocactus-morawetzianus-51009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Fast-growing columnar cactus from South America with a classic cereiform look, much in demand by people of good taste. Narrow cigarette-shaped pink flowers. Outdoor capable in mild areas wiith good drainage.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Parallel white columns is what you get.](/images/library-c-cleistocactus-straussii-1.cleistocactus-straussii-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower.](/images/library-c-cleistocactus-straussii-2.cleistocactus-straussii-22910-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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So-called 'Silver Torch'. A long time favourite, this species produces tall narrow densely spined white columns with many tubular red flowers over the summer months. Grows well outdoors if given good drainage and full sun.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Tim's intergeneric hybrid, Cleistocactus crossed Matucana.](/images/library-c-cleistocana-roman-candle-1.cleistocana-roman-candle-oct-06-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Interestingly, the spines are longer than either of its parents have.](/images/library-c-cleistocana-roman-candle-2.cleistocana-roman-candle-13042009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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A Coro Cacti exclusive! Created in 1997, this inter-generic hybrid (Cleistocactus x Matucana) has attractively faceted spiny stems and bright pink flowers during spring/summer. OK outdoors in well drained sunny area.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Flattened facetted tubercles make a pleasing format.](/images/library-c-clistanthocereus-samnensis-1.clistanthocereus-samnensis.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Product: 20cms+ ht](/images/library-c-clistanthocereus-samnensis-2.clistanthocereus-samnensis-prod-20cm-ht-24012008.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Florally interesting.](/images/library-c-clistanthocereus-samnensis-3.clistanthocereus-samnensis-flower-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup of flower.](/images/library-c-clistanthocereus-samnensis-4.clistanthocereus-samnensis-flower-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Forms a classic shape in time.](/images/library-c-clistanthocereus-samnensis-5.clistanthocereus-samnensis-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Big spreading one in our Showroom ground bed.](/images/library-c-clistanthocereus-samnensis-6.clistanthocereus-samnensis-11010-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering outdoors in Auckland.](/images/library-c-clistanthocereus-samnensis-7.clistanthocereus-samnensis-10410.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Grass-green Peruvian cereoid with a desirable erect branching format and flat facetted tubercles. Hot-pink flowers. Try outdoors in warmest location at your own risk.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Conophytum bilobum Komaggas](/images/library-c-conophytum-bilobum-komaggas-1.conophytum-bilobum-komaggas.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Older plant in flower.](/images/library-c-conophytum-bilobum-komaggas-2.conophytum-bilobum-komaggas-16410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Conophytum bilobum 'noisabisense'](/images/library-c-conophytum-bilobum-noisabisense-1.conophytum-bilobum-noisabisense-mar-07-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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C. bilobum in its various forms is easy to grow and can even be encouraged to grow through the summer months, especially if older leaves are removed. Yellow flowers. Best in bright light. For pot only.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![This one is large and particularly bumpy in shape.](/images/library-c-conophytum-ficiforme-worcester-1.conophytum-ficiforme-worcester-30513-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Nice clean plant.](/images/library-c-conophytum-flavum-percrassum-umdaus-1.conophytum-flavum-percrassum-umdaus-21210.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Current name: C.flavum flavum 'ornatum' form](/images/library-c-conophytum-flavum-percrassum-umdaus-2.conophytum-flavum-percrassum-umdaus-5810-10yo-3816.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Lovely scalloped and faceted bodies.](/images/library-c-conophytum-herreanthus-1.conophytum-herreanthus-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![An old cluster.](/images/library-c-conophytum-herreanthus-2.conophytum-herreanthus-apr-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers can be 6cms in diameter, usually with swirling petals.](/images/library-c-conophytum-herreanthus-3.conophytum-herreanthus-6cm-flower.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Lovely plant.](/images/library-c-conophytum-igniflorum-1.conophytum-igniflorum-29310.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Fiery flowers as the name suggests.](/images/library-c-conophytum-igniflorum-2.conophytum-igniflorum-mar-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These new season's heart-shaped leaves look good by Valentine's Day, and flower soon after.](/images/library-c-conophytum-igniflorum-3.conophytum-igniflorum-feb-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This square formation is actually a natural cluster, not a plant raised in a military camp.](/images/library-c-conophytum-igniflorum-4.conophytum-igniflorum-feb-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Fiery orange flowers in autumn set this apart from other bilobed Conophytums. Withhold water from early to mid summer, water lightly otherwise. Not difficult to keep it alive even when ignoring this cycle. Indoors only, most likely.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Prolific clusterer with fine red lines.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minimum-scitulum-1.conophytum-minimum-scitulum.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Nocturnal flower in May.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minimum-scitulum-2.conophytum-minimum-scitulum-fl-may-07-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Camouflaged in the summer dry, here just breaking dormancy](/images/library-c-conophytum-minimum-scitulum-3.conophytum-minimum-scitulum-breaking-dormancy.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of the easier Conophytums to grow, but like most, it will split and crack if overwatered (unsightly but usually not fatal). Scented nocturnal flowers. Keep dry spring to mid-summer. Best in light shade.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![One of the very best of Conophytums.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-1.conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-rr-714-aug-07-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers are nocturnal and scented.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-2.conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-rr-714-30409.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bodies in summer lie dormant, sheathed within the old leaves.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-3.conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-dormant.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Breaking dormancy: late summer, swelling and sheath-shedding.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-4.conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-rr-714.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Happy in a tiny hole in a rock. Rock in palm, note.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-5.conophytum-minimum-wittebergense-rr-714-in-rock-aug-06.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Previously known as C. wittebergense, this tiny plant is one of the most beautifully patterned. Small white flowers are nocturnal and highly scented. Indoors only in bright light. Keep dry summer to mid-autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![One of the best mounds around.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minutum-nudum-1.conophytum-minutum-nudum-hh5141-29310-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A spectacular performer.](/images/library-c-conophytum-minutum-nudum-2.conophytum-minutum-nudum-hh5141-24212-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Lovely speckled bodies.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-declinatum-1.conophytum-obcordellum-declinatum-1413-d.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![An amazing mound of bodies formed by this 14yo plant.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-declinatum-2.conophytum-obcordellum-declinatum-14yo-14812-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![12yo plant.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-multicolor-1.conophytum-obcordellum-multicolor-12yo-14812-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-multicolor-2.conophytum-obcordellum-multicolor-11413-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These particular ones had a pink tone as they were dried off in spring.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-multicolor-3.conophytum-obcordellum-multicolor-colourful.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Don't join the dots, they are fine just the way they are!](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-snorkfontein-1.conophytum-obcordellum-snorkfontein-15710-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Very attractive markings are glossy.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-ursprungianum-1.conophytum-obcordellum-ursprungianum-sb-635-14410-0100-hrs.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowering at night.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-ursprungianum-2.conophytum-obcordellum-ursprungianum-sb-635-14410-0100-hrs-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Well-camouflaged even in nursery gravel.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-ursprungianum-3.conophytum-obcordellum-ursprungianum-sb635-22709.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Sheathed and dormant in summer.](/images/library-c-conophytum-obcordellum-ursprungianum-4.conophytum-obcordellum-ursprungianum-dormant.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![C.pageae Loerkp (shown here) is similar to RR723 (of which no pic yet).](/images/library-c-conophytum-pageae-rr-723-1.conophytum-pageae-loerkop.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Older cluster.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pearsonii-braunsii-1.conophytum-pearsonii-braunsii-30310.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Current name: C.minutum pearsoni](/images/library-c-conophytum-pearsonii-braunsii-2.conophytum-pearsonii-braunsii-liebendal-233014.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Wonderful flowerer, and they stay open in evening too.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-1.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-9411.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Closeup shows a rugosely windowed surface, on](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-2.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-9410-c.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![These ones are smoothly windowed, perhaps through turgidity.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-3.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-25310-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Here the windows are disconnected, like discrete spots.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-4.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-6410-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Side by side sibling seedlings.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-5.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-6410.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Current name: C. pellucidum pellucidum var. neohallii](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-6.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-9410-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Green and turgid look, showing less sculpture.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-7.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-silverfontein-4812-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Dark with interesting variable surface and windowing.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-windhoek-1.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-windhoek.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Current name: C. pellucidum pellucidum var. Neohallii](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-windhoek-2.conophytum-pellucidum-neohallii-windhoek-aug-07.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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One of the more attractively patterned forms of C. pellucidum. Markings particularly bold at start of growing period. White tubular flowers in late summer/autumn. Indoors only in bright light.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![It soon forms a multiheaded cluster.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-pardicolor-1.conophytum-pellucidum-pardicolor-15211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Cool roots if possible. Withhold water from summer to mid-autumn, then sparingly the rest of the year.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Dark bodies.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-1.conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-jan-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bright white flowers.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-2.conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-jan-05-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![A real miniature.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-3.conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-mar-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Just coming out of dormancy, bursting the dry sheaths.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-4.conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-breaking-dormancy.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Unusual occurrence: a cristate leaf.](/images/library-c-conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-5.conophytum-pellucidum-saalberg-crest.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Cool roots if possible. Withhold water from summer to mid-autumn, then sparingly the rest of the year.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Note the typical small window in the side. But why is it there?](/images/library-c-conophytum-regale-sb-793-1.conophytum-regale-sb-793-9042009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Hungry bilobes like moray eels waiting in a cave.](/images/library-c-conophytum-supremum-1.conophytum-supremum-16062008..jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Conophytum tantillum helenae RR 1635](/images/library-c-conophytum-tantillum-helenae-1.conophytum-tantillum-helenae-rr-1635-3312-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Older plant.](/images/library-c-conophytum-tantillum-inexpectatum-1.conophytum-tantillum-inexpectatum-18812-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flowers.](/images/library-c-conophytum-tantillum-inexpectatum-2.conophytum-tantillum-inexpectatum-umdaus-6410-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![Nice cluster.](/images/library-c-conophytum-truncatum-1.conophytum-truncatum-12509.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The stains are from the dying petals. A fastidious owner could probably wash this off before it set.](/images/library-c-conophytum-truncatum-2.conophytum-truncatum-10909.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Nocturnal flowers from odd egg-shaped bodies.](/images/library-c-conophytum-uviforme-ra-107-1.conophytum-uviforme-ra-107-8413-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Old plant with many heads.](/images/library-c-conophytum-uviforme-ra-107-2.conophytum-uviforme-ra-107-7910.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Charming species flowering in mid-autumn (April in NZ).](/images/library-c-conophytum-wettsteinii-1.conophytum-wettsteinii-apr-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Separated clusters.](/images/library-c-conophytum-wettsteinii-2.conophytum-wettsteinii-apr-05.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Breaking dormancy.](/images/library-c-conophytum-wettsteinii-3.conophytum-wettsteinii-breaking-dormancy.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Conophytums are from sandy crevices in extremely hot regions, full sun to shade. Withhold water from spring to mid-summer, water sparingly the rest of the year. Flowers in late summer/autumn.
7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer.
"Code": "7.Winter grower. Needs water in winter, not summer. "
![Has flattitude in its attitude.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-1.consolea-rubescens-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![An older trunk throwing out fresh new pads….](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-10.consolea-rubescens-71211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![…. and also some short spines.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-11.consolea-rubescens-24511.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Feb 2007 view of the plant in pic 3.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-12.consolea-rubescens-in-akld-garden-11022007-f.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In 2011 its pads became overheavy and badly scarred, so….](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-13.consolea-rubescens-22411-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![…. so it got a big weight reduction. Very soon it looked wonderful again, watch for latest pics next time I refresh the Library.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-14.consolea-rubescens-22411-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This plant has become partly spiny, like it suffered a "Don't Stroke" down one side!](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-15.consolea-rubescens-with-reversion-26511-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The spiny , (probably natural), look.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-16.consolea-rubescens-reversion-25511-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![In a 15 cm pot already developing a classic branched look.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-2.consolea-rubescens-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Proving itself an excellent garden plant in our trial garden.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-3.consolea-rubescens-22709-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Flower is a very bright orange.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-4.consolea-rubescens-fl-nov-07-pic4.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Side view of flower.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-5.consolea-rubescens-flower-27411-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![This pad put on a fine show.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-6.consolea-rubescens-flowers-25511-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Then it grew pads on the flower bases!](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-7.consolea-rubescens-41211-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Doing three-armed Sooty impressions.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-8.consolea-rubescens-31012008..jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Lower trunk soon becomes round to give better engineered support to the mass above.](/images/library-c-consolea-rubescens-9.consolea-rubescens-round-trunk-10022009.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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‘Road Kill Cactus’ (dead flat). Native to West Indies. Fantastic profile and very easy to grow and fast; user friendly: no spines or glochids. Great indoor plant in bright light. Outdoors grows well in warm well drained frost-free area.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![16yo (year old ) plant.](/images/library-c-copiapoa-hypogaea-fr-261-1.copiapoa-hypogaea-fr-261-15911-a-16yo.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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(sy. C.barguitensis hypogaea) This is the wild species from which 'Lizard Skin' is a selection, and in fact, closely resembles. Copiapoa are slow-growing & from a v. harsh climate where they receive almost no rainfall. Brightest light needed for good spination, shape, and any chalky texture which can be very attractive.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
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Selected form of C.hypogaea. Copiapoa are slow-growing & from a v. harsh climate where they receive almost no rainfall. Brightest light needed for good spination, shape, and any chalky texture which can be very attractive.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![This plant is 21 years old.](/images/library-c-copiapoa-laui-1.copiapoa-laui-4812.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Wet plant, doesn't look as white because wet.](/images/library-c-copiapoa-laui-2.copiapoa-laui-lau-891-21yo-18812-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Copiapoa are slow-growing & from a v. harsh climate where they receive almost no rainfall. Brightest light needed for good spination, shape, and any chalky texture which can be very attractive.
5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK.
"Code": "5.Indoors OK, Outdoors not OK."
![This plant is in a 12 cm pot. Pic does not do the species justice.](/images/library-c-corallocarpus-bainesii-1.corallocarpus-bainesii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Bright red fruits.](/images/library-c-corallocarpus-bainesii-2.corallocarpus-bainesii-17512-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Small vigorous caudiciform cucurbit from southern Africa. Forms a branched and more or less bottle shaped caudex to 8cm in thickness. Easy to grow; trim back vines as needed. Don't water when dormant, i.e. leafless.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Theoretically this one is as large as they get. Maybe that's why it then died… it must have read the description.](/images/library-c-corallocarpus-boehmii-1.corallocarpus-boehmii-pic2.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Divided leaves typical of cucurbits and looking very much like Kedrostis and other caudiciform cucurbit genera.](/images/library-c-corallocarpus-boehmii-2.corallocarpus-boehmii-leaf.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Red fruit in late winter.](/images/library-c-corallocarpus-boehmii-3.corallocarpus-boehmii-fruit-aug-04.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![Doing well in a greenhouse groundbed in temperate Auckland.](/images/library-c-corallocarpus-boehmii-4.corallocarpus-boehmii.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
![The other side of that big one.](/images/library-c-corallocarpus-boehmii-5.corallocarpus-boehmii-pic5.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Small vigorously-vining caudiciform cucurbit from Cameroon, Kenya, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Forms a branched and more or less bottle shaped caudex to 12cm in thickness. Easy to grow; trim back vines as needed. Barely water when dormant, i.e. when leafless in winter.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Nice bodies, nice flowers.](/images/library-c-coryphantha-elephantidens-1.coryphantha-elephantidens-21213-b.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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Small globular cactus, extremely white woolly and eventually offsetting.
4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain.
"Code": "4.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK only if protected from winter rain."
![Vigorous in the garden.](/images/library-c-cotyledon-elk-horns-1.cotyledon-elk-horns-pic3.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
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This variety has linear to antler-shaped leaves. White-pruinose shrub to 25 cm ht, ideal for dry banks. The harder you grow it the better it looks. Nodding silky flowers. Suits coastal situation. Stands frost.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![This example, being in a greenhouse, has a less bright edge on the leaf.](/images/library-c-cotyledon-orbiculata-oophylla-1.cotyledon-orbiculata-oophylla-sept-03.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
White-pruinose shrub to 25 cm ht, with fingery leaves with a red border. Nodding silky flowers. Needs bright light! May be less hardy than the species, untested as yet.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."
![Crassula arborescens](/images/library-c-crassula-arborescens-1.crassula-arborescens-101108-a.jpg?width=200&height=auto&shrink=)
Silver Dollar. Handsome jade plant with red-spotted, red-edged leaves. In time has a fat trunk and can be shaped as an excellent bonsai-like pot subject or a garden plant to 2m (in time). Bright light for good shape and leaf colour.
3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas.
"Code": "3.Indoors OK, Outdoors OK in warm, well-drained position in mild areas."