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Succulents
Barbara A Maaskant, Shenandoah Rose Garden Club
What are they?
Succulents Store water in leaves, stems and roots
Adapted to hot dry environments
Ability to retain water inside the plant
Stems are modified to perform photosynthesis
Shallow widespread roots
Cacti are succulent plants most with leaves modified into spines Cacti stems perform photosynthesis, no leaves but areoles
Spines trap moisture near the surface of the stem
All CACTI are succulents, bot not all succulents are cacti
Aeonium
Euphorbia tirucallii 'Sticks on Fire'.
Sedum, rubrotinctum, ‘Aurura’
Popular in plant decorations
Crassula – watch chain plant
Sedum *
Bottom – 2nd Family: Crassulacae, Genus: Sedum, species: rubrotinctum , cultivar ‘Aurora’
Sedum reflexum Angelina
Family: Crassulacae, Genus: Sedum, species: reflexum , cultivar Angelina
Haworthia*
Family: Aloaceae, Genus Haworthia, species
Hen and Chicks*
(bottom right) Family: Crassulacae, Genus: Sempervivium, species: limelight
Green Wheel *
(bottom right) Family: Crassulacae, Genus: Sempervivium, species (?) calcareum
Thymus-elfin*
Succulent Stepable Creeping thyme
Family: Lamiaceae, Genus Thymus, Species: praecox, Cultivar: Elfin
Wavy Jade *
Family: Crassulaceae. Genus: Crassula species: ovata c.v. ‘Blue Surprise”
Jade
Crassula ovata*
Family: Crassulaceae. Genus: Crassula species: ovata
echeveria sp.
• Crassula
Terrarium
Unique and Tiny
• Echeverias (g) are some of the most attractive of all succulents and they are highly valued by plant enthusiasts for their gorgeous colors and beautiful rosette shapes
• Native to Central America, Mexico and NY South America
Crassulaceae
EASY TO PLANT
Prepare the soil
Remove bottom leave to expose ½ “ stem
Pull off anything that looks like a flower
Gently push into growing medium
Give them lots of growing room
Leaves can also be planted by gently pressing firm ends into the soil
Water them and be sure to keep the soil moist Look for new growth in 4 – 6 weeks.
Some succulents are edible Dragonfruit - orchid cactus
Nopales Prickly Pear
Caralluma
Vegetable in India Weight loss
Aloe Ferox
Aloe ferox: (Kaapse aalwyn - Cape Aloe, bitter aloe) Medicinal Uses: Parts Used: Leaf sap, resinous solid known as aloe lump or Cape aloe. Cape aloes or aloe lump is used as a laxative. Leaves or roots that are boiled in water are taken as a laxative, arthritis, eczema, conjunctivitus, hypertension and stress.
Aloe arborescens
The leaf sap of other species, like A. arborescens and A.greatheadii, is applied externally to treat skin ailments, bruises and burns.
A.marlothii
The Dried leaves of A.marlothii is a popular ingredient in some snuffs.
Grows to 8 – 10 feet
Blooms fall/winter
Jade Plant in Folk Medicine
Warts
Nausea
Epilepsy
Corns
Diarrhea
Adansonia digitata LARGEST succulent in the world
Bulging trunk for water storage sometimes called upside down tree.
African deciduous tree – 60 ft Leaves have antihistamine
properties; fruit pulp for fevers, haemoptysis and antiperspirant; seeds for hiccups
Rainwater collects in the clefts of
large branches and is used as a source of water.
Honeybees build hives in the tree. Link to pdf of .ppt presentation http://www.baobabdirect.com/newsitems/2002_06
_HealthPropertiesOfBaobab_UNIV_Ferrara.pdf
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Crassula: Cotyledon orbiculata: (Pig's Ear)
The fleshy part of the leaf is applied to warts and corns to soften and remove them. A single leaf is eaten as a vermifuge (expels intestinal worms). The leaf juice is warmed and used as drops for earache and toothache. A hot poultice is used to treat boils, earache or inflammation. The juice has also been used as a treatment for epilepsy
Haworthia reinwardtii Haworth 1821 Triangular dark-green leaves with white tuberculate spots are packed densely around the stem to form a neat column. These succulent plants clump up by offsetting the the base. Native to the Eastern Cape of South Africa.