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Blue Daisy belongs to the largest family of the Chrysanthemum subclass. Where the blue daisy exists, another kind of chrysanthemum must be seen, but where it exists, it does not always have shade.

Begonia pendula is a species of flowering plant in the Begoniaceae family. This begonia is native to Malaysia. The species is part of the section Petermannia. It was described in 1906 by Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855-1956). The specific epithet pendula means “pendulous”, alluding to the drooping habit of this plant.

Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, the thyrsus-flowered Kalanchoe is a succulent plant of the Crassulaceae family, native to South Africa.

Florist’s buttercup (Ranunculus asiaticus) is a species of perennial herbaceous plant in the family Ranunculaceae native to the eastern Mediterranean (Crete, Greece), southwestern Asia and northern Africa. The Crusaders of Saint Louis discovered it in the Holy Land and introduced it to France but it did not multiply there very much, and it was only…

Gladioli belong to a genus of plants in the Iridaceae family, the genus Gladiolus, which has more than 260 species. The name gladiolus derives from the Latin gladius, meaning “sword”. They are perennial corms that are now widely used as ornamental plants in beds or for cut flower production. Gladiolus, which means “little sword” in…

Narrow-leaved cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium) is a perennial herbaceous plant 40 to 60 cm tall in the Cyperaceae family.

Passiflora caerulea or blue passionflower is a climbing plant of the Passifloraceae family, native to South America. It is the most cultivated ornamental passionflower in countries with a temperate climate. There are several cultivated varieties1 of Passiflora caerulea: Constance Eliot is resistant to frosts of -15°C, very floriferous and very fragrant China Blue has a…

Pecteilis radiata (syn. Habenaria radiata) is a species of orchid found in China, Japan, Korea and Russia. It is commonly known as white egret flower, fringed orchid, or sagisō. It should not be confused with the white-fringed orchid Platanthera praeclara, which is a North American species. The Sagiso is the official flower of the Setagaya…

Cacti, Cacti or Cactaceae (Cactaceae) are a family of flowering plants. They are almost all fat plants or succulent plants, that is to say xerophytic plants which store reserves of “suc” in their tissues to cope with long periods of drought.

Himalayacalamus falconeri is a species of grass in the true grass family. They have a free-standing growth form. They are from Asia. Individuals can reach 10 m.