C and D's Succulents
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Bulbine bruynsii
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Bulbine bruynsii
Is there any way to make sure Google Images will pick up these photos?
Some of mine make it, others ones don't.
Here is my Bulbine bruynsii stock
My oldest pot is on the left, only one out of 4 came back after repotting when dormant.
The center pot are 1 year olds, I stupidly repotted them late summer, this time I was lucky..
It's best to wait to transplant sensitive winter growers in the fall or later, once they start growing
2 year olds on the left Most of the plants will flower soon and I will pollinate as many flowers as I can. The seeds ripen in about 2 or 3 weeks and fall to the ground (I grab them before they fall) in early March.
I going to try an experiment and plant some as soon as the ripen. Maybe that's the trick, late winter germination.
I planted 20 this fall and only 3 germinated.
So hope to get lots of seed this year, I sold out of last year's stock very fast.
Is there any way to make sure Google Images will pick up these photos?
Some of mine make it, others ones don't.
Here is my Bulbine bruynsii stock
My oldest pot is on the left, only one out of 4 came back after repotting when dormant.
The center pot are 1 year olds, I stupidly repotted them late summer, this time I was lucky..
It's best to wait to transplant sensitive winter growers in the fall or later, once they start growing
2 year olds on the left Most of the plants will flower soon and I will pollinate as many flowers as I can. The seeds ripen in about 2 or 3 weeks and fall to the ground (I grab them before they fall) in early March.
I going to try an experiment and plant some as soon as the ripen. Maybe that's the trick, late winter germination.
I planted 20 this fall and only 3 germinated.
So hope to get lots of seed this year, I sold out of last year's stock very fast.
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Bulbine bruynsii
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So you get them in flower in about two years? That seems fast! My plants are about two and a half years old now. But I lack the sun intensity that you have, so I am happy enough they are growing up here at all. Mine are only one and a half centimeters tall (about half an inch).
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Aiko
My 1 year olds will probably flower as well, most of the Bulbines I grow flower the first year if they're healthy.
I have also had good luck growing B margarethae and B aff. mesembryanthemoides in my vegetable garden, since I had extra seed, why not throw some in there..
They grow twice as fast and some have flowered as 3 month olds.
If I get enough seeds of B. bruynsii I may through some in the garden as an experiment.
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One more succulent before we go back to Mesembs
Drimia depressa
Their aren't many this big
In fact, there is a picture of this plant on Google that I took in 2008 at our OCCSS show
I was very impressed with it, it was shown by Bill Hagblom
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=15" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and I bought it for $2 when he sold off his collection 3 years ago
This year
Drimia depressa
vvvvv
for an experiment
I renamed the IMG
now will check Google
My 1 year olds will probably flower as well, most of the Bulbines I grow flower the first year if they're healthy.
I have also had good luck growing B margarethae and B aff. mesembryanthemoides in my vegetable garden, since I had extra seed, why not throw some in there..
They grow twice as fast and some have flowered as 3 month olds.
If I get enough seeds of B. bruynsii I may through some in the garden as an experiment.
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One more succulent before we go back to Mesembs
Drimia depressa
Their aren't many this big
In fact, there is a picture of this plant on Google that I took in 2008 at our OCCSS show
I was very impressed with it, it was shown by Bill Hagblom
http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... 4&start=15" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and I bought it for $2 when he sold off his collection 3 years ago
This year
Drimia depressa
vvvvv
for an experiment
I renamed the IMG
now will check Google
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I haven't posted in this thread before, but I really enjoy looking at your shots and your description of species and cultivation.
It's especially great seeing images of plants that are less widely discussed - so the Bulbines, Othonnas and Drimias, for example, are particularly interesting.
So your images of Bulbine bruynsii (about 4,040 google search results) in this post are more likely to appear highly ranked in a search for that species than (say) if the post included images of a very widely discussed plant like Lophophora williamsii (with about 172,000 results).
Having the species name close to the image is necessary for it to be found for searches for that name. Including other useful words that may appear in searches (cultivation, watering, dormancy, propagation, etc etc) will help for more specific searches using those terms.
Including relevent text more prominently (e.g. as headings, in urls/links etc, or multiple times in text) will help. Another trick is to rename the image - so instead of being IMG_8935.jpg, the file name becomes Bulbine_bruynsii_seedling_8935.jpg, for example. This also avoids the case where image search returns an irrelevant image, just because it appears on the same page as the text that is the basis of the search.
It's especially great seeing images of plants that are less widely discussed - so the Bulbines, Othonnas and Drimias, for example, are particularly interesting.
Google is more likely to pick up on (to be more precise, give a high ranking in its index) images which aren't already in massive supply on the internet.C And D wrote:Bulbine bruynsii
Is there any way to make sure Google Images will pick up these photos?
Some of mine make it, others ones don't.
So your images of Bulbine bruynsii (about 4,040 google search results) in this post are more likely to appear highly ranked in a search for that species than (say) if the post included images of a very widely discussed plant like Lophophora williamsii (with about 172,000 results).
Having the species name close to the image is necessary for it to be found for searches for that name. Including other useful words that may appear in searches (cultivation, watering, dormancy, propagation, etc etc) will help for more specific searches using those terms.
Including relevent text more prominently (e.g. as headings, in urls/links etc, or multiple times in text) will help. Another trick is to rename the image - so instead of being IMG_8935.jpg, the file name becomes Bulbine_bruynsii_seedling_8935.jpg, for example. This also avoids the case where image search returns an irrelevant image, just because it appears on the same page as the text that is the basis of the search.
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There are no specific guarantees with search results, but there are general principles!
Also, Google does not index pages instantly unless maybe it is the home page of a globally important news service, or something equally high profile.
Perhaps if you repeat your search for Drimia depressa images in a few days time, once google's search spiders have crawled across this post again, you'll get a higher result for this page.
Another factor is the number of search results returned from a given website - if there are (say) 2 results ranked quite highly from the cactiguide.com website, all other results from the same website may not be listed, even if they would otherwise rank quite highly. Expect google to seem inconsistent with how it applies this, but a limit to the numbner of search results from the same website will often be applied.
Also, Google does not index pages instantly unless maybe it is the home page of a globally important news service, or something equally high profile.
Perhaps if you repeat your search for Drimia depressa images in a few days time, once google's search spiders have crawled across this post again, you'll get a higher result for this page.
Another factor is the number of search results returned from a given website - if there are (say) 2 results ranked quite highly from the cactiguide.com website, all other results from the same website may not be listed, even if they would otherwise rank quite highly. Expect google to seem inconsistent with how it applies this, but a limit to the numbner of search results from the same website will often be applied.
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Extra knobby Aloinopsis malherbei
2 different plants
2 different plants
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Lot's of Mesemb Action this time of Year
Of course my Favorite is Cheiridopsis pillansii different lighting going asleep I love this Cheiridopsis denticulata
Look at those Buds!
Look at those teeth!
They really can't be called toothy since the teeth are on the outside of the leave, so maybe they should be called serrated edges Unfortunately, we have rats again and they chewed off all those gorgeous buds one night
Of course my Favorite is Cheiridopsis pillansii different lighting going asleep I love this Cheiridopsis denticulata
Look at those Buds!
Look at those teeth!
They really can't be called toothy since the teeth are on the outside of the leave, so maybe they should be called serrated edges Unfortunately, we have rats again and they chewed off all those gorgeous buds one night
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Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri
This plant has been in this 2" pot for 10 years now
That seems to be the only way to keep them alive long term This the blue form of Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri v. alboviridis
It seems to be a little easier to keep alive, or maybe not Titanopsis schwantesii
Klein Karas Monilaria globosa
back from the dead
This plant has been in this 2" pot for 10 years now
That seems to be the only way to keep them alive long term This the blue form of Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri v. alboviridis
It seems to be a little easier to keep alive, or maybe not Titanopsis schwantesii
Klein Karas Monilaria globosa
back from the dead
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That Monilaria globosa looks huge! I assume the pot is just a few (four?) centimeters wide?
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Some true beauties there, fantastic growing Craig !
Quick question for you about Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri - what cultivation tips do you have for this one as it's the pickiest of the titanopsis group ?...
Quick question for you about Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri - what cultivation tips do you have for this one as it's the pickiest of the titanopsis group ?...
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Here are some nice early Spring bloomers
Didymaotus lapidiformis
Of course I waited a couple days too long, and the flowers became kind of natty I have a bunch of photos of this plant on Google images, maybe from the Succulentguide .com
Bulbine inamarxiae
They are quite small species but have cool glassy windowed leaf surfaces
these are 2 1/2 year olds They have typical Bulbine flowers
and typically odiferous
Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri need small pots, lean soil and lot's of sun
I've killed many of them, and grown many from seed that died quickly
and they all seem to get root rot from over watering no matter what the season is
so the answer is very careful watering and quick drying soil
Best growing season= late fall to early Spring
Didymaotus lapidiformis
Of course I waited a couple days too long, and the flowers became kind of natty I have a bunch of photos of this plant on Google images, maybe from the Succulentguide .com
Bulbine inamarxiae
They are quite small species but have cool glassy windowed leaf surfaces
these are 2 1/2 year olds They have typical Bulbine flowers
and typically odiferous
Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri need small pots, lean soil and lot's of sun
I've killed many of them, and grown many from seed that died quickly
and they all seem to get root rot from over watering no matter what the season is
so the answer is very careful watering and quick drying soil
Best growing season= late fall to early Spring
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Craig thanks for the info on titanopsis hugo-schlechteri since it is very temperamental maybe straight up pumice and bright light will suffice? With plants that are so difficult I wonder how they even survive in habitat. Also that Cheiridopsis Pilanii is stunning, if you have cuttings available I'll pick one up.