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Seeds of Yesterday. Seeds of Yesterday is a novel written by V. C. Andrews. It is the fourth book in the Dollanganger Series. The story continues from the point of view of the protagonist, Cathy, following her from the age of 52 until her death a few years later. Cathy was born in April 1945, meaning the events in the book occur between 1997 ...
Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas; Plants in culture – uses of plants by humans; Narcissus in culture - uses of narcissus flowers by humans
Schlumbergera is a small genus of cacti with six to nine species found in the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil. These plants grow on trees or rocks in habitats that are generally shady with high humidity, and can be quite different in appearance from their desert -dwelling cousins. Most species of Schlumbergera have stems which ...
A cactus ( pl.: cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) [ 3] is a member of the plant family Cactaceae ( / kækˈteɪsi.iː, - ˌaɪ / ), [ a] a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1,750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. [ 4] The word cactus derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek word κάκτος ( káktos ), a ...
Schlumbergera truncata, the false Christmas cactus, [1] is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to a small area of the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist forests. It is the parent or one of the parents of the houseplants called Christmas cactus ...
Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to many flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species, such as Selenicereus grandiflorus, bloom only once a year, for a single night, [ 1] though most put out multiple flowers over several weeks, each of which opens for only a single night ...
One plant called Christmas rose is regarded as a true Christmas flower in certain parts of the world. Christmas rose ( Serissa) is also known as the "snow rose" or "winter rose". Originally from tropical regions of Asia, cultivated Serissa often blooms during the winter. On the occasion of Christmas Eve, it is traditional for young women in ...
Selenicereus undatus is lithophytic or hemiepiphytic. It is widely distributed through the tropics in cultivation. It is a sprawling or vining, terrestrial or epiphytic cactus. They climb by use of aerial roots and can reach a height of 10 meters (32.8 feet) or more growing on rocks and trees.