by Alice Liles | Jan 24, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
I am still learning to identify pachyphytums from other succulents, and I am still not sure I am right every time. I bought this one back in the days when I didn’t bother to keep the ID tag, so I had to do a little investigating to come up with a name. I think it is...
by Alice Liles | Jan 16, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Curcurbitaceae xerosicyos danguyi. Right. I’m not sure how to pronounce it, either! So I suppose we could take the easy way out and call it silver dollar plant, or dollar vine, or penny plant, names it is also known by. I think dollar vine best describes it. Round...
by Alice Liles | Jan 8, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Echeveria harmsii, also called plush plant, is another succulent from Mexico. Obviously succulents like the warm climate in Mexico; so many of them are from there! But how nice that they are here now so that we can also enjoy them. Echeveria harmsii a popular...
by Alice Liles | Jan 2, 2016 | Cactus Are Cool
Not much blooming in the greenhouse right now, but this unidentified echeveria brightened up the place. Most of my echeverias have pinkish flowers, so this one is a color change. Most of the others also have their flowers on a long single stem, and these are clustered...
by Alice Liles | Dec 26, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
String of pearls is a popular senecio variety that people like to add to their succulent collection. They really do look like a string of pearls, or, as my friend, John Gulley saw them, a string of English peas. Sometimes called string of beads, all these names fit...
by Alice Liles | Dec 18, 2015 | Cactus Are Cool
This cactus bloomed September 9th, and I will admit it, I can’t identify it right now. It wasn’t marked when I bought it, and rather than mis-identify it, I will leave it unmarked. But I thought it would be a nice spot of color, considering the current dead grass, the...
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