Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

by | Dec 4, 2012 | Blooming Now

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana is the kalanchoe that you will see in flower shops. The blooms come in a variety of colors and it makes a nice blooming plant for a gift. As the days pass and more of the buds open, this one will make much more of a statement.

Pachypodium baronii

by | Dec 3, 2012 | Blooming Now

Pachypodium baronii buds. Pachypodium baronii flowers nine days later. Pachypodiums are a member of the family apocynaceae and are considered a caudiciform, a fat plant, because they have developed a fat water retaining base, trunk, or root for storing water during...

Euphorbias

by | Nov 28, 2012 | Blooming Now

I have not been able to identify the variety of either of these euphorbias. Their stems are similar, but the one, as you can see, does not have the flat, fleshy leaves that the other one does. And those little pink things on both are flowers, believe it or not! While...

Matucana madisoniorum

by | Nov 27, 2012 | Blooming Now

Matucana madisoniorum is one variety I don’t see very often. These are growing and seem healthy in spite of the blemishes on the bodies. You can see two more buds forming on the other cactus. I am not sure what caused the scarring. That is something I am still...

Echeveria harmisii

by | Nov 26, 2012 | Blooming Now

Echeveria harmisii. This echeveria has furry leaves and sometimes gets leggy, but the tops can be cut off, allowed to dry or scab over for a day, and replanted to make a more compact plant.