The Taxateca's Garden is a small private botanical garden which contains an interesting plant collection of hundreds of species. It was founded on May 17th of 2013 and has an extension of 2.000 square meters.
The Plants
Below are sorted alphabetically some species that are mantained alive in the garden. All images have been photographed at the garden.
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Faucaria felina
Details: Small succulent plant with warty leaves that give it a stone-like appearance. In spring it forms large yellow flowers. It is native to South Africa, in areas with little summer rainfall, although the plant will grow as long as it has water. Resists up to -5ºC for a few hours.
Fenestraria rhopalophylla
Details: Small succulent plant from South Africa with bizarre leaves with a transparent apex that allow the light to go inside the leaves when they are buried in the soil. It grows only in winter, and is sensitive to root if have water during the hottest period. It is frost tender (until -3ºC).
Ferocactus glaucescens
Details: It is a large, blue-gray cactus that produces crowns of yellow flowers in spring. It resists drought very well and temperatures of up to -5º when it is an adult.
Ferula communis
Details: It is a Mediterranean plant from the same family as the carrot. It grows during the winter and spring, and once in its lifetime, in spring, it forms a large inflorescence. It has strikingly divided leaves.
Fockea edulis
Details: It is a South African climbing plant that produces a poisonous latex and has the base of the stem strongly swollen, which can measure up to a meter thick. It grows mainly in the warm season, and tolerates drought and temperatures of up to -4ºC for a few hours.
Frerea indica
Details: Curious succulent plant endemic from a small region of cliffs in the mountains of western India. It has fleshy stems with leaves during the hot and humid season, and produce star-shaped, putrid-smelling flowers. It resists up to -4ºC.
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