Stapelia

Family: Asclepiadaceae (Apocynaceae according to some classifications) Habitat: Southern Africa Cultivation: It needs full sunshine, sandy and light soil to keep slightly damp (while being [...]

Huernia

This name comes from Justin Heurnius, a Dutch  missionary of XIIth century, who is thought to have been the first to be interested in collecting and classifying the plants of the Capo di Buona [...]

Hoya

The name of these plants is a hymn to friendship: the botanist Robert Brown, who classified them during the eighteenth century, called Hoya in honor of his friend Thomas Hoy (and botanical lover).

Hoodia

The plants of the Hoodia genus have a certain esternal similarity with cacti, although in reality it is a plant belonging to a totally different family (to Asclepiads, and in particular to the [...]