by Alice Liles | Mar 22, 2021 | Cactus Are Cool
I have learned that one way to distinguish between succulents is by the differences in their flowers. I’m still learning, but here are some differences that might help you distinguish between a few popular species. Aloes and haworthias are easy to confuse, but not if...
by Alice Liles | Feb 11, 2021 | Cactus Are Cool
It’s brown and dreary outside; it’s green with spots of color in the greenhouse. Here are some of those spots of color. Pleispilos nelii Royal Flush is an odd-looking little plant with a gorgeous flower. This particular variety has the purple petals, hence the name...
by Alice Liles | Jan 22, 2021 | Cactus Are Cool
My three Euphorbia milii plants, commonly called crown of thorns, have all been blooming lately. I have also heard this plant called the forever flower because it flowers off and on all year, not seasonally. That makes it a nice plant to have since it provides color...
by Alice Liles | Jan 18, 2021 | Cactus Are Cool
I have written about Argyroderma roseum before, but A. testiculare is smaller and this particular group just outdid themselves blooming, so of course I had to share.You can see the bud forming in the one plant and the beginning bud coming out in the one next to...
by Alice Liles | Jan 9, 2021 | Cactus Are Cool
I’m a little late sharing this with you, but my two Pachypodium lealii saundersii plants outdid themselves this year with flowers. They started blooming in October before I had to bring them in for the winter, and the flowers continued even after I brought them...
by Alice Liles | Jan 6, 2021 | Cactus Are Cool
I have talked about stapeliads before, but I’ve gone through a dry spell with no flowers lately. The spell was finally broken the other day, and I just had to share again!Stapeliads can be found in a variety of countries, but this one, Stapelia lepida, is native...
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