Rina

yeah that Gonolobus is really got the flower buds, I'm hoping I have a female plant out of my 3 . so I can get some seeds .the flowers have dead smell to them haha. look nice though.

Propeller plant update - not quite yet at full color.

Close-up with firestick plant, possibly blooming, or maybe just making buds.

Leslie--There are 2 blooming 'Pink Devil's', if you like I can send you one. I have a few other plants I could send along with it. Let me know.

Hoovb--that Aloe is an eye-popper, makes my measly bloom feel very inadequate. :-) The hummers in my yard would lose their minds.

Aztec Lilly, Aloe armatissima

So excited to see all of the lovely blooms, and thrilled to share my second bloom of my short cacti & succulent parenthood! I've been wanting to get on here for a week now, but with my little starting kindergarten (insert emotional breakdown) I have been busy preparing her(myself) for school (trying to figure out if I could justify keeping her home just one more year;))...Anyway during the last few months one of my lifesavers has been trying to bloom. I would get so excited and then the cats would knock things over and the bud would fall to the ground. After securing the perimeter I finally got one gorgeous bloom!!! Even though it has stormed every single day here since the end of June, and for the past week the rain has been almost non stop. Succulents are depressed but rain frogs are super happy! I love sharing with you guys because of the generosity shown to myself and numerous others on this forum! I like to let y'all know you supported me when I needed it, and gave me the ability to enjoy something that otherwise might have been avoided in my life due to lack of knowledge. I had no idea I would enjoy succulents so much. I can stare/study them for hours! So it's more than a hobby for myself and my daughter who enjoys them just as much, she even swiped "two lips" into her bedroom window! Anyway I know there's a lot of people who have received advice from you all, and have happy succulents thanks to you too! Quite a few of you Rina, Eww, Harry I spotted sharing August blooms (: and Rina you are so kind and thoughtful! Also, wanted to mention I've missed the forum, and once I get past the whole kindergarten thing, I'll be visiting more often! I know y'all are thrilled to read more of my rambling ;-) So back to the point here's my -I'm not good at scientific names- lifesaver bloom! Forgive the awkward armpit shot I was scared to move her...

Many healthy happy blooms to all!! Sincerely Mary

Mary

Thank you for your kind words...I am sure your collection will keep expanding, and great that your daughter likes plants too. My many good memories are of my mom tending to her great looking houseplants :) - many, at the time, very unusual and hard to get (at least for us).

coldeuphorb

photos 2&4 - are they growing on the stem?

Is #1 Euphorbia of some kind?

Such amazing pictures!!! Noto -- send me a message so I can send you postage and my address. (Can't see how to message you directly.)

Crassula perforata

euphorbia milii variegata

Group shot:

Beautiful!

Rina_ontario - Well 2 & 4 are grafted Lophophoras. So the stem is another kind of cactus.

#1 is a Euphorbia bubalina I grew from seed. I picked it up today and was surprised how tall it got. It is not so interesting to watch grow, you don't really notice it getting taller. But picking it up I realized how big it was! It's also cool that the flowers grow on such long stems, and then when the flowers die the stems just turn brown and stay. Kinda cool!

If anyone knows what #3 is I'd appreciate it! I stole it off a cliff in California. NO idea.

Here are some more from today, the bubalina's center flower is a seed pod now.

E. bubalina

E. geroldhii

Euphorbia something something, can't remember, would have to look at the tag :D

colde - #3 might be an Ice Plant - Delosperma of some variety

colde, Thank you, I though it is grafted but didn't expect such 'skinny' rootstock (is it perskiopsis?). Looks like a lollipop :)

I also thought of #3 as ice plant.

Nice euphorbias!

@rina, yeah it's perskiopsis. I have some grafted on pachanoi as well. I grew a bunch from seed and grafted them myself. perskiopsis is nice but it tends to get weak and die on me for some reason. I have a lot of pachanoi at this point, so I might start harvesting it for grafting stock.

Okay I figured out that it's a cross of cylindrifolia and dideroides.

Sunday:

Finally caught my Notocactus ottonis v vencluianus in bloom because it's a day bloomer and I'm at work. Instead of yellow this variation has gold/orange flowers. The flowers are only about 1/2" wide. It's one of my treasures.

This mornings group shot--the 2 bottom flowers are in a vase.

Here's a better photo of my Euphorbia Tirucalli

It is has been difficult for me to photograph these flowers, as the camera does not want not focus on them, since they are so small.

I think this is a succulent also, but I do not know what it is called:

I bought it at a plant sale at the county arboretum, and the seller did not have it labelled.

I cannot identify this one either - I bought it at the same sale!

It spreads quite vigorously, like a spider plant, but is unrelated. It may not be a succulent, but it has fleshy leaves that last for years.

Lars

Is the one with caudex and pink flower adenium? (not sure, I don't have any).

Great gasteria behind it.

And is there a chance the last plant may be some kind of kalanchoe? - really just guessing, only 'cause the blooms look similar to a pic mfyss posted some time ago (I don't think their leaves would last for so long...)

Looking at those flowers: are there 4 petals or more?

Holy crap tirucali flowers. I don't even think about that. I have a 6 foot one, I hope if flowers sometime

Lars, that looks like a kalanchoe synsepala in need of more light.

Garrett

Are you referring to his last photo? (I was wondering if it could be some kind of kalanchoe...)

yep

Adromishcus marianiae Hallii

Close up of flower

Lars & Coldeuphorb I think that the plant you see as a E. tirucali is actually an epiphytic cactus. E tirucali flowers are the standard yellow green small flowers.

I'm pretty sure it is an E Tricucalli - check this page - it also shows it in bloom. I have lots of epiphytic cactus, and it does not resemble them.

Thanks for the ID on the kalanchoe - here are some better photos of the flower. I had to put a cushion behind the flowers, but they really are a shade of pink to almost white:

I have another one in full sunand it folds up its leaves, as if to protect it from too much sun.

The plant with the bulbous root and pink flower probably is an adenium, but I can't be sure.

That plant is very interesting--it kind of reminds me of "Little Shop of Horrors". I think it's the shape :-)

The photos of K. synsepala in flower are great. This K. is unique, in the genus, for the development of stolons with young plants, sometimes resulting in a tangle of plants.

I am surprised at the flowers as they seem really early. Kalanchoe flower in response to a series of shortening days of sunlight and there have been relatively few so far (less than a month). Anyone else have Kalanchoe in bloom?

@mfyss. I got
a Kalanchoe
pumila starting to show her small pink flowers. We
are one month before Spring starts here in South Africa. Will post a pic
on the weekend :-)

Yale, I am glad you saw the post. I asked about this plant on your thread about k. flowering.

Any information from S. Africa about Kalanchoe is always a treat. Is the K. pumila a late bloomer? We are getting ready for fall when our Kalanchoe will begin blooming, and assume that your K. will be finishing off their blooming, but assumptions may be way wrong. We used to get regular help from Maddy (Lehmann) when she was very active with Kalanchoe in S. Africa. Thanks, Anton for your note and let us know how the flowering is proceeding.

Ceropegia woodii

Ceropegia dimorpha

Pagan

That looks like a flower from outer space--very different and interesting.

K pumila. This is the second year this lady is with me. Last year she flowered after November and ended in January. This year she is premature. Those small pink flowers opened two weeks ago :)

As you can see her leaves are all over the place. I just left her out there in the patio and let it be free but always give her water when needed. Average sunlight from 8am-4pm in winter and temperature of 18 degrees Celsius.

This small cactus got small yellow flowers.

Euphorbia grandicornis, maybe, Anton? 8,000+ Euphorbia species, I can't remember 1% of them.

Yucca 'Bright Star' surprised with another flower stalk. Wasn't expecting it.

The hummingbird fights over 'Cynthia Gitty' are constant. There is plenty for all, why do they battle?

Saw at plant shop today.

Hoovb--you've given me a reason to grow Yucca. I didn't think about the hummers liking it. I had one zooming me today. It was trying to get something from the few aloe flowers and it may have been telling me the feeder was running low :-) I saw a special on hummingbirds and they are very territorial, I don't like to see it, though.

Ingrida--now I know why people grow Euphorbias--I never saw one in bloom. I love the way it flowers.

I

This flower opened yesterday, but the plant mostly blooms in April. I have buds on another epi that normally blooms in April/May.Update on the Propeller plant (Crassula falcata) showing the flowers in a deeper red color than earlier in the month.

Lars, I love that Propeller Plant! Do you know if it hates high humidity?

I tried to grow this plant twice and they both rotted away. I am smarter now and have figured out what type of potting mix works best in my area (full gritty for me). Maybe I'll give it another try!

Crenda, mine is struggling on my coast, but it's hanging tough. It isn't in the ideal gritty mix - it's in my earlier attempts, mainly cs soil and perlite. My pumice order should be here tomorrow and it's on the list for transplanting.

And Lars - that's an AMAZING epi!!! :)

Ceraria pygmaea, Pereskea sp. with camouflage guest, late Opuntia, Mestoklema tuberosum, Dioon edule cone (well it's a reproductive organ).

My Echeveria harmsii has a flower. It has been this way for about a week, so I don't know if it opens further.

Aloe 'Firebird' is a little droopy, but the tangerine colored flowers are still great.

And I have another Yucca bloom!

I couldn't pass up this red velvet echeveria at Safeway today:)

Thanks hoovb zone 9 sunset 23 for the ID. :-)

Earlier this month, I went to the forest for a walk, and this little beauty followed me home. :-o

Note: I don't have an ID, but I think she might belong to the "ice plants" family (Aizoaceae or Ficoidacea) or I might be totally wrong :p

As the month comes to an end, the little fellow is showing her true beautiful colours.

HAPPY ! :) I love this color :)

Ingrida--lovely shade of pink!

Group shot for today

I wasn't the only one in heaven this morning:

Thanks to the person that said to avoid Bayer Tree and Shrub because of the bees--now I can thoroughly enjoy them with zero guilt :-)

Stapelianthus decaryi

Love the Stapelianthus - am just now starting to grow some!

Here are my end of the month blooms:

Adenium with two new flowers and many more buds.Pitaya (dragon fruit), which I hope I pollinated successfully this time - photo taken at night.Unexpected epidendrum - this one blooms profusely in April-May, and so I was surprised to see this late bloom.