I paid a lot of attention to those words because I already had a big — make that a giant interest in growing these fascinating plants that seemed to defy the worst of abuse and still kept on growing, ...

These are Kalanchoe blossfeldiana. Native to Madagascar, Kalanchoe has taken the indoor potted plant world by storm. Besides being pretty with their leafy green scalloped leaves and clusters of ...

(Photo by Norma Meyer) After all, I had swung halfway around the globe to view lemurs in Madagascar, the only place on Earth where the primitive primates are native, live in the wild (112 species ...

Madagascar is famed for its rich biodiversity and host of cast away creatures. Evolving in isolation from the rest of the world, the plants and animals found here are among the most unique on ...

but also to Africa and Madagascar. There is speculation that it made its way from the Americas to the Old World and quickly established itself sufficiently to be considered a native plant to that ...