Now My Other Albuca is Blooming
Last week I shared with you my Albuca humilis and its interesting flowers. I also have a form of an Albuca spiralis- you might remember I mentioned there are myriad varieties of this species that are native to South Africa. If you google it, you will see...
Albucas and Their Artistic Flowers
I have shared albucas with you before, but you might have missed it. They are blooming now and are just such neat little flowers, I thought they deserved to be in the spotlight again. Albucas are in the Asparagaceae family, which means they are related to an...
How to keep Pleiospilos, Lithops, and Certain Other Succulents Alive
My Pleiospilos nelii just bloomed and I wanted to share it with you. I have written about these plants before, but it’s always fun each time they bloom. Another bud is coming up on the other side. Then I noticed that some of the other plants in the same family of...
Two Different Aloinopsis Bloomed
Back in November two Aloinopsis varieties bloomed for me, and I am just now getting around to sharing them with you. I wrote about Aloinopsis back in 2013, but since that was a while back, you may have missed it. So here we go. I had this Aloinposis aloides in a...
Pumpkins and Succulents
I fear I’m a bit late with this, but perhaps it will be something you might want to do next year for some fall decorations. I bought one of those big, flat pumpkins that has a deep depression where the stem would be. Alas, I don’t remember what variety of pumpkin this...
Tiger Jaws Make Nice Flowers
Faucaria tigrina, commonly called Tiger Jaws, is a lovely little succulent plant that is blooming now. The blooms open mid-day and evening for two or three days before they are spent. Look closely and you can see tips on the leaves shaped like teeth, which is...
Ariocarpus Flowers
I had been watching my Ariocarpus fissurata lloydii since late summer, expecting a flower to pop out of the pretty white wool in the center of the plant. Nothing. I failed to take a picture of all that wool, but eventually one pink flower barely opened in the overcast...
It’s not an Agave, but sort of looks like one
Leuchtenbergia principis really is a cactus, but looks like an agave, kind of, so its common name is Agave cactus. Confused yet? I wrote about this same plant September 21, 2014- “Leuchtenbergia Principis, aka Agave Cactus,” but it has grown since then, and if you...
Alluaudia – Another Interesting Plant from Madagascar
The genus Alluaudia is one of the many plants native only to Madagascar. Six varieties exist. I happen to have two of them. One I am pretty sure I have identified correctly, this Alluaudia montagnacii.This particular alluaudia has spines longer than its leaves,...
Edithcolea Grandis has a Spectacular Flower
I had seen a picture of this plant’s flower and knew I wanted one. So when I learned that friend and fellow cactus-lover Woody Minnich in Edgewood, New Mexico, had them for sale in his Cactus Data Plants greenhouse, I jumped at the chance to get one. I ordered it in...
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