Only Thanksgiving Cacti continue blooming

I'm waiting for the main flowering in March.

Oksana.

I was very surprised to see my tiny mammilaria vetuala ssp gracilis flowering!

Cotyledon eliseae van Jaarsveld

Bulbine frutescens 'Hallmark'

Mammillaria decipiens

Stenocactus vaupelianus

Nice Cotyledon.

OK so I have some baby daisies growing and i have got aphids on them. How would i be able to get rid of them?

While I'm sure that there are some cactus and succulent aficionados here that could help you, that question deserves a new thread on a different forum.

my contribution:

Opps wrong thread thanks for showing all

Fantastic blooms, everyone!

A bit confusing in the pics, but my Pelargonium cotyledonis is blooming. ..

Thanks Christina - my Kalanchoe is an Eriophylla

Thanks Rina, I'm anxious to see updates on your purpusorum blooms.

My Schizobasis is growing a ridiculously long inflorescent, I have to peek at it again tonight to catch for blooms opening..

E. purpusorum is taking it's sweet time :) - still waiting for one of them to open:

...and same with H. limifolia:

Albunca Spirals almost went into in full bloom a little bit earlier than normal

Adromischus nanus this species takes a very short flower break while another species of A. nanus will take much longer ( in years ) flowering breaks.

An off topic tropical

Hi! So glad I found this thread! I was wondering why my plants were already blooming! Derp! Spring is right around the corner! Here are two plants that are blooming. We had a rough end of last year. So the fact that some are blooming I am very grateful for!

More to share, some very small echeveria blooms..

My TCs are putting on their second show. After years of failing plants and throwing these away in late spring or early summer - along with my poinsettias - I am really enjoying these flowers.

Mixed pot - still has buds from the red plant

The heavily budded peach and pink pot

Close up

And my reliable older friend, Red. Only 5, but that's pretty old for me. (see above comment! LOL)

Hedgehog Cactus?

Aloe 'Blue Elf' maybe

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana or longifolia

My thanksgiving cactus has one flower open and a few more buds developing.

On another note, I was really excited that my haworthia cuspidata was going to bloom but now it looks like this:

Like it's going to break any moment. :(

A S - love that yellow!

Well, I have even more Aloes in Bloom. It's really been a banner year.

Pink Blush & Snow Storm (or so it was labeled)

And Aloe vera and Aloe Dorotheae putting on a show at the same time. Yea!!

That is a second Aloe vera in bloom. And yes - that is the Aloe 'Dorotheae' that my neighbor told me to throw away. He, the botanist, was wrong.

And I've only seen a few hummers! In the past few years it has been rare to see them. I wonder where they went? I finally have a lot of the flowers they like. LOL

Bernard!

Pray tell where you got your fabulous specimen of Schizobasis intricata?

I live in Australia, so it's Summer here. But this succulent of mine (nicknamed Baby) is towards the end of flowering. Its first flower bloomed 2 weeks ago and now it only has one bud not opened. The flowers are very tiny and pretty, but hard to photograph. The stem is verrry long. The main part of the plant is about 5cm/2inches, but the stem is just over 30cm/12inches!
I think it might be a Haworthia kewensis.

(not the greatest photos, sorry)

Everyone has such great plants!!

Got this cactus not too long ago, so was very surprised to see it blooming already :)

Does anyone know the ID of it?

Some Mammillaria.

seedmoney - I got this little guy from the Massachusetts Plant Show last year. It was merely a bulb, and now it's sprouting this ridiculous inflorescence (and it's still growing!) Will snap more pics tonight for you..

Mammillaria plumosa? It has white flowers but The Huntington has one with pink flowers.

One of the tall Kalanchoe, K. 'Jaws of Death'.

Kalanchoe 'Jaws of Life', makes better sense. Sorry.

We're getting somewhere with these!

My Kalanchoe marnieriana is in bloom! Lots of buds this year.

I peeked into my Fenestraria this morning, and I saw 2 more buds forming.. This is the 3rd time blooming this 1 season! I know it's prolific but not to this extend! I really just want the plant to focus on growing more leaves instead of flowering. -_-

Bernard, I just noticed another bud on mine too!

Kalanchoe uniflora

Wow Nil! I love that plant! How big does it get?

Breton, please share when you get blooms

Rina

with love on the last day of February for you

Oksana, Novosibirsk, Russia.

Oksana

Thank you! Beautiful blooms to cheer up your winter. Looks like you still have lots of snow. Weather is so mixed up, we have temps going up and down like a yoyo. We even hit -38*C for (luckily) few hours, I was thinking about you at the time :) Not as much snow as it should be for the winter this year for us.

Keep warm .

Rina

Breton, I'm amazed at how this small little thing continues to branch out..

Beautiful way to brighten up a cold day, Oksana!

I have 2 reds in bloom at the same time. I noticed that they are not the same colors, though. I hope this will show in the pictures.

This one had dark red buds and looks quite scarlet in color.

And this old friend has the usual whitish buds. It is more of a rosy red, if that makes sense.

Both are pretty, both make me happy and both are growing well - so I don't really care if I have 2 different plants. Just surprised I didn't notice this last year!

Crenda,

Please tell me how you get your Thanksgiving cactus to grow so beautifully. Mine have always been gorgeous but this year they haven't bloomed at all. I recently moved from New York to the Caribbean, where is 80 - 90 degrees all winter. I think the lowest temperature I've registered here was 75 degrees, and not consistent enough to warrant a cooling off period for the plants. I've moved them from the porch last month, to the garage so they have filtered sun and at least total darkness during the evening hours. Let's see what happens. Any tips you have for me in this new climate are greatly appreciated.

Latin Lady, thank you for the complement on my TCs, but I can't take credit. The weather has done it this year. I, too, was in the mid 80s until the end of December. Didn't get my first flower until Dec. 29th. Then we had a cold snap - Florida style - and the daytime temps were 58-60 with nights of 42. That's when my plants budded heavily and brings me to the lovely flowers I have now. In the past I've had pretty sparse second blooms.

I've never done the photo manipulation for my plants. I even leave my poinsettias out on the lanai in full sun all year. They turned color on their own. My TCs get filtered or indirect light under the porch.

I'm afraid that wasn't much of a tip to help you out! Maybe bringing them indoors to a cooler setting will help them set buds? I hope that works in the garage for you.

OK...Such a shame. I, too, have several colors (6) and always love their blooms. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Well, at least I do have some photos to share of what's blooming for me right now.

Sanseveria Cylindrica aka African Spear Plant

Hybiscus aka Rose of Sharon

Crown of Thorns

Roses

Whatchamacallit

Plumeria aka "Ramos de Novia" or bride's bouquet. These tall, easy to propagate plants are completely consumed by orange/black/yellow Giant Gray Sphinx caterpillars at least 3x per year, leaving the branches bare. Nature's way of pruning.

Chalcedonica aka Jerusalem or Maltese Cross aka Cruz de Malta hedges...forever in bloom.

I forgot to take a picture of my Desert Rose which is also in bloom. It's dark now...will update tomorrow.

Leap Day addition....

Christopher

Ingrida,

Please tell me the name of the last plant you posted...The pink one with lots of flowers. It's so beautiful!

Christopher,

That's spectacular. If you don't mind my asking, how are you growing such gorgeous flowers in an Arctic region? Pray tell...

LatinLady,

With a bit wisdom, and ample windows with beautiful southern exposure. My Jades love it too.

Christopher.