Dorstenia thru Jacaratia

*DORSTENIA sp. nova LAV10341 NEW (LIMIT 3) (MORACEAE) - #9783 - 1" tall seedlings - $6.00 - light green stem with oval green leaves, this LAV numbered species has been in cultivation for decades

*ERYTHRINA herbacea NEW (LIMIT 2) (FABACEAE) - #9238 - 3.25"pot - $8.00 - Cherokee Bean found from Tamaulipas MX to Florida, low shrub to small tree from thick root that can be raised, bright green 3-lobed leaves in summer, intense red flowers when mature

*EUPHORBIA esculenta NEW (LIMIT 2) (EUPHORBIACEAE) - #9784 - 2.25"pot - $8.00 - one of the larger growing medusoid Euphorbia, grows thick "head" at the center of pencil-thick green arms, small white "flowers" at the end of stems

E. obesa (LIMIT 10 of each sex) - 1"+seedlings, Basketball Plant, almost extinct in habitat but common in cultivation, round green body becomes columnar with age, sexes on separate plants, which sometimes switch

female plants - #5672 - $6.00

male plants - #5673 - $6.00

E. suzannae (LIMIT 3) - #6796 - 1"+seedlings - $6.00 - initially round dark green ball covered with short soft spikes, forms clusters in time to over 6", sexes on separate plants

E. symmetrica (LIMIT 10) - #6795 - 1.25"seedlings - $6.00 - low green stem considered a subspecies of E. obesa, it differs in that the stems are more uniformly green, smoother with flattened or indented ribs, they also tend to cluster with age and remain shorter, they are also single-sexed like E. obesa, but mature plants will often have 3 cyathia per node although not all develop

FAUCARIA tuberculosa (LIMIT 2) (AIZOACEAE) - #7895 - 2.75"pot - $5.00 - paired fleshy green leaves with teeth at margins, growths from warts to large carbuncles in upper faces of the leaves, large yellow flowers

FOUQUIERIA splendens (FOUQUIERIACEAE) - #6667 - 3.25" pot - $7.00 - Ocotillo, northernmost and most common species in the family, spiny brown and gray stems branch low and grow to more than 10', bright green leaves during the growing season, red spikes of flowers in the spring when mature

GASTERIA armstrongii (ASPHODELACEAE) - #7065.2 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - fat shiny rough green tongue-like leaves, spikes of pink flowers, clusters well

G. batesiana "Barberton Form" NEW (LIMIT 2) - #9225 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - propagations of one clone of this attractive form, thick dark green leaves with rough cat's-tongue texture

*G. brachyphyllum monstrose (LIMIT 2) - #8733 - 3.25"pot - $7.00 - thick long green and white leaves, will throw shoots unexpectedly and sometimes has distorted leaves, pink flowers

G. 'Frosty' NEW - #7073 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - rooted offsets, leaves mottled light and dark green

G. glomerata NEW - #9271 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - rooted offsets of selected clones with fat blue-green leaves, makes nice clusters, spikes of rich orange flowers

G. liliputana NEW - #7068 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - rooted offsets of this diminutive species, fleshy mottled green and white leaves with sharp tips, short spikes of pink and white flowers, cluster readily

G. 'Little Warty' NEW - #8011 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - old hybrid, upright rough gray-green leaves with stripes of darker green near the middle, pink and green flowers, makes large clusters

G. 'Polliwog' NEW - #9567 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - G. armstrongii hybrid with fairly short smooth dark green leaves, clusters and makes nice specimen

G. 'Sakura Fuji' NEW - #9150 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - (we offered this as 'Silver Fuji' in the past) thick silvery gray and green leaves sometimes with a bit of purple, the colors run in lines the length of the leaves, occasionally throws a normal green and white offset

G. 'Sakura Fuji' variegate NEW - #9276 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - (we offered this as just 'Sakura Fuji' in the past), fat boldly variegated green and white leaves, makes nice clusters

G. verrucosa NEW (LIMIT 2) - #8079 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - long dark green leaves with dense white raised bumps, clusters sparingly

X GASTERALOE 'Green Ice' NEW (ASPHODELACEAE) - #9188 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - attractive hybrid of Aloe variegata and a Gasteria, chunky upright leaves mottled green & gray-green, rosettes can grow over 6", clusters from base, pinkish flowers in spring

GRAHAMIA coahuilense (ANACAMPSEROTACEAE) - #5769 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - Mexican species with light green succulent leaves on thin limp stems from small tuberous roots, self-fertile pink flowers in the afternoons in summer

GRAPTOPETALUM rusbyi (CRASSULACEAE) - #9535 - 3.25"pot - $7.00 - native to Arizona, this is the only Graptopetalum that takes the heat and cold here, light green leaves form a low rosette up to 5 inches across, forms nice clusters, short flower spikes with speckled red flowers

HAWORTHIA attenuata 'Hakucho' NEW (ASPHODELACEAE) - #8371 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - thin green leaves with faint yellow striping, raised white bumps, makes large clusters

H. attenuata 'Wet Paint' NEW - #9363 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - upright narrow dark green leaves with irregular white dots and splotches, makes nice clusters

H. coarctata v. coarctata NEW - #7114 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - rooted cuttings of this compact species, 1"+ thick stems of short, dark green, curved, claw-like leaves with raised white dots, makes nice clumps in time

H. cooperi v. cooperi NEW - #7116 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - rosettes of windowed leaves grow to about 3" and make large clusters, leaves are more pointed than v. truncata

H. cooperi v. truncata NEW (LIMIT 3) - #8041 - ~1"rosettes - $5.00 - Bolo Reserve form, dwarf rosette with rounded windowed leaves

H. decipiens NEW - #9474 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - thin light green leaves with soft toothy margins on sides and back, rosette forms a ball, old leaves accumulate around sides

H. emelyae v. multifolia - #7122 - 2.75"pot - $5.00 - low green rosette with small windowed leaves with long pointed tips, clusters slowly

H. limifolia - #6927 - 2.25"pot - $4.00 - (Fairy Washboard) low dark green leaves form flat rosette, parallel ridges run across the leaves

*H. magnifica v. major (LIMIT 2) - #7133 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - dark green leaves frosted with fine white bumps, windowed tips with white markings, rosettes of ~2" will cluster slowly

H. magnifica v. paradoxa - #7134 - .8"rosette - $5.00 - miniature dark green rosettes of leaves with windowed top and small serrations on the sides, forms small clusters

H. 'Manda's hybrid' NEW - #7179 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - bright green pointed leaves make 2.5"-wide rosettes, makes 6" clusters with time

H. maughanii x. H. truncata NEW - #7139 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - old hybrid, rough windowed leaves are brown in high light, forms nice clusters

H. mirabilis v. calcarea - #8094 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - rosettes to almost 3", will form larger clusters, short upright leaves with small teeth on edges, purplish in bright light

*H. mirabilis v. mirabilis (LIMIT 2) - #7141 - 3.25"pot - $7.00 - (= H. mundula) dark green windowed leaves form densely clustering rosettes

H. mirabilis v. notabilis (LIMIT 2) - #9572 - 1.5"rosettes - $5.00 - narrow leaves with serrated edges, reddish in bright light

H. 'Mirror Ball' NEW (LIMIT 2) - #9562 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - small-growing hybrid, rosettes of windowed leaves with rough surface turns purple in bright light, clusters freely

H. resendeana - #7153 - 2.25"pot - $4.00 - short stout pointed dark green leavs form upright stems that will cluster from the base

H. retusa fma. geraldii - #7157 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - heavy dark green leaves with flat windowed top, makes large clusters

H. retusa v. acuminata NEW (LIMIT 3) - #7158 - 3.25"pot - $7.00 - fat windowed leaves form a low rosette up to 4", offsets sparingly

*H. retusa v. acuminata variegate - #7137 - 3.25"pot - $6.00 - fairly thick pointed green and white windowed leaves cluster heavily

IBERVILLEA tenuisecta (CUCURBITACEAE) - #9690 - 2.25"pot - $5.00 - (Jarilla Mtns, NM) underground caudex with white skin, in habitat it makes a disk-like caudex but in cultivation is more of a top shape, still it can grow to 6", sexes on separate plants, small yellow flowers, 1cm round red fruit

JACARATIA corumbensis (CARICACEAE) - #5828 - 3.25"pot - $8.00 - succulent papaya relative, forms tree with thick starchy root (which is eaten in South America), can be grow as bonsai, separate male and female plants, odd inedible fruit

* = only advertised on the web site due to limited quantities