Andrew

Thank you - I looked thru ICN before and missed that one :)

The only difference I see is that my plants has more leaves along the stem unlike plants in photo shown, and am not sure if that really is a difference.

Crenda, could you e-mail me in private? I Have a question for you..Thanks a million..I really love your plants!

The Aloe flower season is getting under way.

Round two of blooms from my Thimble Cactus!

That's M. gracilis, right?

Yep! It’s labeled as Mammillaria gracilis fragilis

@rina where do you get your succulents?? I find it's hard to find a variety of them locally. I'm going out to Sheridan today. They have a better selection.

In the past, most from Rona-Lowe's or HD. But lately they don't have anything - or really in bad condition. I found few in GH - Bradford Garden Gallery (2 stores, 1 in Barrie and 1 just n of Bradford). Haven't been to Sheridan for a long time - which loc are you going to?

BTW, I stopped by Garden Gallery just yesterday - all succs were in really bad shape. Worse than I have seen.

Euphorbia californica, just got it. A two inch-long stick with a few leaves a month ago, barely rooted. One bloom today, 1/8 of an inch across!!

You're closer then I thought. I used to work at Bradford garden gallery LOL. Thanks for the update about their succulents. Saves a trip up there. The other places, they do look pretty bad. I went to Sheridan east end of highway 7. They have what I think is the biggest, healthiest selection. The prices are ok but not great. Found seven nice plants and will post a pic soon. Thanks for the quick response!

Wow Alain,

That's an unusual looking bract, don't recall seeing that before.

Just found this as I checked around when watering. Think it's Euph francoissi.

Last night another bloom on my Neohenricia sibbettii. Larger than previous ones. I gave it some fertilizer and more light.

Today first flower in my new Titanopsis calcarea.

Bonus: Aloinopsis schoonesii still open after more than 10 days. It looks thirsty.

The aloes are in bloom for blocks and blocks along the 19th Ave. median in San Francisco.

Sara, is this Avenue?

Sara, saw that last week, quite a show. And amazing these guys survive and even thrive while sprayed by car emission 24/7 :(

So true, they're such an example of how amazing succulents can be.

Aloebot it was taken from the the corner of 19th Ave and Ortega St, looking towards Golden Gate Park.

Thanks, it's been a long time since I lived up there. I sort of remembered that streets are down town and in the Mission. Avenues were in the Richmond and Balboa? areas. Is that right, Balboa, by the beach?

Ah, I just got your question and noticed the typo in my first post! (just edited it). Yes, this is 19th Ave not 19th St. :) This photo is in the Sunset district. 19th Ave is probably 20 blocks from the coast but it's downhill so you do get a nice ocean view down all the cross streets.

Agave desmettiana

Laura, I'm curious..Have you ever considered pulling all the old dead growth off to expose the entire trunk, or do you like it that way on the Aloe Vaombe?

Reminds me of some types of palm trees like that. :-)

The old leaves add some support/strength to the tall trunks. They come in handy in windy conditions (as in Florida). They also provide shelter for birds and lizards, etc. The green leaves on these tall Aloes weigh a lot more than it appears.

Mike I have pulled off the old growth a number of times. Maybe I am just being lazy or maybe the wasps are having fun in all that dead stuff.

Thanks aloebot now I have an excuse to be lazy. hehe!

I don't know what the "end game" is for this guy he just keeps getting taller and taller...he did survive hurricane Irma where the pulmeria near it went over.

Hey Nil13 and Casual Sweater - well done with some actual cacti in December.

xGraptoveria 'Fred Ives':

cool flower rina and great photography!

A second round on this beauty too! Does anyone know what it might be?

CasualSweater, could be mammilaria vetula ssp gracilis?

Alain, that looks right! Thanks!

Aloe ferox with Aloe aff. megalacantha

I'm a newbie but Im pretty sure these are beginning to flower....

Yes, they are. Unusual time of year for them to flower. They are monocarpic = after blooming is over, that rosette will die.

Lovely blooms!

Here's a few for you--

Aloe Blizzard

Accidentally discovered this one today.

Many different aloes are still blooming indoors, so is Euphorbia milii (fully 'recovered' from being outdoors, in cold weather, for bit too long) - this plant keeps flowers on all the time:

Rina those are beautiful! Euphorbia milii does do really well here. We may not get 365 days of sun but speaking from experience get close to 360 days of flowers.

Chamaelobivia "Rose Quartz" is the closest name I can find...

Nananthus aloides

All my plants have fur.

This little Mammilaria spinosissima has been blooming for some time now.

And Aloe elgonica doesn't seem to mind the cold either.

And these aren't succulents, but the blooms are rather cheery this time of year:

This is a begonia that lives on our porch. I don't recall its name or variety

Bougainvillea Barbara Karst is still holding out with a few bracts - the flowers are long gone. They're falling by the hundreds every day though, as evidenced by the litter on the ground. Soon it'll be time for the annual fight - er, I mean, pruning to keep it in check.

Limonium perezii - sea lavender

Aloinopis winter feast, rubrolineata then malherbeii

I found a couple of stragglers, one flower, one bud on a Schlumbergera truncata

Nancy - all of mine are stragglers this year! Quite late in blooming, but all budded up for the new year I guess. I wish this one photographed better. It is a lovely yellow, but it looks almost white in pictures. This one is leading the charge right now.

Crenda, very pretty! My small yellow TC has a bud. Most of my TCs bloomed in early November. It was nice to find the pink flower. Can't wait to see your other TCs flowering.