Rise of the plant smugglers: Craze for rare succulents fuels black market - with collectable cacti selling for hundreds. Scientists at Kew Gardens say the craze for rare plants started during Covid 19 ...

South Africa's succulents—small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas—are sought after by an increasingly ...

All the latest science news on rare plants from Phys.org. Find the latest news, advancements, ... South Africa's succulents—small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, ...

These rare, aubergine-shaped succulents exemplify life's ability to adapt to extremes – one of the traits that has made them highly sought after by plant collectors.

For years, researchers monitoring the plants thought they were the same species as another rare tree cactus growing elsewhere in the Keys. But tufts of long, wooly hairs growing at the base of its ...

South Africa’s succulents – small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas – are sought after by an increasingly ...

South Africa's succulents - small, fleshy, green plants sometimes shaped like roses or stars, and often found peeping out between rocks in dry areas - are sought after by an increasingly ...