LT10's 2012! 16/04

[Jo]

Fabulous shot of that Aloe dorothea in flower.
The others e.g. conos look also very happy.
Thanks.

[LT10]

Thanks Jo, I guess you refer to the top down pic - I like it as well, a different perspective.

[LT10]

Cotyledon tomentosa subsp. ladismithiensis




Aloe dyeri flowering

[hoteidoc]

New plant to my eyes, LT, but very cute! The more I try to avoid non-cacti succulents, the more really cool ones keep showing up in the Forum. And let me guess -- there's a bazillion Cotyledon's to pick from!

[LT10]

Huernia zebrina


Hoteidoc, not sure but between 10-15 species, would be my guess. Glad you interested...LOL! enabling these forums...are they not.

[cactuslee]

wow, that is one beautiful huernia zebrina. i kind of have a soft spot in my heart for heurnias. i think they are very interesting plants. i currently have 22 specise right now. i also have 9 orbeas and 6 stapelias. i also have a piaranthuis, baynesia, echidnopsis and a caralluma. i have added quite a few this spring. i ordered 42 new plants from miles2go so far this spring and most of them were huernias, orbeas and stapelias

[hoteidoc]

Yes, they are, LT! Funny, I used this same term with my Yahoo Group last night. But this is a genus with a finite #, even a managable #! I'm getting "caught up" with Haworthia's... Trying to stick with 6 - 8 of the classic "types"!

[LT10]

Lee, that is a good collection you mention... I grew these from seed, so for me it is pretty special.
Doc, for sure, that what we say, classic types, just one or 2.... did your cactus collection begin with the same statements?? LOL! I often wonder why am I doing this, then something happens, a flower, a seedling, whatever...and I am hooked all over again!

[hoteidoc]

Amen - I "heard" myself (deja vous, all over again! ) even as I was typing the response. Honest, really, just a couple! Funny how we can PLAINLY hear it in others words -- but not moi!

[cactuslee]

i have never had any luck at growing seeds but i am going to try again this spring. i'm going to take the advice of some of you fellow cactaholic and succulent growers and try new methods that i have never tried before.

[LT10]

You should - it is lots of fun...

[LT10]

Three haworthias today:
H. cooperi var. venusta gm292


H. truncata var. maughanii


H. "Grey Ghost"


H. magnifica var. acuminata jdv91/39

[hoteidoc]

Boy, LT, you seeming to be doing the right things with the Haworthia's! Those are beautiful! Especially like the magnifica v. acuminata

[LT10]

Thanks, we are in autumn now, so they are starting to look better.

[LT10]

Pleiospilos compactus ssp canus flowering