Plant list: Hrovatin exotica

African Hats, Queen of the Namib, Kalahari cactus, Xhoba, Bushman's Hat

Hoodia Gordonii is very rare plant, protected by CITES. Hoodia Gordonii grows in Kalahari desert in South Africa (Angola, Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe). The professional book (Sukkulenten-lexikon...

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Platycerium bifurcatum

Elkhorn fern, Staghorn Fern

Platycerium bifurcatum is one of the more unusual and challenging house plants. It grows without its roots in soil and produces 2 types of fronds. One type is the branched frond that gives the plant...

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Hebe pinguifolia

Figwort, Hebe Veronica

This is a cultivar (cultivated variety) of a small shrub introduced around 1868. The plant has plum-coloured young stems, a very beautiful grey-green leaves in four ranks and white flowers. Flowers...

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Calathea makoyana

Peacock Plant, Brain Plant

Calathea is a herbaceous perennial from the Tropical Americas like Brazil, Guyana, Columbia and Nicaragua. The handsome leaves are the attraction for tropical gardeners and indoor plant lovers as...

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