by Dennis Cathcart | Apr 7, 2022 | Plants
The genus Tylecodon is restricted in range to South Africa and Namibia, mainly to areas of winter rainfall. They are, as a group, succulent caudiciforms or pachyforms, having fleshy trunks and limbs that store water. Their bark varies from peeling to tuberculated with...
by Dennis Cathcart | Mar 28, 2022 | Book
Koulèv, Adventures of an American Snake Hunter is out at last! My first book! Many of my oldest friends will not be surprised I wrote a book (actually two!) about snake hunting adventures. Others however, those I have met in the past 40+ years in the plant world,...
by Dennis Cathcart | Jan 1, 2022 | Plants
Baobab Alley near Morondava, is perhaps the most recognizable place in Madagascar. Towering Adansonia grandidieri, the world’s tallest at over 90 feet, line a dirt road and dot the fields and swamps of the Menabe region of western Madagascar. It is but one of...
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