Encyclopedia of Cacti and Succulents CD-ROM [CD-ROM]

Philippe Faucon (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 2001

This CDROM features around 1600 species of Cactus, Succulents, and Caudiciforms.

It contains over 4000 pictures, a large number of the pictures are 1024x768 pixels in size. Many of the plants flowers are illustrated to facilitate identification.

The large list of synonyms allows the reader to correlate the data on old books, new books, nurseries, and the Internet

The individual page for each of the species contains growing information, like watering, cold and heat resistance, and propagation

Product Details

• CD-ROM: 1600 pages
• Publisher: Desert-Tropicals.com (July 1, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 097134020X
• ISBN-13: 978-0971340206
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,340,689 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars I want my money back! :_( <sobbing>, September 2, 2002

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Eric S. "Linux guy" (Madison, WI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Cacti and Succulents CD-ROM (CD-ROM)

... I must say that you won't need this in your collection. Regardless of what it said on the CD cover, it doesn't contain any practical information on how to grow, maintain&propagate cacti&succulents. The more I browse through this CD, the more I become very upset. What this CD offers are just collections of names and pictures of cacti and succulents. You'll see tons of names-common and scientific. Once you click on those, you'll see pictures with some 2-4 sentences mentioned about that particular plant. In the end, there is a section containing articles devoted to nurseries, propagation, temperature zones and the desert garden. Those articles are just really short and non-descriptive. There's small article verbally mentioning how to propagate succulents. Give 1 reference for further study. There're some pictures of baby cacti just grown from the seeds. But there're no pictures of how to perform such procedure step-wise. Why didn't the author just summarize in details what's relevant and important message in that reference so the readers won't have to be left in the dark and need to hunt or buy more books??? I just couldn't agree more with one of the reviewers of how bad the quality of the pictures is. They are just plain collection of bad, bad pictures! I didn't learn anything new more than what I know before. Sometimes, `quality' is what I'm looking for. Not the `quantity'. If you try to identify one of your cacti or succulents you have at home using this CD, chances are you will end up browsing thru tons and tons of pictures before you find the exact match.

I would recommend readers to buy books on cacti and succulents. ...

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best text about cacti and succulents on CD!!!, April 2, 2002

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Carlos Romero (Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Cacti and Succulents CD-ROM (CD-ROM)

This is the best encyclpedia of succulent plants on CD. It's very complete, with more than 1000 different plants. I recomend it for everyone, it's excelent for botanists, gardeners, or anyone who is interested and don't have any experience.
The format is very frienly so you can find quickly what you're looking for or just look aroud. Every plant page includes: scientific name with synonyms, common name (if there's one), one or more pictures (there are great pictures), Recommended Temperature Zone, Frost Protection, Heat Tolerance, Sun Exposure, Origin, Growth Habits, Watering Needs, Propagation, and Blooming Habits.
I really recomend it to own, but I think that it is perfect as a gift.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cd-rom cacti and succulents, April 4, 2002

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d a thorpe (stowmarket, suffolk United Kingdom) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Encyclopedia of Cacti and Succulents CD-ROM (CD-ROM)

This cd-rom covered all the subjects that I wanted and more it is very user friendly and list all the common names that often plants get stuck with the photos make it easy to identify seed grown plants in your collection in general a good purchase