Cactus
Videos, music and oral history related to cacti.A cactus (plural cacti, cactuses, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae,[Note 1] a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word "cactus" derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Greek κάκτος, kaktos, a name originally used by Theophrastus for a spiny plant whose identity is now not certain. Cacti occur in a wide range of shapes and sizes. <p>Most cacti live in habitats subject to at least some drought. Many live in extremely dry environments, even being found in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on earth. Cacti show many adaptations to conserve water. Almost all cacti are succulents, meaning they have thickened, fleshy parts adapted to store water. Unlike many other succulents, the stem is the only part of most cacti where this vital process takes place. Most species of cacti have lost true leaves, retaining only spines, which are highly modified leaves. As well as defending against herbivores, spines help prevent water loss by reducing air flow close to the cactus and providing some shade. In the absence of leaves, enlarged stems carry out photosynthesis. Cacti are native to the Americas, ranging from Patagonia in the south to parts of western Canada in the north—except for Rhipsalis baccifera, which also grows in Africa and Sri Lanka.
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A cat has spent three days on a giant cactus desert in Arizona, in the United States. When he has grown tyred, he has come down and returned to his home.
In space plant week with George Matthew have known the exciting world of cactus and plants crasses.
Venue: StrangeCreek Campout, Camp Kee-Wanee; one set (56:57) 01. intro 02. Country Time 03. Dream Your Life Away 04. Worship My Virtue 05. Unbelievable 06. Further On Up The Line 07. Finding Peace 08. Just One Night 09. Real 10. Live 11. Nightmare 12. Fa…
Includes: Cascade of stars - Alma lianera - Rumba rhapsody - Cactus polka - El cumbanchero - Jungle bird - Flamingo - Sugar loaf samba
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It all started as a grandfather’s hobby and has ended up in a leading family business in cactus cultivation and crunchy plants: Cactus Costa Brava.
We meet the programme of South Africa Harvest of Hope, the geothermal energy at the Ring of Fire, in Indonesia, and the cactus of Montjuïc.
Among the cactus of the Coast and Llobera Gardens we find the photographer Alba Yruela to chat about her way of working and seeing the world.
Friday, in the section usually dedicated to the world of plants, try to know a little more a plant suffered: the cactus. This plant, coming mostly from the Mexican desert, there are more than two thousand species. Rafel Bagot has gone to Begur, the Lower …
Among the cactus of the Coast and Llobera Gardens awaits us the Alba Yruela We will know the concerns, references and creative processes of this photographer Bisbal, which captures moments full of sensitivity and spontaneity. From portraits of the scene\ …
A promotional film that praises the Belgian horticulturalists and the beautiful flowers of the Floraliën in Ghent, that can be seen every five years.
In Luis Felipe and La Malinalli they are from Michoacán, a state of Mexico located to the west of the country, on the coast of the Pacific. These two journalists, who had agreed at the University of Morelia, capital of the region, arrived in Barcelona to …
Short documentary on various flowers and plants and the floriculture in the region of Ghent in particular.
Cactus plant 'Night Queen'. NOTE: the sound is not in sync.
The Reservegarten in Schönbrunn in Vienna presents one of the oldest and biggest cacti-collections in the world. In the 17th century the first cacti were brought to the Austrian monarchs. The botanist Ernst Zechner shows the diversity of the cacti. He als…
A family of musicians in the Allgäu region of Germany discovered that their cactus showed unusual twists and turns from time to time. A time-lapse recording with a Super-8 camera solved the mystery. Episode from "Der Porzellanladen. Part 2"
Preparing for the holidays - schoolgirls doing patriotic work: painting houses, caring for the holiday trees and green spaces, cleaning the swimming pool, the plants and cactuses in the greenhouse.
Program on the job of horticultural technician and its future potential.
Die dichte Haarbedeckung, die diese Pflanze entwickelt hat, schützt sie vor der brennenden Sonne in ihrer Heimat Mexiko.
The dense hair-covering developed by the 'Mother-in-Law's Stool' cactus protects it against the burning sun in its native Mexico.