• Mammilaria gracilis

  

• Mammilaria sp.

  

  That's it for this week..

Sweet! Echervaria flowers are so nicely varied. Yay to the notoflower for being first.

Palmbob, thanks so much for ID'ing the plants - I will label them using pencil this time, as the indelible ink I used before was not so indelible - at least not in sunlight. I was especially curious about the Kalanchoe synespala, and I had not idea it was a Kalanchoe, although I did buy it at a succulent sale at the L.A. County Arboretum a couple of years ago from one of the vendors. I like the way it jumps like a spider plant, and I have about three of them now, but it is very slow growing, which can be a plus when space gets crowded.

I'm on my second flush of blooms on my TCs. Must have been the cold spell we had. Didn't we discuss the cold's effect on the color of the flowers? Well this has been a little curious. I hope you can tell the color difference by these pictures.

In December my peach TC bloomed nicely, a lighter, pinkish peach -

There's always something to surprise us, right?

Succulentlife, I'm a little jelious of the Mammilaria gracilis... that's awesome! Mine hasn't changed size in two years. It's just three tiny thimbles though.

Crenda, very pretty peach TC's! I am a believer in temps change them. My white TC I got from Walmart in November... it was in the unheated outdoor section for at least one night and I think it caused the pretty light pink.

Where's all the Dorstenia fans???

May we have the Euphorbia group in the ring?

Mammillaria spinosissima ssp. pilcayensis?

Howard

All your euphorbias (and Dorstenia) look like aliens...great looking plants and photos.

Thanks Rina. You always make us feel great with your supportive comments.

My Xmas cactus is at it again..

Euphorbia viguieri

Gasteria liliputana

Few of the current blooming orchids..

Enjoy, Nik

Rebutia, Dorstenia, and Euphorbia decaryi

Here's a Echeveria kircheriana
greets
harry

My Iceplant is blooming too!

Tracy

Love that color,very healthy looking.

Kathi

All of these are so beautiful,they're like potato chips,can't take just one.Thanks everyone for sharing.

kathi

Thanks Kathi.

Adding few more today..

This grafted one never flowered before..

Another Xmas cactus started flowering

Desert Rose

Peperomia sp-first time bloomer (succulent like)-sorry for cheating

Nik

Discocactus flagelliformis

Just one so far mammilaria eglans there will be more

Well, not exactly succulent but very pleasing to the eye....IMHO. This doesn't flower frequently and I have had nicer looking flowers in the past but still nice. Not certain if it is fragrant. Also, I don't keep up with names so.....

What!?!?!?! This has gone to page two!!!!! Where are all of you with some pics????? This was hiding out in the greenhouse this afternoon... almost missed it.

That is very 'cool' flower and very 'cool' plant, Howard! Did you grow it from seed?
Keep posting, looks like you have always something blooming.
Rina

Seven spikes this year on the S. cylindrica.

Nil
that is awesome...I can only dream about them growing so well, with so many bloom spikes.
Rina

The Ledbourias seem to be happy too.

Rina, all my Sans are pretty happy. I will have more flower pics in the coming weeks. They just haven't opened yet. I just noticed that open cylindrica today.

The spikes look like a squirrel's tail:). Are they in full sun?

And I like Ledebouria too - hope I can find it one day!

Rina

Rina, not from seed, but I do have a cross of this growing from seed. Too small for flowers

Rina, that cylindrica is in part sun.

Here's a whole bunch of haws blooming.

Here s a Frithia pulchra that has been blooming in my windowsill for a few weeks, though I have yet to see it open...

Few shots of the yard in about the only month anything blooms here

Aloe aculeata

Aloe maculata

Adenium obesum

Aristolocha (not a succulent, but cool flowers)

Bulbine

Cheiridopsis? Cephalophyllum?

Cleistocactus unknown

Cleistocactus strausii

Clianthus (again not a succulent, but still cool flowers)

Delosperma

more March flowers from Acton, California

Deuterocohnia lottaea

Dudleya brittonii

Dudleya cymosa

Dudleya sp.

Dudleya virens

Echeveria agavoides

Echeveria colorata Mexican Giant

Eriosyce sp

Euphorbia rigida

Ferocactus glauscecens nudum

few more March flowers

Gasteraloe Green Ice

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Haworthia cymbiformis

Lampranthus aurantiaca

Mammillaria mystax

Mammillaria geminispina

Mammillaria parkinsonia

Hoodia sp

Oscularia sp

Oreocereus species

One last photo

Veltheimia bracteosa

WOW Palm bob, it is pretty fine. We are just coming out of the fog here. 2nd day of sunshine. I am weeding like a Mo Fo. this damp winter has made every wildflower, weed, invasive KR bluestem grass pop.

Here are a couple of dewed on freeze burned Aloe humilis. The Aloe longestyla survived great but the flower stem froze. I will know to protect it better.

Echeveria agavaoides 'Red Edge"

Echeveria 'Lola'

palmbob, mara-
beautiful flowering succulents.
Thank you for posting - we need some cheer, still too cold...Rina

Palm Bob , Issdr, someone, please, please, purty please ID this first aloe. I have grown this and put it forth for IDing at all stages of growth except for blooming. Someone ID this aloe.

This one is easy peasy, Aloe variegata.

First plant looks like Aloe chabaudii

All I have to say is Holy Crap!@!! Wow

Palm Bob, Thank You. Could be !. There is a lot of variability in the things I see on the web. flower color difference. This one has been very solitary so far with no pupping. I need to give it a larger pot this year.

These are a whole lot of fine pix.
@palmbob- is that second to last pic of yours really an Oreocereus species or a dachshund begging for a treat?

tj

Adding 2 more for this month

Gymnocalycium (not sure which one, so I appreciate any help I can get)

Mammilaria elongata cv. Copper King

Thanks

Nik

Forgot these guys..

Hawortia limifolia

And Pinneaple (first out of 10..)

Iceplant gives me one last bloom for March!

Tracy

One of my Hoya's

OOOOH that hoya is fine, fine fine!

Well, technically it's April 1st here ;) But here's my unidentified cactus blooming. The first blossom came out in March though so i'm not cheating! (If you could tell me what this is, i'd be so grateful since it's one of the few cacti i have). A haworthia retusa and kalanchoe humilis bloomed but aside from the surprisingly long stalks, the flowers were nondescript.

Hey everyone I have bumped up my April blooms thread!

A little rebutia violacea just breaking out.

rina, love when someone starts a community bloom thread.
succulentlife, lovely phals fellow orchid grower.
bikerdoc, my favorite shade of orchid.