C and D's Succulents

[C And D]

Carruanthus ringens
yellow flowers on long stocks

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Now back to the flowers.
Gibbaeum gibbosum

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Cheiridopsis caroli-schmidtii

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Cheiridopsis pillansii "crassa"
You can see a small tooth on each jaw, some plants have a better teeth

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Antimima ventricosa

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[iann]

I grow the plants but never see the flowers. Pretty

[Jo]

What a radiating flowers on that beautiful A.ventricosa!
Thanks for sharing.

[cjbaker]

Just finished going through the thread for the second time over the past couple of months. The plant selections, cultivation, photography, pots and stones are all inspiring. Thank you for sharing!

[C And D]

More Flowers

Ihlenfeldtia excavata

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Cephalophyllum alstonii
Red form

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Wine Colored form

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[CactusFanDan]

Those Cephalophyllum flowers are real scorchers. Do you have any more african bulb plants to show off, by any chance?

[C And D]

I do have more African bulbs to show off!

This is Drimia depressa
with a Bulbine margaretae volunteer
It takes several years for them to start clumping, I did see a huge bulging pile of them at one show,
Very impressive.

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The tag on this said
Gethyllis sp.
Namaqua.
Maybe someone knows the species name.. ?

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These were volunteers in a pot of plants I bought from Tim Harvey at our Orange County Show and Sale
He had a name for them, but I never wrote it down.
It looks related to Massonia pustulata, one has bud developing.

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[kpj35]

Absolutely stunning plants! I especially like the Gethyllis sp. - that is a truly unique plant!

[CactusFanDan]

Those are awesome! I have a feeling that those ones which look like Massonia pustulata aren't even closely-related. They don't look like Daubenya or Polyxena. I've been getting into these African bulbs a lot more recently. The winter-growers really brighten things up this time of the year.

[C And D]

My favorite of the bulbs are the Bulbine
They have bell shaped bulbs, with fat roots that come off like the tenticles of a jellyfish.
They are easy to kill, and the usual problem is they never wake up in the fall, and when you probe around to find out what happened, the bulb is a just a pile of mush or gone altogther from rotting away when you weren't looking.

Bulbine margarethae, 3 plants in the pot
I exposed the bulb for the photo

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Bulbine mesembryanthemoides
single headed one

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multi-headed plant

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They are transparent, and look cool if you can get the light to shine through them.

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[CactusFanDan]

They're fab! I'll be sure to look out for seeds of these species, thanks.

[C And D]

And the Best of the Genus
Bulbine bruynsii
These are mucher harder in cultivation, and growing form seeds Was a Huge Problem
But I finally figured out what the problem with germination was... They take almost 2 months!!!
and most people give up after a month and a half.

These are my old plants crossing with my last year seedlings, so there will be seeds.

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Sorry I don't have any to sell this year, maybe next year. I already sold off 4, and that's as many as I can spare.
I will add a seed growing section to this post soon.

[C And D]

And then there are those wacky Eriospermums
They have an upside down bulb, maybe you saw the story on them by Steven Hammer 5 to 10 years ago in the CSSA Journel.
I only have a couple.
Eriospermum cervicorne

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[CactusFanDan]

They have bags of character and buckets of quirk! Great little plants. I didn't know that Eriospermum's had upside-down bulbs, so that's interesting. I think I'll look into them further, thanks!

[Jo]

Yes, watching your B.bruynsii always is a treat. They are so weird and so beautiful all at once.
Good to know, they are manageable from seed now.