Winter flowers

keith · Post by **keith** » Sat Dec 15, 2018 9:42 pm

Nice flowers on a bright Winter day in S CA . This one comes out of dormancy last of all my Conophytums, I always worry its dead but nope its OK.

DesertSun · Post by **DesertSun** » Sun Dec 16, 2018 10:24 am

That's such a nice blooming of your conophytum Keith, congratulations!

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Mon Jan 07, 2019 2:28 am

Lovely! Would you please show the plant, too? I am curious as I don't know them.
Thanks.
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keith · Post by **keith** » Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:35 am

Covered in dry skin right when it flowers, its a small plant at least right now. I will take a picture in a few months when its growing .

keith · Post by **keith** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:16 pm

Late winter cactus flower. Try for some seeds by Summer.

keith · Post by **keith** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 6:17 pm

conophytum ectypum ssp. brownii is the name of the conophytum

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Thu Mar 14, 2019 9:50 pm

Totally unexpected -- my Loph. never flowered in winter:

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keith · Post by **keith** » Fri Mar 15, 2019 5:57 pm

My Lopho's haven't flowered yet usually they flower in the middle of Summer here. They are just starting to wake up now after 'sleeping" during Winter and really shriveling up during that time. Yours is in 100% pumice ? Looks happy enough in that sunny window.

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Sun Mar 17, 2019 5:38 am

yes, that cacs has pure pumice. haven*t watered it since october, as usual. and it never flowered in spring, middle of summer is the usual time (if at all).
so i am really surprised.
last summer it got a new place on the balcony, obviously it loved it. this south side window (relatively cool sleeping room, sun is the only heating) is the usual winter quarter.
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TimN · Post by **TimN** » Wed Mar 27, 2019 8:06 pm

My lophs started making fruit about three weeks ago and flowers about a week ago. It's getting a little warmer and we had some light rain. They are all puffed up and ready to go. I seem to recall my lophs flowering whenever it's not cold. Cold here is below 60F (to me, anyway).

keith · Post by **keith** » Thu Mar 28, 2019 1:31 am

Most of my cactus are just waking up, some early flowers now like turbinicarpus. A few conophytums are already asleep.

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Sat Mar 30, 2019 4:03 pm

Hallo Keith, why don't you show us some pictures?
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keith · Post by **keith** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:53 am

Aloe in the rock garden with bulbine and echeverra which flower later

keith · Post by **keith** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 12:57 am

Aloe plicatilis (Fan Aloe)

keith · Post by **keith** » Sun Mar 31, 2019 1:01 am

Aloe plicatilis (Fan Aloe) can be used as a landscape plant in California

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