On our website you can find a brief history of cacti in South Africa. Last night we received a nice addition from the USA: “The restablishment of the Soekershof garden after many years of neglect is fantastic — the photos were fantastic. Here is what I have in my records for Marthinus Malherbe: Malherbe, Marthinus [...]
Recently we submitted a more general article about succulents. this time a bit more about cactaceae Cactus is the name given to any member of the flowering plant family Cactaceae. Cacti are almost exclusively New world plants. This means that they are native only in the Americas and West Indies. There is however one exception, Rhipsalis [...]
Carl Linnaeus laid the foundations for the modern scheme of Nomenclature. His Systema Naturae describes the hierarchical classification of plants and animals. To simplify things a little bit botanical names always consist of a genus and a specie name sometimes added with a sub-specie name; for example Acacia sieberani woodii (paperbark tree). But genera (plurial [...]
