by Alice Liles | Jan 31, 2013 | Blooming Now
I have lost the name of this gray succulent, but it makes this pretty cascade of blooms. Aloinopsis is a mesembryanthemum that comes from the south of Africa. Its name means midday flowering. The buds aren’t obvious, so when it does bloom, it’s always something of a...
by Alice Liles | Jan 28, 2013 | Blooming Now
I have already shared rebutia miniscula with you, but it has continued to bloom its little head off, and I just had to give it a little more publicity. This is a nice little cactus to have. Euphorbia aeruginosa is another smaller scale plant that adds interest...
by Alice Liles | Jan 23, 2013 | Blooming Now
Sedum weinbergii, common name ghost plant, doesn’t have a large bloom, but it is showy with distinct red lines on the petals. The plant is about 3 or 4 years old, has never really flourished, and this is the first time it has bloomed for me. I am not sure what I...
by Alice Liles | Jan 15, 2013 | Blog
Who knew? I didn’t. All those plants I couldn’t identify? Several of them turned out to be in the senecio family. I even discovered that the giant groundsel trees that fascinated me on Kilimanjaro in 2007 are senecio kilimanjari. These senecio kilimanjari,...
by Alice Liles | Dec 29, 2012 | Blooming Now
Mammillaria elongata makes a small flower, but is an interesting cactus, making a clump of elongated fingers, if you will, like this young plant. Another bud is just showing to the upper right of this bloom.
by Alice Liles | Dec 27, 2012 | Blooming Now
Rebutia miniscula, as the name implies, is not a large cactus, but it delivers a nice bloom. If you look closely, you can see red buds, so I will have more flowers to enjoy.
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