Cacti
What is a cactus?
A flowering plant.
How tall can Agave boldinghiana plants grow up to?
6 to 7 feet long.
What is another name for the coralita vine?
The Mexican Creeper Plant.
When and where was the Ipomoea sphenophylla (Statia morning glory) rediscovered?
Sint. Eustatius and in 1994.
How do cacti adapt to arid and dry enviroments?
By storing water.
Where does the Agave boldinghiana originate from?
Mexico, and places in the U.S. such as Texas and Arizona.
Where do Coralita vine originate?
Mexico.
Which plant/s can only be found in St. Maarten?
The Calyptranthes boldinghgii or Galactia nummularia.
What is the family that cacti is in?
Cactaceae.
Where does the plant Cynanchum Boldinghii originate from?
The ABC islands. (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao)
Which islands was Coralita vine brought to?
Saba and Sint Eustatius.
How much percent of extinct plants are in the Caribbean?
70-75%
Where are cacti most native to?
North and South America.
What is an Agave boldinghiana?
A medium-sized plant in the caribbean that is native to the ABC islands. (Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao)
Why are groups working to remove Coralita vine and plants?
People remove the coralita vine because it grows too fast. It smothers other plants and takes over gardens.
Where is the Myrmecophila humboldtii (Humboldt's orchid) currently found? (Note: This plant is extinct in Aruba)
Bonaire and Curacao.
What is another famliy that the cacti is in?
Succulents.
What famliy is the plant Cynanchum Boldinghii in?
Apocynaceae. (pronounced un-poh-suh-na-see-ay)
Why is the coralita vine called the Mexican creeper?
Because it is native to Mexico and is a vining plant that grows by climbing and clinging to other surfaces.
Which plant was largely destroyed in a hurricane? (Hint: Frez _ _ _ _ una _ _ _ _ _)
Freziera undulata.