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Cactus Gardening
All cactus plants are succulents, but not all succulents are cactus plants. Being able to tell the difference is one of the concerns in the cactus gardening section. Other questions to be asked and answered include the specifics of a cactus plant's adaptability, environmental impact, growing conditions, harmful stresses, native habitats, propagation methods, and value for people and wildlife.
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What parts of the gotu kola plant are used for medicinal purposes?
Chinese medicine uses various parts of the plant, the shoots and leaves.
What parts of the plant are used for medicinal purposes?
The entire plant has numerous medicinal properties that act synergistically to good effect.
What are two characteristics that make cacti suited to life in dry climates?
They have thick photosynthetic stems, waxy coatings on their surfaces to prevent water loss and also they are succulents, where they store water since they get very little from their environment. Also, since they are covered with spines then animals that might be interested in eating them for a source of hydration are deterred from doing so. (If the cactus were bitten, a lot of water loss would occur)
A cactus plant doesn't move, because it's anchored in the soil by many fibrous, shallow roots underground. But it may spread above ground by its jointed parts breaking off and rooting in the ground around the cactus stem. In fact, one plant can root outward in such a way as to end up forming a dense, treelike, vegetative growth over quite an area of ground.
What parts of the yucca plant are used for medicinal purposes?
Extracts from the plant's root are used in alternative medicine as a soap and as an herbal dietary supplement.
What is an example of authentic?
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What part of a saguaro cactus does a camel eat?
None! The camel and the saguaro are not even found in the same hemisphere. It is highly unlikely a camel would even attempt to eat a saguaro if they did occur together.
What parts of the goldenseal plant are used for medicinal purposes?
This versatile herb is sought for its valuable rootstock and inner twig bark. In cultivation, goldenseal requires up to four years growth before the rootstock is ready for harvest.
From what state is the flower from the saguaro cactus?
The saguaro cactus blossom is the representative flower of the state of Arizona.
Is it true that when a saguaro cactus is 75 years old it grows its first branch?
No, it may take over 100 years for the cactus to sprout its first arms.
Does a cactus have adaptations that help it survive in dry climate?
Yes, cacti have several adaptations to survive in dry climates. These include storing water in their fleshy stems and having reduced leaf surfaces to minimize water loss through transpiration. Additionally, cacti have a waxy outer coating to prevent water loss and specialized shallow roots to quickly absorb water when it rains.
How do you care for a cactus that has a green stem and a round red top?
This sounds like one of those grafted things where the red ball cactus is grafted on top of a green one as the red one contains no chlorophyll so cannot support itself and relies on the green one .Just treat it like any other cactus water sparingly and keep the air round it dry.
What do you do if you traded your opuntia fruit?
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How have cactus plants adapted to hot climates?
Cactus plants are adapted to the hot climates of the deserts of North and Latin America, and of the Latin American jungles. One way that they do so is through controlled breathing. Guard cells are stationed on both sides of the openings to stomata, or breathing pores. They control what gets in and out of the plant's stem.
Another way is through a flexible but thickened outer skin that also keeps inside what already is inside the cactus. Inside the stem are fleshy, juicy tissues that can hold 90% and more of the plant's weight in water and watery products and solutions. The inner and the outer skins cooperate in being flexible. They contract with lesser amounts of stored contents, and expand with more.
Still another way is through reduced leaf surfaces that minimize water loss through evaporation. The leaves are modified into narrower, thinner thorns, spines, spikes, quills, prongs, needles, hairs or bristles. They direct any available moisture down to the ground, to be added to soil moisture levels or taken in by the plant's roots.
Yet another way is through spreading, shallow, fibrous roots. The roots are close to the surface. They're aggressive in capturing moisture as soon as it breaks through the soil's surface. They anchor the plant, hold it in place, seek out moisture over a wide area, and support the soil food web.
How do you care for a moon cactus?
A moon cactus, or 'grafted cactus' is a cactus grafted on to another to grow as one. The top cactus is usually drained of it's chloryphll and cannot create it's own food, thus it uses the bottom cactus. The life spans of moon cacti are very short lived, but they're very pretty.
Moon cactus like sunlight, but not direct sunlight - for that will give them sun burn marks and can kill them. A few hours a day (4-6) of sunlight is good. Only water them when they're soil is COMPLETELY dry, and then water them well like a good thunderstorm. The next time you'll water them when they're completely dry again. The summer months (April - September) are when they're in there growing stages, so give them a cactus made fertilizer every month or two, not too much though, about half the strength it tells you to give on the instructions of the fertilizer. (I.E. Shultz Cactus Miracle-Gro) The summer months they need a little more sunlight and watering, but slowly start to slow down there watering as it gets closed to September because they need to go dormant in the winter in order to bloom next summer. In the winter, water them every month and sunlight is needed, and hard to find especially in winter (depending where you live) Also make sure they don't go below 60 degrees.
Good luck! If you need any more information I recommend the library for a book on cacti, or Google search 'moon cactus care'
What structure around the outside of plant cells keeps hem from rupturing from too much water?
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Does a cactus consume more water than a shrub?
No.
Cacti, succulents, have evolved to thrive in relatively dry environments, so they require/use much less water than most other plants.
What parts of the safflower plant are used for medicinal purposes?
Harvesting safflower flowers requires some care. The flowers are picked just as they begin to wilt and can be used fresh or dried. The seeds produce an edible oil.
How a shallow widespread root system would help a cactus to survive in desert environment?
it helps because
Why do cactus have a particular shape and size?
because of the magical lepricorns that groom them inot that shape,then they use a special crappy hair gel and it stays like that.
What parts of the dandelion plant are used for medicinal purposes?
All parts of the dandelion have medicinal value. Young dandelion leaves should be gathered in the spring. Blossoms, throughout the flowering season. The deep, fleshy taproot in the fall.
Does the saguaro cactus grow naturally in Texas?
No, the saguaro does not grown naturally in Texas. It is primarily a plant of the Sonoran Desert in southern Arizona and northwestern Mexico.
How does the saguaro cactus help the desert?
The saguaro holds water and food inside of it and usally owels nest in them. So you could just say it helps the animals get nutrients.
