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| Christmas Cactus While its scientific name is Schlumbergera bridgesii (try saying that five times fast), it is also known as a Thanksgiving cactus, Easter cactus, and orchid cactus. The word cactus probably has you picturing a desert and the blazing sun, but Christmas cacti thrive in cooler temperatures. These were once found in the rainforest of Brazil. They are not nontoxic to your dog but still dont feed it to your animal. Despite what its name may lead you to believe, Christmas cacti can live long past December. In fact, they can live for up to 20 years. |
| Spider Plant No, it is not a spider but another name for this plant would be Chlorophytum comosum. The most common spider plant species are variegated and have green leaves with a white stripe in the centre, or dark green leaves with white stripes on the outside. These spider plants are native to the African tropics, southern Africa and belong to the Asparagaceae family. They are great indoor air cleaners, and 15 spider plants would purify the air of an average size house. |
| Juniper Bonsai Tree Feeling like you want a bit more culture in your life, well look no further since this bonsai tree can fulfill that wish as it is also known as a california juniper bonsai tree so not as exotic but the thing with these kinds of trees is that there are multiple kinds of them the two most interesting ones are the chinese juniper and the japanese shimpaku with there scale like foliage and have colors ranging from yellowish green to bluish green. |
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DANGEROUS FLOWER |
| Lily of the valley Lily of the valley, Convallaria majalis (/kɒnvəleɪriə mədʒeɪlɪs/, sometimes written lily-of-the-valley, is a highly poisonous woodland flowering plant with sweetly scented, pendent, bell-shaped white flowers borne in sprays in spring. It is native throughout the cool temperate Northern Hemisphere in Asia and Europe. |
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| Arizona Agave Arizona agave is a succulent with flattened, globular leaves that grow radially from a base to form a plant about 12 in (30 cm) high and 16 in (41 cm) broad. The plant puts up a slender, branching flower stalk up to 12 ft (3.6 m) high that bears small, pale-yellow, jar-shaped flowers. It sets seed infrequently. Fruiting occurs in August; seed and fruit dispersal occurs in November and December. Seeds are disseminated in a capsule. |
| Rafflesia Arnoldii Rafflesia arnoldii, commonly called the corpse lily or stinking corpse lily, is a species of flowering plant in the parasitic genus Rafflesia. It is noted for producing the largest individual flower on Earth. It has a very strong and unpleasant odour of decaying flesh, earning it the nickname "corpse flower".It is endemic to the rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo. Although there are some plants with larger flowering organs like the titan arum (Amorphophallus titanum) and talipot palm (Corypha umbraculifera), those are technically clusters of many flowers. |