Every day new flowers in the greenhouse in Köln

[AgavaSK]

Not only plants, even nice animals you have in your cacti paradise!

[Pushrestart]

Frau Klein hard at work in the greenhouse, so cute!

It's always nice to see honeybees doing what they do, its very sad that their population numbers here are declining, thank for sharing!

[K.W.]

Not only plants, even nice animals you have in your cacti paradise!

Yes, Paradise is right. . .

Plants and animals and an apple tree. . .

(see You at ELK ???)



Good morning dear cacti friends,

today photos from August 21, part 2.
I start with my favorite genre, Gymnocalycium.
Then comes my favorite genre, Mammillaria.



Gymnocalycium
112344

112347

112348

112349

112365


Mammillaria
112353

112368

112369

end of post 1/3

[K.W.]

photos from August 21th, part 2/2, post 2/3


more Mammillaria
112371

112373

112377

112378

112379

112380

112395

112396


end of post 2/3

[K.W.]

photos from August 21th, part 2/2, post 3/3


Dolichothele
112393


Aloe
112403

112404


Euphorbia
112420

112426


"Frau Klein" & Lotte
112434


Ferocactus
112437


Best wishes and nice sunday,

K.W.

[K.W.]

Good morning dear cacti friends,

a few photos from yesterday - September 2nd.


a night owl, little late. . .
Setiechinopsis
113893

another one, little later. . .



The morning light, it tells us, autum comes.
113899


Mammillaria
113902

113904

113905

113948


cacti, cat, dog. . .
113913


Ferocactus + Echinocactus
113914

end of post 1/3

[K.W.]

Photos from September 2nd, post 2/3


Ferocactus
113918

two hours later
113921


Neochilenia
113925


Escobaria
113927

113955


Ariocarpus
113935

113937

113939

113941


end of post 2/3

[K.W.]

photos from September 2nd, post 3/3


Turbinicarpus
113942


Copiapoa
113943


Leuchtenbergia
113958


Astrophytum
113963

113964

113965

113973


Lavrania
113974


Ascleps
113989


Best wishes

K.W.

[graffiti]

Beautiful, as always KW. Could you tell me what specific species 112369, 113902, 113918, 113941, and 113964 are?

[HP22B]

The Turbinicarpus in 113942 has to have arisen from Lophophora hybridization, correct? I know their habitats overlap and there is just far too much similarity in their appearance (save the spines of course) for them not to be related.

[K.W.]

@ graffiti and HP, answers tomorrow. . .




Dear cacti friends,

today was a rainy, stormy day. Cold!
Only a few pictures. . .



outdoor-dining

Crassula schmidtii
114280


???
114324


Huernia
114367k


greenhouse

Despite the weather, there were many flowers, but not fully open.
114332


Matucana
114327


Lavrania
114344k


Lithops
114370k

114354k

114372


Frithia
114357k


Aloinopsis
114359k


the crew . . .
114398



Best wishes

K.W.

[majcka]

Would you care to bring a piece of this Huernia:



To E.L.K. for me please?

Will be very gratefull.

[K.W.]

Would you care to bring a piece of this Huernia:



To E.L.K. for me please?

Will be very grateful.

How???



















Just joking!!!


I will bring a cutting - and a bottle of champagne, for celebrating our meeting!


K.W. and the girls

[Pushrestart]

K.W. the blooms you share are always uplifting!
Nice to see Frau Klein and the team doing what they do best
When do you start pushing your plants into dormancy and is there anything you specifically do besides withholding or minimizing water ?

[jp29]

Your photographic composition keeps getting better and better K.W. Well done

James