Contest 49: Discussion and Related Photos
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Contest 49: Discussion and Related Photos
Please discuss and post related photos for Contest 49: Winter Growing Succulents here.
just like a Hollywood actress I'm always a sucker for a close-up............... runners up for this competition ..........(never could decide what would win)
can i have my spines back please
a long way from home but still flowering..........look at me I'm yellow
no flies on me.........they are all circling waiting to land
can i have my spines back please
a long way from home but still flowering..........look at me I'm yellow
no flies on me.........they are all circling waiting to land
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growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
growing rebutia's with a mix of others.
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I don't have winter growing succulents.
But all cacti are succulents.
But all cacti are succulents.
Only when the last tree has died, the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize that we cannot eat money.
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- CoronaCactus
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Yes of course Cacti are valid entries. I just said succulents as they are more numerous.
I could be wrong, but a winter grower is a winter grower. They react from seasonal temps/rains not calendars. A winter growing South African P. namaquanum is still a USA winter grower, despite the flip-flop of seasons.
I could be wrong, but a winter grower is a winter grower. They react from seasonal temps/rains not calendars. A winter growing South African P. namaquanum is still a USA winter grower, despite the flip-flop of seasons.
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You are not wrong. The only caveat is that a 'winter grower' usually means active growth in the fall and early spring. Summer dormant may be a better description the 'winter grower'. And of course a winter grower grows in the winter, no matter which side of the equator they live. Summer here is winter there. Plants never get confused about what season it is, no matter where they live.CoronaCactus wrote:I could be wrong, but a winter grower is a winter grower. They react from seasonal temps/rains not calendars. A winter growing South African P. namaquanum is still a USA winter grower, despite the flip-flop of seasons.
Brad
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I had a hard time deciding what plants to use for this months contest. Much of my collection are so called 'winter growers'. My impulse was to use this Dudleya caespitosa clump because it's native to my county, found within a few hundred feet the shore all along the coast. However, I submitted the photo of P. namaquanum because it is a more dramatic plant. It rises 16-inches above the pot rim, and this alternate view shows the whole plant from the top of the 8" pot. It has grown only 4-inches since 2005. The Aloe is much bigger than it looks in this photo. In a ten-inch diameter pot, it stands more than a foot above the pot rim. It is a very stout plant. I'm not completely certain the ID is correct.
Some of the photos I didn't enter in this contest:
Dudleya caespitosa (June 2010)
Dudleya caespitosa (November 2010)
Aloe distans
Pachypodium namaquanum
Brad
Some of the photos I didn't enter in this contest:
Dudleya caespitosa (June 2010)
Dudleya caespitosa (November 2010)
Aloe distans
Pachypodium namaquanum
Brad
I have a lot of winter growers, and some pictures that are much better than my entry, but there are none that I am prouder of than the poor little Lithops in my entry. Imagine me, serial killer of Lithops, actually getting them to grow and produce buds! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!
It’s not the fall that kills you; it’s the sudden stop at the end.
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Darryl what's the matter? How about the voting #49 and the forgotten December contest?
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