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The Care of Wax Plant (Hoya carnosa)
Kalliergeia
The Wax Plant or Porcelain Flower (Hoya carnosa) is an evergreen perennial epiphyte that is usually offered as a climber and decorates indoor spaces as well as the garden - where conditions allow. The following article refers to the care of this abundant and very fragrant flowering plant.>>
August 1, 2022
The Hitchhiking Game – A Short Story by Milan Kundera
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An excerpt from the short story titled "The Hitchhiking Game" by important Czech writer Milan Kundera, included in the author's collection "Laughable Loves", is given here, along with its film adaptation as a short film by Darian Lane. The "Laughable Loves" include seven short stories and as book published in 1969.>>
July 12, 2022
Rafflesia arnoldii, The Largest Flower in the World
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The largest simple flower of the plant kingdom, Rafflesia arnoldii (Stinking Corpse Lily or Corpse Flower), belongs to a genus of parasitic plants with many peculiarities, which arouse the curiosity of systematic researchers as well as its simple observers, who stand in front of it with awe and admiration.>>
June 24, 2022
Diplocarpon rosae (Black Spot of Rose) Fungus
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The Diplocarpon rosae (Black Spot of Rose) is a special disease of the plant (and a big headache for its growers), since this pathogen ascomycete fungus lives exclusively in it, causing great damage, especially in field crops, reaching up to total defoliation, significantly degrading the quality of the growing product.>>
June 1, 2022
Firecracker Plant (Russelia equisetiformis) – Description & Uses
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It may have gone out of fashion, but it's not going out of style: Firecracker Plant or Fountainbush remains an attractive shrub with "unsubmissive" form and flowering - at its peak - almost cataclysmic. However, apart from the ornamental value of the plant, its medicinal and environmental contribution are also of great interest.>>
May 14, 2022
Platycodon grandiflorus (Balloon Flower) – Description & Uses
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Platycodon grandiflorus (Balloon Flower), the only representative of its genus, is an excellent herbaceous plant, with great ornamental and other practical -therapeutic and edible- properties, whose dominant decorative element is the large blue flowers, both in the phase of formation and in phase of full bloom.>>
April 27, 2022
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