The flowers are lovely, and you also have all your plants grown well and displayed beautifully.

Totally agree wih what hoovb said :)

Just curious: I see you don't use any saucers. What do you do when watering?

hey Rina, how are you? winter has come to Reno with cold-although not very cold-and snow. how are things up north?

as for saucers, i usually don't water the cactus enough for the water to run through. if it does it usually stays on the shelf. or drips on the pots beneath.

in the summer when they're outside they get soaked once a week or so and let the water run where it may.

Any chance you can tell the name of this cactus in your picture?

I think I had one like it years ago but it didn't survive for some reason and I've been hoping to find a replacement. I think the first one I had might've been a noname cactus from Home Depot.

Polypompholyx, it might be an

Echinocereus rigidissimus, commonly known as the Rainbow Hedgehog Cactus. I had two, I had poor luck growing these. One rot from getting too much water while the other one desiccated to a hollow husk. I can’t seem to win. LOL

Dave

Winter has arrived here some time ago - but we had almost a week-long brak. Temps went up to about 48*F for couple of days, then to mid 30-ties, after having them down to as low as about 19*F for a while. We had some snow too, and winter is comming back this weekend. But so far nothing as the storm in some parts of US....

I figured out that you probably don't water much in winter. Your glass shelves look very clean for any water running out of pots :)

I think your "windowed-in niche" is really great, must be perfect spot for your succulents.

I agree with Chris about E.r...I have one, exactly 2yrs now - not as pretty as Daves, showing period of decreased light. Pictured when bought and 2yrs later - it about doubled in hight:

rina, i like the hat on your echinocereus.

i usually cut haworthia flower stalks off but that is nice.