My greenhouse and plants

[mmcavall]

The mesembs are doing fine in that hot weather, at the looks of it!

Thank you for your comment, Aiko. Sometimes I have the impression that they are just surviving. Or, at least, they are very slow. The plants of the second batch apparently won't grow...but they don't die, neither...for the first time I am having success in keeping alive some Lapidaria, Argyroderma, Lithops, Conophytum, Fenestraria and Aloinopsis. But I decided to not sow any Mesembs for a while, to see if they are really doing fine or just surviving.

[mmcavall]

Totally stunned by this flower.
Stapelia flavopurpurea grown from MG seeds, flowering for the first time.

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[greenknight]

Fantastic!

[mmcavall]

Fantastic!

Indeed! And the merit is not mine, but thank you!

[DesertSun]

Wow, that stapelia flower is stunning! Well done!

[mmcavall]

One of these warm nights I was in the greenhouse and noticed that I could separate my plants in two big blocks according to the continent of origin. Since I have two benches, one would be America and the other would be Africa.
Once I decided that, and once the plants were already practically organized like that, I could not see a plant in the wrong side and had to move it to the other side. It is completely useless. But...
So this is America:

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And this is Africa (well, with a few Intruders from the Mediterranean, Asia and Arabic Peninsula):

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If I had more space I would think in organizing the "America" according to the latitude of origin of each plant...

Next posts I may show details from "America" or "Africa".

[autodikaktos]

I've always wished to do something like this! It looks amazing, as do all the the plants, each one a work of art unto itself. And that Stapelia continues to flower beautifully.

[mmcavall]

I've always wished to do something like this! It looks amazing, as do all the the plants, each one a work of art unto itself. And that Stapelia continues to flower beautifully.

Thank you! And yes, indeed, the Stapelia is still flowering like crazy, I'm impressed.

[Carpkel]

Nice pics, you have a great collection!

[mmcavall]

Nice pics, you have a great collection!

Thanks!

[mmcavall]

Some things happening in the African side of the greenhouse these days...

Young Euphorbias....E. inermis, E. schoenlandii, E. horrida, E. stellaespina:

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More E. horrida. Same batch but different condition. Life is not easy for these two.

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Drimiopsis maculata also struggling but looking interesting:

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Haworthias:

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More of the corner

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Young Adenium arabicum

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Some of the Mesembs

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Delosperma crassum flowering now

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[spok]

You have such a wonderful collection! Very versatile and very nice displayed with the rocks. You have many of my favourites.

[mmcavall]

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You have such a wonderful collection! Very versatile and very nice displayed with the rocks. You have many of my favourites.
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Thank you, Spok!

A second individual of Stapelia flavopurpurea is in bloom. I have the impression that the flowers are slightly different in color, more pink than the first one.
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[mmcavall]

Mesembs are still a mistery to me. Never know if they are doing fine or not...some Pleiospilos give me the impression they are getting smaller. Most of them keep a single leaf pair. Only one of about 20 is splitting, and one is in bloom. Looks like things happen randomly here.

A few pictures :

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[spok]

Ah, you got one blooming, great!
I haven't seen any blooms in mine after maybe 3 years of having them? Right now they are being attacked by red mites, so things are not looking good.