Lovely Green Dieffenbachia

I have different kinds of these plants in my garden before.  Since I don't live anymore in a tropical country, I can no longer grow Dieffenbachia outside. These are houseplants but since most of our windows inside the house are already filled with plants, I can't either have it.

Dieffenbachia is a genus of tropical plants in the Family Araceae noted for their patterned leaves. was named by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, the director of the Botanical gardens in Vienna, to honor his head gardener Joseph Dieffenbach (1796–1863).

Anthurium or Flamingo Flowers

The Anthurium, also called as Flamingo Flowers or Boy flowers as being called as such due to its structure, the spathe and spadix. It belongs to arum family (Araceae) with around 600 to 1,000 species.

different colors and forms of Anthurium. I took this image during our visit to a garden center.

Anthurium flowers develop crowded in a spike on a fleshy axis, called a spadix, a characteristic of the Araceae. The flowers on the spadix are often divided sexually with a sterile band separating male from female flowers. Like other Aroids, many species of Anthurium can be grown as houseplants, or outdoors in mild climates in shady spots.

Begonia, Begonien, Begoniaceae

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cucurbitales
Family: Begoniaceae
Genus: Begonia

photo taken by the Authors at the Garden Center

Begonia is a genus in the flowering plant family Begoniaceae. The only other members of the family Begoniaceae are Hillebrandia, a genus with a single species in the Hawaiian Islands, and the genus Symbegonia which more recently was included in Begonia. "Begonia" is the common name as well as the generic name for all members of the genus.

MYM- The Wild Flowers and the Butterfly

Did you just see the small yellow wild flowers and the yellow butterfly. We don't know how many people appreciate this beauty of nature. We took this photo as we went walking around in our beautiful place. lovely and amazing beauty of nature!

Click the logo to visit the blog. Feel free to join this wonderful meme especially if you love yellow. Thanks to the Author Drowsey Monkey for hosting this beautiful meme. Happy Mellow Yellow Monday!

Beautiful Orchid Flowers

We went last time to a garden shop and saw these very beautiful flowers of orchids. Aren't they lovely? We only got one in our house and it is almost a year that it did not bear flowers. We are hoping that one day it will bear flowers again!!

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Ball Cactus

If I am not mistaken this is called a ball cactus. I got one at home but another kind of this. Amazing plants full of thorns. be careful with their thorns, they can be very painful.

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Mammillaria cactus

We got bunch of cacti in our house. The ones you see in the photos are only some of our cacti. Since we don't have a winter garden, we usually put our plants on all of the windows in our house. See more information of Mamillarias.

Mammillarias have extremely variable spination from species to species, and attractive flowers, making them specifically attractive for cactus hobbyists. Most mammillarias plants are considered easy to cultivate, though some species are among the hardest cacti to grow. Several taxa are threatened with extinction at least in the wild, due to habitat destruction and especially overcollecting for the pot plant trade. Cactus fanciers can assist conservation of these rare plants by choosing nursery-bred specimens (wild-collected ones are illegal to possess for the rarest species anyways). Besides helping to preserve rare plants, one can gain experience in growing and breeding cacti in general with nursery-bred rare mammillarias: several mammillarias are quite easy (for cacti) to grow from seeds. One such species, popular and widely available from nursery stock but Endangered in the wild, is Mammillaria zeilmanniana. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammillaria

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More Cacti photos

This time, I will tell you that these cacti are not found in our garden or inside the house. I took this photo as we went to one of the Garden Center that is around 40 kilometers drive from where we live. If we only have a big place in our house I might buy these all..wink!

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Succulent Plants On Our Window

We have some cacti on our window. I guess more than 20 cacti. This how we love plants even inside the house. I guess our house is like a little forest.

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Succulent plants, also known as succulents or fat plants, are water-retaining plants adapted to arid climate or soil conditions. Succulent plants store water in their leaves, stems and/or roots. The storage of water often gives succulent plants a more swollen or fleshy appearance than other plants, also known as succulence. In addition to succulence, succulent plants variously have other water-saving features. source wikipedia

Cactus on our Window

I always love plants. One of them are the family of cactus. I have a lot now sitting on our window pane. here is one kind of cactus I got..any idea what is its particular name? I know before but since I left home almost six years ago, I cannot remember some names anymore. thanks in advance..

A cactus (plural: cacti or cactuses) is any member of the spine plant family Cactaceae, native to the Americas. They are often used as ornamental plants, but some are also crop plants. Cacti are part of the plant order Caryophyllales, which also includes members like beets, baby's breath, spinach, amaranth, tumbleweeds, carnations, rhubarb, buckwheat, plumbago, bougainvillea, chickweed and knotgrass.

Cacti are distinctive and unusual plants, which are adapted to extremely arid and hot environments, showing a wide range of anatomical and physiological features which conserve water. Their stems have expanded into green succulent structures containing the chlorophyll necessary for life and growth, while the leaves have become the spines for which cacti are so well known. source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cactus

Onion Leaves photo

Since most of the plants and vegetables are gone during winter time, I bought this onion leaves and put inside the house. I use it for cooking too!

The beauty of Winter

some people might not see the beauty of winter but we do.. try to look the beauty of these bushes that were filled with snow..Isn't it amazing!! this truly the wonder and beauty of nature during winter time cheers!! this was taken in Fuchsberg, Germany.

More Roses in Our garden

copyright photo by: Euronics We miss the flowers in our garden now especially these pink roses that colorfully give beauty to our garden during summer time. There coming again next week!!

Wild Grapes are Gone

copyright photo by: EuronicsThese wild grapes at the back of our garage are now gone..We just admired the beauty of these colorful leaves during autumn time...amazing beauty of nature!! isn't it?

Flower in Our Garden

copyright photo by: Euronics These flowers are only one of the flowers in our garden..Me and my wife love gardening but my wife love it so much that she keeps on planting different flowers in our garden. Sorry guys, I don't know the name of these flowers..any idea??

Mushrooms in Our Garden

I just found these mushrooms in our garden..I don't have any idea what kind of mushrooms are these...I'm just afraid to touch them because I already heard that there are poisonous moushrooms too...Any idea out there?? they look cute..isn't it!!

Tulips in Our garden

photo by: Eurostar
My wife always love flowers. She had planted a lot of tulips in our garden. These tulips are only one kind in our garden. beautiful!!

Sunflowers in the neighborhood

photo by Eurostar

Why it is called sunflower??? I have an answer for you..keep reading!! have a great day!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunflower

The sunflower (Helianthus annuus) is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae and native to the Americas, with a large flowering head (inflorescence). The stem can grow as high as 3 metres, and the flower head can reach 30 cm in diameter with the "large" seeds. The term "sunflower" is also used to refer to all plants of the genus Helianthus, many of which are perennial plants.

Description

What is usually called the flower is actually a head (formally composite flower) of numerous florets (small flowers) crowded together. The outer florets are the sterile ray florets and can be yellow, maroon, orange, or other colors. The florets inside the circular head are called disc florets, which mature into what are traditionally called "sunflower seeds," but are actually the fruit (an achene) of the plant. The inedible husk is the wall of the fruit and the true seed lies within the kernel.

The florets within the sunflower's cluster are arranged in a spiraling pattern. Typically each floret is oriented toward the next by approximately the golden angle, producing a pattern of interconnecting spirals where the number of left spirals and the number of right spirals are successive Fibonacci numbers. Typically, there are 34 spirals in 1 direction and 55 in the other; on a very large sunflower you may see 89 in one direction and 144 in the other.

yellow Flowers Out There

photo by: Eurostar

Another wild yellow flowers, we found somewhere along the way!! beautiful!!

Red fruits

photo by Eurostar

Any idea what these small fruits are called?? If I am not mistaken this is called bird's berries...I just find this beautiful!!