Christmas cactus has buds...it bloomed for Christmas - not sure why it decided to bloom again. I have 3 young plants, and all have buds again, only 3mo after blooming at 'proper' time:

All of mine posted before in past months are still blooming. Aloes keep sending up new flowers and I can't seem to pollinate them. Used a paint brush and bloom stock keep dying.

Notocactus rudibueneckerii

Mamm. Plumosa

Haw city this month.

Haworthia cooperi v cooperi

Haworthia X cuspidata

Haworthia limnifolia (my biggest Haw)

Unknown Aloe

Dave, love that Kalenchoe. Which one is it?

First flower from Haworthia Cooperi.

First time for my Yellow Clivia. It is very old. Got to check records to see how much. I'll update next week when fully opened.

This One of the Two Flower Spikes on My Echeveria.....

Sadly the Third Dried up and Withered Away.....

Pachypodium rosulatum

Pachypodium brevicaule

Stush, I love Clivias. I used to grow a lot of them, but they got so big and took up so much room, that I hardly had space for anything else. Here are a few photos of my greenhouse back in 2013 when I was still in the midst of my Clivia obsession.

Since then I have gotten rid of all but one, a one growth division of the big yellow one on the left in the first photo. That one is a 'Sir John Thouron' that my husband bought for me back around 1995.

Windy, Back in 1995, yellow was selling for a high premium. Once again, you way out did yourself. Just lovely. Did you grow any from seed? I order some from China about 20 some years ago that were variegated and almost all 20 of them grew. They were only about $1 a seed. Lost all and some of my others I had to a amaryllis disease. Didn't keep anything for many years after that. Tried again with seeds but China now only sells fakes. Hard to find trustworthy people in China today.

Lots. I did get both plants and seeds from China and seeds from South Africa, as well as seeds from my own plants. I gave away lots of seedlings, lol.

Plants from China that I then got seeds from (after growing them for a couple of years)...

a few of the plants I had...

Rina, sorry for the thread hijack.

Just one more hijack...

one of the plants I grew from South African seed...

Wendy

np - such beautiful blooms, it would be shame not to post.

Wow, like looking in the book on Clivia. Do you miss them?

Mine are so easy to care for in winter. I totally neglect them and low to almost no water in a med-dark basement with out heat. Goes down to 30 degrees during worse of winter. Mostly they don't even loose a leaf. Stay nice and dark green. Then in spring-summer-fall out side to care for themselves.

I haven't thought about them in a while, but looking back at the photos... yeah, I kind of miss them. I wish I had kept a couple of the smaller wide leaf Chinese plants, and maybe that interspecific in photo #2 (although that one didn't flower as predictably so maybe not).

lazy dog that is kalanchoe tarantula-worth having just for the name. the top does have a tendency to die back after bloom.

Love it. Another one for my want list!

Small cuttings of xSedeveria Harry Butterfield decided to bloom - maybe stressed because it hasn't been watered much? (as you can see leaves are shrivelled):

xGraptoveria Fred Ives:

CT buds are opening now:

Yeah this one is blooming lol...

Adenium somalense Nova Tanzania

NOID Aeonium crest. It had four normal rosettes on it and all four bloomed at the same time. Not sure whether the crested part will survive but enjoying the crazy show.

Love that crazy crested bloom!

That's just what I was going to say. Even the blooms are crested. Nice.

Aeonium's don't do well in my house during winter. They require a lot of sun. I can't give that to them. Surprisingly my echeveria do well, or most of them.

All those Clivia, STD! Lovely. But yes, they take up too much real estate for most people. I just have one ordinary orange. Like my mom had <3.

Rina, my CC is just finishing its second bloom. I think it is pretty common for them to play at being an Easter cactus too.

And M. polythele ‘Stachellos’.

Beautiful pix everybody. Delightful & uplifting to look at. Those Clivias, wow, really breathtaking! I've always wanted one, only tried once.

Locked down in NYC, haven't really been able to enjoy Spring breaking into bloom here now. Briefly admired while out for essentials: blooming trees, pear, various cherries, peach, magnolia, crabapple.

Last week these opened in the apt for me, old faithful Euphorbia milii x milotti (marlotti?). Just one pair of blooms, but still so welcome!

1st blooms of the Season for me, at least it's Spring.

Thanks for the visual delights & their cheery effects everybody! Stay home & stay well.

Karen S, NYC

Karen, the leaves on that Euphorbia are really beautiful.

Yea, I noticed how large they are, or is it the way the photo was taken. Mine are tiny about maybe 2 inches by 1/4 inch. I have a Bob Smoley variegated one that just will not stop blooming.

Hi Stush,

Good to see you & yours are doing OK.

No, it must have been the close up angle, the leaves are pretty standard, 1.5 - 2" long & maybe 1" wide at their widest. This was a cutting I took last Spring, to prune my parent plant, this is its first blooming. I may cut it back soon as they get kinda gangly & since the bloom is at the stem tips, the more stem tips, the more blooms, right? This variety is almost always in bloom, esp when I keep up w/ fertilizers. Yours are pretty w/ their multi-color, so vibrant.

ETA: KarenS, NYC

Clivia finally opened and it is yellow.

So lovely.

Sinningia eumorpha

Tavaresia barklyi flowering for the first time since I have had the plant.

I wanted that plant so bad. Every time I got it, it dies. Can't grow it so now I hate it. Seems some plants just will not grow for me and that's one of them. I know it's me and if I had given it what it needs it would respond. Oh well I admit defeat on this one.

Windy gave me some nice Asclepiads that just couldn't grow for me. Edithcolea Gradis & Huernia Zebria Thai Variegated. Both very nice plants that I really loved.

Strange that I did well with asciepiads for a time and then now having so much trouble with them. Still got a dozen or so that is still looking good and continue to do well but I am never adding to this list again.

Howard gave me a box full. Did well for a year or so then started to decline. Gave most away and remainder is too poor condition to even give away.

Sorry for the cry story.

This is about to but I’m so worried about the Cotyledon I don’t know what’s wrong with it, I just got this arrangement about 2 weeks ago as a gift.

Chives

Not succulent, but blooming now. The front entry of my apt bldg; so nice to see (cherry blossoms).

Could use a bit of a trim, but lovely. I went out for some bicycling & took camera w/me. From our side entry.

Seems these were landscaped down edging the nearby boardwalk at Brighton Beach. Shocking pink, color caught my eye. I think they're Crabapples of some kind.

Pear trees nearby.

Catching Spring as & where we can. Sigh ... So glad for the bicycle, a sunnier day & Spring Flowers!!!

Enjoy safely.

Last photo for April - no succulents, just few different daffs from my garden.

Well my variegated Crown of Thorns will be (still) in bloom as well as my tiny hybrid Aloes. Hopefully I can get some good pictures of them when I can bring them outside for summer vacation soon.