Tylecodon, Bulbine and Phyllobolus; Post 'em if you got em'

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 5:53 pm

The winter growers are starting to sprout.
Lets start a Gallery of photos of these interesting plants that are sticks or bulbs all summer long, only to come alive in Fall with shoots of green out of every growing point.
Add Othonna, Ornithogalum, Lachenalia, Mitrophyllum, Monilaria and other Mesembs

Sorry, I forgot my photo memory stick at home, I will post some tomarrow.

iann · Post by **iann** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:05 pm

I don't really do dead sticks. Do Conophytums count? Sheathing Gibbaeums? Not quite show plants, but interesting when you look close.

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:40 pm

They arn't big with most people yet.
But I got my memory card back, so here goes.
Note to Ian, increase the size of your pictures, we want to see details, and yes to conos and gibbys, sure why not. Thanks

Since they just started growing, we won't have big expectations of the plants looks at this time, maybe we can even see the development over the months!

Bulbine mesembryanthemoides

Bulbine aveolata

Bulbine haworthioides

Seedlings of haworth..

iann · Post by **iann** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 8:52 pm

Thumbnails, click away

iann · Post by **iann** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:13 pm

Interesting Bulbines there pretending to be Haworthias.

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:39 am

Here's my last Bulbine x2
Bulbine praemorsa, from the ISI, its kinda like a baby green onion

Three tick plants. I thought I lost that 3rd baby tick, I probed around a couple weeks ago and determined it was gone, but miraculously, it came back from the dead, or more likely it was disguised as a piece of pumice.
But they don't do much, but its good to see them come to life every fall.
Ornithogalum unifoliatum

This Sphalmanthus surprisingly was flowering, just in time for a photo.
Sphalmanthus prasinus

This plant seems to never stop having great little pink flowers, and the stem is fattening up nicely, I've been selling a lot of cuttings of this guy
Phyllobolus sp. PV771 Mesa Garden 1811.75

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:11 pm

Tiny Tylecodons

Tylecodon nolteei, On the light stand

Out in the sun

Tylecodon occultans

Tylecodon hirtifolius

Tylecodon similis, it has a large tuberous root

Tylecodon sulpureus

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:41 pm

OK, never seen those before

Interesting plants to say the least

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:08 pm

This is my favorite new Monilaria, actually they are still babies
Monilaria globosa

Phyllobolus resurgans

You can see the fat root better in this photo

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:20 pm

Here are some Othonnas
Othonna clavifolia

Othonna protecta, ISI, with babies

Othonna herrei, the fave of the group

Baby one

Post by **CoronaCactus** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:20 pm

Great plants Craig!
I'll try to snap pics of the plants we have this weekend.

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 6:47 pm

Craig, do you know where I can get a couple Ornithogalum?

tvaughan · Post by **tvaughan** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 7:11 pm

Cyphostemma bainesii 3 or 4 years old from seed. It sits like a rock the whole year and burst out now. Beads of sap that are solid on the outside and still liquid on the inside. No idea what they do.

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Sun Nov 02, 2008 4:54 pm

I got one tick plant from Tim Jackson, and the other from the Huntington last winter, it had the baby in with it. It was an ISI plant. There are a bunch more Ornithogalum species, I'll grab some more shots when it stops raining.

Here's Phyllobolus pearsonii

The other Phyllobolus resurgens decided to flower too !

C And D · Post by **C And D** » Fri Nov 07, 2008 4:52 pm

These two Phyllobolus flowers didn't really open enough to cross pollinate until days after they first opened.
I tried cross pollinating day after day, and not until yesterday did I see any pollen, now its everywhere.

This Trichodiadema fergusonia (spelling?) has a fat root and pretty flower