Rhipsalis
Monday, 8 February 2010
I don't know this fellow's full name. He's not cereuscula, which I have a specimen of. This fellow is much darker, with a definite red tinge to his leaves. Any clues?
Labels: Cactaceae, mysteries, Rhipsalis
Graptopetalum superbum
Thursday, 28 January 2010
Labels: Crassulaceae, Graptopetalum
Aeonium decorum 'Sunburst'
Saturday, 23 January 2010
I found this guy at the hardware store. I love my hardware store. I really shouldn't visit around Christmas time, though - they really pack in the succulents for the holiday trade.
Labels: Aeonium, Crassulaceae
Aeonium arboreum 'Green Lady'
Tuesday, 19 January 2010
I have a special weakness for Aeoniums. I'm always on the lookout for a new species. Most of mine grow underneath a huge pine in my back yard. They're like elf trees.
Labels: Aeonium, Crassulaceae
Sempervivum 'Oddity'
Monday, 4 January 2010
I really like this guy. He's a little mutated fellow, with his leaves all curled up on themselves.
Labels: Crassulaceae, Sempervivum
Christmas Flowers
Saturday, 2 January 2010
I always think of these flowers as a Christmas thing. Growing up, we had Echeveria Imbricata growing around the yard, and come November-December they would start producing stems of these delicate long-lasting blooms. These two are Echeveria 'Emerald Ripple' and Crassula tetragona 'Miniature Pine Tree'.
Labels: Crassula, Crassulaceae, Echeveria, flowers
Crassula marnierana
Tuesday, 29 December 2009
Another recent purchase, from the hardware store (sad that they have a better range than my local plant shop). I've had this fellow on my wish list for a little while, so I was very pleased to come across one in such an unassuming place!
Labels: Crassula, Crassulaceae
Euphorbia characias ssp. wulfenii 'Silver Swan'
Sunday, 27 December 2009
I have a heap of Euphorbias growing in my front yard. They love the harsh conditions out there, and I don't have to worry about my cats nibbling on them.
Labels: Euphorbia, Euphorbiaceae
Crassula muscosa
Thursday, 24 December 2009
Another salvage from the hardware store. Packed into a tiny 8cm pot, this plant was severely pot-bound and more than 30cm tall! He has room to stretch his legs now.
Labels: Crassula, Crassulaceae
Pachyphytum compactum
Tuesday, 22 December 2009
Somebody told me this guy was a slow grower. My arse. He is very delicate, and if you so much as breath on him he'll drop a leaf. As a result I have about six individual plants now. The oldest of which are flowering again.
Labels: Crassulaceae, flowers, Pachyphytum
Crassula dubia
Monday, 21 December 2009
I've had this guy for a few years now. Never had any problems with him. I recently gave a cutting to my mother (admittedly, by the time I gave it to her the 'cutting' was a thriving plant some 20cms across). Every year he seems to put out more flowers. Go the guy!
Labels: Crassula, Crassulaceae, critters, flowers
Crassula perforata
Sunday, 20 December 2009
An old favourite, and a bit of a trooper. He's growing in my garden, on the edge of the rock wall in full sun, and sometimes I remember to water him. No wonder he's never flowered.
Labels: Crassula, Crassulaceae
Cotyledon ladismithiensis
Friday, 18 December 2009
My little bear claw plant. My mother's is much bigger, and has better colour than mine. Must be the aspect.
Labels: Cotyledon, Crassulaceae
Cotyledon orbiculata
Thursday, 17 December 2009
He's flowering! This has got to be the most prolific succulent in my collection. I gave a stalk to the next-door neighbour to stick in her garden, and that's flowering now too. I can't wait to see them open.
Labels: Cotyledon, Crassulaceae, flowers