 Many
of the photographs on this page were taken in the Botanical
Garden in Sicily, Italy. It is a place of great beauty
and peace in the middle of a very vibrant city. One of
its special areas of study focuses on cactus and succulent
plants, both those that require a greenhouse climate
in Sicily and those that live permanently outside in
the garden.
Over
many years as a devoted gardener my interest in cactus
and succulents grew, perhaps most quickly when I moved
to Mexico where I could enjoy these plants in pots on
my terrace and planted in my garden. I hope you will
enjoy the photographs and that maybe you will be able
to help me identify some of the plants you'll be seeing.
As
the years have passed I have had occasion to visit many
other gardens where cactus are showcased. You may see
those I have identified on the CACTUS or SUCCULENTS PAGEs.
Those that remain unidentified, you can see in the photographs
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #1
Photographed: In
the Botanical Garden in Naples, Italy.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2012
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #2 and #2a
Photographed: At the Magdalena Hotel in Tobago in May of 2018.
Photographs ©GreenGardening
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I
think this could be a "Disocactus ×hybridus
(Van Geel) Bartholott 'Dolly Madison' (Cactaceae)"
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #4
Photographed: In
our backyard in Guatemala.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2012 |
Cactus/Succulent Mystery Detail#4a
Photographed: In
our backyard in Guatemala.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2012
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #17
Photographed: In
the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia, in 2013.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2014
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#19 Cissus
quadrangularis or a member of the family
This
is some sort of cactus/succulent plant which when
growing in a climate with adequate water will have
leaves that make it look very much like a grape vine.
When life gets drier, it loses its leaves, but survives.
Photographed: Growing in a hanging pot at the front of the house at
our former home in Montserrat.
Text & Photograph
©Krika.com 2008
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This
is probably an aloe.
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Cactus/Succulent Mystery #20a
Photographed: In
the Palermo Botanical Garden in Sicily, Italy.
Photograph
©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com 2012
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Is
this an Arborescent Prickly Pear?
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#76b Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Flower
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden in Palermo,
Sicily, Italy, 2012.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2012
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#83 Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: In the Botanical Garden in Palermo,
Sicily, Italy, 2012.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2012
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#99 Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: In the Royal Botanic Garden
in Sydney, Australia, in 2013.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2014
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#105 Succulent Mystery
Photographed: On our porch at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, 2012.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2012
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#111 Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: In the Royal Botanical Garden in Sydney, Australia,
in 2013.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2013
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Photographed: In
the Canary Islands, Spain, in 2014.
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#119a Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: In my garden at Lake Atitlan in Guatemala in
2013.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
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#121 Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Even this relatively ordinary
cactus becomes a delight when it dons its bright
red flowers.
Photographed: At
the Roger Williams Park Botanical Center in Rhode Island in 2013.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2014
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#140a
Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: At
the Jardin de Cactus in Lanzarote, Canary
Islands, Spain, in 2014.
Photograph
©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
2014
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My Cactus/Succulent Mysteries 164A, 164B and
166 were all solved with the help of a friend
on Twitter.
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#175a Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: In the Ortobotanico
(Botanical Garden) in Palermo, Italy, in 2017.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
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#176b Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: In the Ortobotanico (Botanical
Garden) in Palermo, Italy, in 2017.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
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#177a Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: In the Ortobotanico (Botanical
Garden) in Palermo, Italy, in 2017.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
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#178a Cactus/Succulent Mystery
Photographed: In the Ortobotanico (Botanical
Garden) in Palermo, Italy, in 2017.
Photograph ©GreenGardeningCookingCuring.com
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