C and D's Succulents

[Astro]

Having sown only some of the 'grassier' Bulbines before, I was quite surprised to see that B. mesembryanthemoides seedlings look like somewhat smoother versions of B. bruynsii. I guess it's rather the other way around, and B. bruynsii retains its juvenile form into adulthood (neoteny). Very attractive plants either way.

[C And D]

Tylecodon singularis

what is there not to love if you are a succulent collector

This year I will have seeds by late fall.
Three plants have flowers open now.
I grew these from seeds, so they must not be that hard

Earlier this winter

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Repotting last fall
fat roots that would make good root cuttings for vegetative propagation

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This year's flowers

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Here is another new Tylecodon for me
T. atropurpureus

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[C And D]

I have to post these photos just so I put the tag back in the pot, and it won't be littering my desk anymore

Sarcocaulon vanderietiae

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Ornithogalum dubium
I threw some seeds of this plant that Gary James gave me
nothing came up, so I forgot about them
and then the next year they came up !!
It didn't take long to figure what they were

Now they are about 8 months old

Denise saw them selling them at Traders Joe's

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[K.W.]

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K.W.

[graffiti]

I love when this thread updates!

Do you folks ever do anything with caudiciform Pelargoniums?

[C And D]

Dudleya lanceolata is a local species of succulent that grows within walking distance from my house.
But there are apparently more than one form, and the local form isn't as good as this form,
which was for years being confused by me as D. stolonifera, because this guy from Laguna gave me 2 clones said they were D. stolonifera
which I nursed for years to get seeds, and hoped to propagate as one of the rarest succulent species...

BUT then, I saw a real D. stolonifera, and knew something was wrong
so I checked out the books and found out about this "A Special Dudleya lanceolata form"

and then it all came together

So here is the special Dudleya lanceolata form
which is way different than the regular Dudleya lanceolata form that lives down the street

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Do Dudleyas ever look good enough to be show plants???
rarely, you got a love em as pets

So here is the real
Dudleya stolonifera
and it maybe one of the ugliest Dudleyas in a pot
But it so rare
These are seed grown plants

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Yellow Flowers

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I had a bunch of fat seed pods last fall
and threw a bunch of them in my succulent garden last November
Mostly D. stoloniferas

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some fatter leafed special Dudleya lanceolata form
and some Dudleya edulis seedlings, another local species

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[C And D]

On page 48, I had just uncovered the roots of this plant

Now look at it, just a couple months later
Trichodiadema fergusonae

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[C And D]

Frithia pulchra, the Mammillaria luethyi of the succulent world?
The flowers compare, the ease of killing compares, the longevity of the plant compares.
Can anyone grow them besides Ian?

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Well I will always try to grow them, and try to get new ones every time after the last one dies.

The Conos are waking up!
Conophytum lithopsoides

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C. lithopsoides koubergense

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This batch of assorted Conophytum pellucidum flowering has caused some headaches trying to cross the proper subspecies.
All the flowers look the same, and most of the plants are still sheaved or so shriveled that you can't tell one from an other.
I took out my magnifying glass and did what I could. Who would want a hybrid C. pellucidum?, not me.

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[Aiko]

Frithia pulchra, the Mammillaria luethyi of the succulent world?
The flowers compare, the ease of killing compares, the longevity of the plant compares.
Can anyone grow them besides Ian?

Yes. Although I have lost a few in a recent repotting session. I don't think they like repotting very much...

[toadstar]

The Conos are waking up!
Conophytum lithopsoides

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[C And D]

The last of the Cono flower photos that I took this season
conophytum x marnierianum

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Gibbaeum neobrownii
Flower party

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seedlings a little over plumped growing in a grafted plant's pot
I threw seeds in grafted plant pots because they get watered more during the year

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Adenium socotranum
the chopped off top is adding stems

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[C And D]

I didn't have name for this plant until now
Portulaca molokiniensis

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Here is some info on the plant:

Origin and Habitat: Portulaca molokiniensis is a rare species of portulaca endemic to a few coastal sites Molokini, Puʻukoaʻe Islet (Maui) and Kamōhio Bay, Kahoʻolawe.
Habitat and ecology: It grows in volcanic tuff, detritus at base of sea cliff and on steep rocky slopes from about 90 to about 1100 metres and in sand near the seaside on the arid islets of Molokini and Pu'ukoa'e and at Kanhio Bay on Kaho'olawe off the west coast of Maui. Though many think of the Hawaiian islands as lush and moist, the collection sites on these islands are on the leeward, rainshadow side and are extremely dry.

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[iann]

I like the Gibbaeums. They don't often flower for me.

[keith]

Do Dudleyas ever look good enough to be show plants???
rarely, you got a love em as pets"

here's one I have planted in the ground just waking up, yea kinda ugly. At least its still alive.

[C And D]

The only Dudleya I've seen at shows is Dudleya pachyphytum.
Most of mine get uglier every year until I tear off the old leaves and re root.

And mealy bugs are always a problem with Dudleya.