Greenhouse Happenings

[CactusFanDan]

I love that Bulbine. I've had Bulbine inamarxiae in flower for a while now, I think they're great, I just wish I could find them more easily. Cool mesembs too.

[1bigfruit]

They are truly wierd arent they?

[1bigfruit]

Impossible Echinopsis

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This is the first of the echinopsis to flower. They are astonishing the way they produce these huge floral tubes then flower. What pollinates that a huge moth?
The colour is an impossible red, the camera cant handle it whatever you do to the exposure. maybe it needs a filter or something.

[1bigfruit]

gymnocalycium baldianum

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flower of;

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Pretty sure this is G. Baldianum.
Very beautiful, opens in the afternoon. Collectors will probably dissagree but many gymno's have greenish white flowers and are just not that interesting. But choose carefully and you can get some of the best displays in the cactus family.

[1bigfruit]

G saglionis

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I wanted to grow this because I has seen it at shows. It is a giant. The flowers are not showy but not unatractive either. It puts on weight rapidly. I bought it from ebay, it was stuckin a hard peat plug a quarter the size of the plant.
It has been repotted to bigger pots several times already.

[1bigfruit]

Echinopsis

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I just had to post this they are such an amazing happening.

[1bigfruit]

Crassula

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Crassula

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I dont really grow crassulas, but I particularly liked this one. It has been trying to do this all year.

[1bigfruit]

Pleiospilos Compactus with huge flowers, aways flower in the autumn and open in the afternoon.
They smell of coconut.
Thsi particular plant is multi headed and sometines gives a huge multi display.

pleiospilos

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Stomatium has been flowering all summer.

stomatium

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[1bigfruit]

lithops red top

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Lithops have done well this year. This is Red Top blasting away.

[1bigfruit]

divergens

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Lithops divergens amethystina flowering sweetly. One of the smaller lithops.

[1bigfruit]

conophytum

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The Conos have been at it for a while. I think this is subfenestratum

[1bigfruit]

lithops rose of texas

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This is a very shy plant. It has been through purgatory, bitterly cold winters in 2010 and 2011 then a wet cold year in 2012 now finally it has flowered.
Lithops "Rose of Texas" is the only red flowered lithops. It is a cultivar. Natural species have either white or yellow flowers.

[1bigfruit]

Fenestraria Fireworth

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Fenestrarias are classified as either white or yellow flowers. However in the wild they have a number of subtle shades.
This though is the cultivar " Fireworth". It has really iridescant petal backs which is hard to copy on camera.

[Ivan C]

I believe I have the same cultivar. http://www.cactiguide.com/forum/viewtop ... um#p299448" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; The iridescence is very striking when the sunlight hits it, but as you say it is hard to capture with the camera.

[HairyHarry]

Hi Bigfruit,
I love the way you arranged the plants around the rocks (or vice versa). Especially with the fenestraria and conophytum above. I might just copy it for a few of my plants, if you don't mind. Thanks for the inspiration.