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...
Don’t Abuse Your Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora, commonly known as red yucca, is a popular landscape plant all over Texas, but especially in our area because it stands up well to the heat and dry climate. Native to the Chihuahua Desert in Mexico and West Texas and into south and central Texas,...
My Cage Ranch Cacti are Blooming
A few years ago, J.D. Cage, or was it his son Jay?-I forget after all this time-called to ask if I would be interested in some cactus they had found on their Earth, Texas, ranch (18 miles from Muleshoe, for those of you not familiar with this part of the world)....
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