Cycads

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If you have ever seen the movie ‘Jurassic Park’ then you would have seen Cycads. Cycads were around 280 million years ago and in the Jurassic period (Dinosaur time) they were big in numbers and in variety.  Unfortunately since then for all different reasons more than half of the 320 species on earth are on […]

Spathiphyllum – (from the Araceae family)

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There is one word that describes Spathiphyllum to me and that is ‘elegant’. You only have to look at its’ abundance of dark green, glossy , oval shaped leaves which have tall, greenish spikes coming out of them showing off the perfectly formed white, cream flowers (called a spadex) that is then protected by a […]