I wish I could skip right over winter and straight to spring. I don't mind that my plants go dormant. I just hate the cold. They all look great but your unknown E. medusanoid is really interesting looking.

Very nice Beachplants! Thank you

Mike

Thanks,

I think the NO ID, is E. gorgonis - flowers certainly look closely matched.

Beachplants, I love all your plants. They are beautiful.
I agree with Karyn, I hate winter (I think all gardener do)
I am worry each winter, because some of my DR don't make it throu spring.
Marie

Thanks Marie, we do not have very cold winters, and pretty mild summers - but the issue here is the humidity hops up from 40 to 80%, so when it gets hot, it gets sticky. Also being careful from now with moisture levels. But we still have a month or so to go before proper summer begins. So I like winters more, mild weather with low humidity.

It took me a minute to remember that you are in the Southern Hemisphere! Where else does one wait for summer. Seeing the itty bitty green leaves sprouting out on Pachy saundersii was great, and the flowers do announce spring.

I loved seeing your photos and appreciate having the names. I don't recall every seeing a Kalanchoe rhombopilosa with this color. Thought it had odd colors...pink, green, blue, brown,grey?

We went from 73 degrees to 99 degrees this week. Supposed to be 97 today and single digit humidity. The soil in the pots was dry. Got out the hose and misted everyone. I'll water tomorrow when the temp is supposed go down twenty degrees or so.

Rian,

You'll have to bring us northerners spring for a while. Thanks for the pics, particularly the A. aculeata. Everytime I see the C. barkleyii I think of Martian deep-sea divers.

Here it took the first real morning chill of the season, but no ice yet on the bird bath, so the outdoor naked bacon cooking symposium is still planned for the weekend.

Wow thanks for sharing! My climate severely limits the succulents I am able to have. I'm jealous ;-)

Thanks, we are pretty lucky i.t.o. weather. I said this a few times over the past years: "I have the utmost of respect for guys having to dig up or bring in plants over the winter."

At times we forget what some guys have to go through just the make this a hobby, not forgetting that in some places the summer sun can be just as devastating.

Beautiful K. rhombopilosa. That is a new one for me. My aloes are waking up from the intense summer and growing up a storm and then they will shut down for a month or two for our short winter. The sun makes their colors so beautiful. The K. luciae is already putting on a glow with a few 54 degree nights. We finally got one rain. first since May. I feel like I am waking up.

It's especially nice to see pics of plants growing once everything outside here is dead, which isn't too far from now. Being in zone 7a and having an affinity for tropical and sub-tropical plants stinks. I have to garden under glass for 7 months out of the year. Except for the inevitable mealy bug battle my succulents are actually some of the easier plants to protect over the winter.