Mughal's little collection - 2012

[mughal113]

Excited by the first flowers of this season, I decided to start a topic of my own. The weather is still not perfect, but is definitely getting warmer.

Mamm (unknown) flowering



This is an old plant and has decided to divide dichotomously. Doesn't it look more like a white owl?



Another noid plant. Rich yellow flowers. I was out of station for the week, so missed the first flowers.



Its very easy to miss Melo flowers... but impossible to let the fruit go unnoticed.



And finally, Kalanchoe x houghtonii

[Artur89]

"Rich yellow flower"... It's probably Parodia, but I have difficulty with the diagnosis of the species.

[mughal113]

Thanks for the lead Artur. Will look up some photographs and try to hunt it down.

[TimN]

The NOID Mamm looks kind of like M. haageana, but I don't recall them splitting dicotomously. The dicotomous Mamms definitely have an owl look to them. Very nice!

[Thord Hakansson]

Very nice plants indeed!

[Arjen]

great looking plants, I have a mamm dividing like that too! it's remarkable that they do that!

[mughal113]

Thanks guys... waiting anxiously for the weather to get better... will update once I have something worth sharing.

EDIT: Thanks for the ID Tim...

[CoronaCactus]

Good looking plants, Mughal!

[RichR]

Love your plants, Mughal. The kalanchoe is stunning!

[mughal113]

Spring is coming along slowly but steadily. Time for an update

1. M. carmenae



2. M. gracilis



3. Ferrocactus macrodiscus



And here some succulents

1. Aloe brevifolia getting going wild with three stalks.



2. Another aloe (ID appreciated)




3. Aloe cv. TARRINGTON going for a bloom too



4. And this is my oldest Haworthia limifolia



5. Finally, an unknown Euphorbia.

[TimN]

Beautiful plants! That Haworthia is very cool looking!

[Arjen]

lovely plants and flowers!

[hoteidoc]

Beautiful A. brevifolia! Make sure you post blossoms! I'd like to see how tall that stalk gets!

[mughal113]

Those stalks are the biggest I have ever seen on an aloe. I will try to cross pollinate the aloes and see if I get any seeds.
Another thing special about this aloe is that pups originate directly from the stems, not the basal pups like most of the other aloes. So they are not with roots. I would love to separate a few but I just don't wanna disturb this beautiful clump.
Sure I'll post the photos of the flowers.

[mughal113]

hoteidoc, this one is for you.


The flowers are beautiful.