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Some amber sites in Mexico. Mexican amber is mainly recovered from fossil bearing rocks in the Simojovel region of Chiapas, Mexico. It is one of the main minerals recovered in the state of Chiapas, much of which is from 15 to 23 million years old, with quality comparable to that found in the Dominican Republic. Chiapan amber has a number of ...
Echeveria elegans is a succulent evergreen perennial growing to 5–10 cm (2–4 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) wide, with tight rosettes of pale green-blue fleshy leaves, bearing 25 cm (10 in) long slender pink stalks of pink flowers with yellow tips in winter and spring.
Bassia scoparia is a large annual herb in the family Amaranthaceae native to Eurasia.It has been introduced to many parts of North America, [1] where it is found in grassland, prairie, and desert shrub ecosystems. [2]
The leaves are linear to oblong, about 7.5 cm (3 in) long, and shiny medium green, not blue-green as in French tarragon (Artemisia dracunculus var. sativa). In late summer it bears clusters of small golden yellow flower heads on the ends of the stems. The flower heads are about 15 mm (1 ⁄ 2 in) across and have 3–5 golden-yellow ray florets. [5]
Hesperocyparis lusitanica, the Mexican cypress, cedar-of-Goa or Goa cedar, is a species of cypress native to Mexico and Central America (Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras). It has also been introduced to Belize , Costa Rica and Nicaragua , growing at 1,200–3,000 metres (3,900–9,800 ft) altitude.
The leaves are semi-evergreen, oval to diamond-shaped, 4–8 cm long, with a serrated margin. The flowers are off-white, 2 cm diameter. The fruit is a globose to oblong orange-red pome 2 cm long and 1.5 cm diameter, ripening in late winter only shortly before the flowers of the following year.
While dahlias produce anthocyanin, an element necessary for the production of the blue, to achieve a true blue color in a plant, the anthocyanin delphinidin needs six hydroxyl groups. To date, dahlias have only developed five, so the closest that breeders have come to achieving a "blue" specimen are variations of mauve, purples and lilac hues.
Piper auritum is an aromatic culinary herb in the pepper family Piperaceae, which grows in tropical Central America.Common names include hoja santa (Spanish for 'sacred leaf'), [2] yerba santa, [3] [4] hierba santa, [3] Mexican pepperleaf, [4] acuyo, [4] tlanepa, [4] anisillo, [4] root beer plant, [2] Vera Cruz pepper [5] and sacred pepper.