Articles by Selina

Silver Torch Cactus, scientific name Cleistocactus strausiiis a perennial cactus of the family Cactaceae. It is native to high mountain regions of Bolivia and Argentina. Its slender, erect, grey-green columns Read more >>

Drakaea also commonly known as hammer orchids, is a genus of 10 species in the plant family Orchidaceae. All of the ten species occur in the south-west of Western Australia. Read more >>

Exidia glandulosa, also known Black Witch’s or Witches’ Butter, maybe because of its butter-like consistency and greasy surface when wet, it has a cloudy colour which occurs throughout the year Read more >>

Bear’s-Head Tooth Mushroom also known as the Pom Pom mushroom, Bear’s Head Tooth fungus. The Bear’s Head mushrooms grow on living and dead deciduous hardwood trees like birch and oak. Read more >>

Strangler fig is the common name given to some tropical and subtropical plant species. It included some banyans and unrelated vines. Figs are one of the most important plant species Read more >>

The Cape sundew, scientific name Drosera capensis, is a small rosette carnivorous species of perennial sundew that is native to the Cape in South Africa. Cape sundews are so easy Read more >>

The Nepenthes, also known as tropical pitcher plants, is a genus of carnivorous plants in the Nepenthaceae monotypic family. They comprise about 170 species, and various natural and many cultivated Read more >>

The Venus Flytrap is a carnivorous plant that lives all over the world, but it is native to boggy areas in South and North Carolina. Like other plants, Venus’ Flytraps Read more >>

Amorphophallus titanum, also known as the Corpse titan arum, is a flowering plant that has the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world. The plant as an odour that is like Read more >>