C and D's Succulents
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I think that the current name game has all of those drooping head plants as albuca. I listened to some South African plant nuts complain about the switching of names between albuca and ornithogalum, back and forth.
I've neglected trying to pin down a plant that I'm growing "Albuca circinata x spiralis". It turns out that Albuca circintata is a synonym with Albuca namaquensis and Ornithogalum namaquense with Albuca namaquensis as the preferred.
In addition Albuca spiralis is synonomized with Ornithogalum circinatum (which was never mentioned in the first.
We think cactus names are bad.
I've neglected trying to pin down a plant that I'm growing "Albuca circinata x spiralis". It turns out that Albuca circintata is a synonym with Albuca namaquensis and Ornithogalum namaquense with Albuca namaquensis as the preferred.
In addition Albuca spiralis is synonomized with Ornithogalum circinatum (which was never mentioned in the first.
We think cactus names are bad.
Buck Hemenway
Thanks Buck
Albuca for now on.
The Albuca circinata x spiralis is a hybrid between the two. Bill Hagblom grows them, some clones have more spirlaing than other clones.
My photo of the above is the true species with alittle spiraling.
Albuca spiralis is smaller, has really good spirals, but has a short growing season and is sensitive to out of season watering
Albuca for now on.
The Albuca circinata x spiralis is a hybrid between the two. Bill Hagblom grows them, some clones have more spirlaing than other clones.
My photo of the above is the true species with alittle spiraling.
Albuca spiralis is smaller, has really good spirals, but has a short growing season and is sensitive to out of season watering
The Lithops have started growing, and I've started watering slowly, but some need more than others now.
It is a fun time for them, seeing how many heads, the new colors.
Lithops verruculosa "Rose of Texas"
the single head has stayed single for 3 years now, its not attached to that other one, they just grew together
L. lesliei v. burchellii, needs watering!
Gibbaeum heathii v. comptonii
Gibbaeum pretense
Nelia schlecterii
Cheiridopsis percularis
Coreopsis gigantia, finally flowering
The Carruanthus are flowering like crazy
It is a fun time for them, seeing how many heads, the new colors.
Lithops verruculosa "Rose of Texas"
the single head has stayed single for 3 years now, its not attached to that other one, they just grew together
L. lesliei v. burchellii, needs watering!
Gibbaeum heathii v. comptonii
Gibbaeum pretense
Nelia schlecterii
Cheiridopsis percularis
Coreopsis gigantia, finally flowering
The Carruanthus are flowering like crazy
I grow the Carruanthus and most other winter growers outside, with no shade cloth. The Haworthias and Conos are under glass.
Speaking of Conos, they do look kind of interesting at this time
Conophytum cubicum
C. chrisocruxum, with flowers?, wierd, (spelling?)
Clumps of C. ectypum v. brownii on left, v. sulcatum, on left going to sleep. C. uvaeforme not ready to sleep yet, upper right
3 forms of C. maughanii v. armenicum, I like the red plums the best, they all have seed pods
Speaking of Conos, they do look kind of interesting at this time
Conophytum cubicum
C. chrisocruxum, with flowers?, wierd, (spelling?)
Clumps of C. ectypum v. brownii on left, v. sulcatum, on left going to sleep. C. uvaeforme not ready to sleep yet, upper right
3 forms of C. maughanii v. armenicum, I like the red plums the best, they all have seed pods
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Craig, you're picture of Conophytum maughanii reminded me of a plant that we saw in South Africa that I've never been happy with my ID on. The sign nearby these plants said C. pillansii, but my two Aizoaceae books have it lumped into C. subfenestratum which looks nothing at all like the plant. Could be the reference plant near the sign had died. In any case What do you think of this guy. In the Knersvlakte near Vanrynsdorp.
Buck Hemenway
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The winter mesemb bench is alive with color
Its the first time for these plants to have flowers together. You know what that means. - sex
Vanheerdea primosii
A quick check on the Gibbaeum album, they are looking good for late spring flowering, purple, white and rose flowered forms. G. neobrownii upper right
This was my fav. Cheiridopsis denticulata for a couple years,
Until I got this 3 years ago, its coming along nicely. Mesa 1366.8. I got seeds growing too.
This is one of my Favorite of all Mesembs. Hopefully it will flower later in the season. This plant had ~10 or more heads a couple times, but it had to be cut back to save it after the stems got to long, and it just abandons them after flowering
Cheiridopsis pillansii
One last flower shot
Gibbaeum velutinum on left, and in top photo on upper left
and Phyllobolus delus on right
Its the first time for these plants to have flowers together. You know what that means. - sex
Vanheerdea primosii
A quick check on the Gibbaeum album, they are looking good for late spring flowering, purple, white and rose flowered forms. G. neobrownii upper right
This was my fav. Cheiridopsis denticulata for a couple years,
Until I got this 3 years ago, its coming along nicely. Mesa 1366.8. I got seeds growing too.
This is one of my Favorite of all Mesembs. Hopefully it will flower later in the season. This plant had ~10 or more heads a couple times, but it had to be cut back to save it after the stems got to long, and it just abandons them after flowering
Cheiridopsis pillansii
One last flower shot
Gibbaeum velutinum on left, and in top photo on upper left
and Phyllobolus delus on right