General plants

General plants

Plants in general and their related subjects and terms.

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General plants

Genus of one very variable species of climbing, tuberous perennial from woodland and forest, often by rivers, in tropical Africa and India. The Glory Lily bears large flowers in midsummer. Gloriosa ...

gongora

Plants; General plants

They have ribbed ovoid psuedobulbs with 2 to 3 apical thin, heavily veined leaves. The inflorescence arises from the base of the psuedobulb and hangs with many non resupinate, upside down flowers on ...

guzmania

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 120 species of virtually stemless, evergreen, mainly epiphytic perennials, found in S. Florida, Central America, the West Indies, and N. and W. South America. The Guzmanias are ...

gynura

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 50 species of evergreen perennials and subshrubs, some scandent and trailing, from tropical woodland in Africa and Asia. The flowerheads at the tips of the branches are very colorful.

haemanthus

Plants; General plants

Genus of 21 species of bulbous perennials, some of them evergreen, from grassy, rocky hillsides in South Africa. A stout stalk bears the giant flower-head above the few large leaves at the base. The ...

haworthia

Plants; General plants

Genus of about 100 species of dwarf, basal-rosetted, more or less stemless, perennial succulents from lowland and sometimes hillsides of Namibia, Swaziland, Mozambique, and South Africa. Haworthias ...

hedera

Plants; General plants

Genus of 8-12 species evergreen, woody-stemmed, trailing or self-clinging climbers found in light woodland or on trees or rocks in N. Africa, the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira, and from w. ...