Greenhouse Happenings
Greenhouse Happenings
Since lots of people who are interested in succulents read these pages I have decided to run a thread on what is currently flowering etc.. in the collection.
Starting with..... , this little rock alpine succulent which comes from the cold dry richtersveld mountains. This is the first year that I have grown this. So will have to see what it is like. I think its about to flower.A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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Looking forward to seeing the flower and more of your succulents!
It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
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I went in there late in the vening and this was looming... I cant wait for this plant to be big enough for there to be several flowers at once. This is a marginal winter grower.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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Thanks Harriet, I remember listening to Douglas Adams on the radio late on sunday nights when I was still at school many years ago.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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Bulbine lagopus flowering a succulent bulb. Bulbines have strange elegant pollen structures. They are a strange band of succulent bulbs, some are extremely wierd.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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Great flowers! I like the Cephalophylum.
Mark
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Cool Bulbine! I like some of the weirder looking Bulbines and I'll probably get a bunch of them at some point, since African bulbs seems to be the direction I'm going in at the moment.
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Very pretty! Do you have a picture of the whole bulbine?
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I might have a picture somewhere. Some of these are ultra wierd shapes.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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My main spring flowering succulents are still forming flowers, T.densum has buds and khadia carolinensis, is budding along with one or two others. At the moment most of the nananthus are flowering and one or two alionopisis. Photos later.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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Nice lemon yellow flowers. Some alionopsis flowers are a bit insipid. These are nice and bright. Seed source mesa garden.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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Mostly yellow flowers. I am about to sell these as mesa garden now have better strains with red flowers and chalkier markings.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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I couldnt resist photoing these again. Just brilliant pink flowers have lasted ages.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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Always flowers in the spring. A miniature nananthus cuter than the outher and one of the best looking. Mostly yellow striped flowers but I have a white one also. There are a number of miniature mesembs suitable for miniature gardens.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.
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It also flowers in the morning. Unusual for a mesemb.
From the high mountains above lesoto.
A Moth is Lighter than the Sea, but Dimmer than the Light it Sees.