by Alice Liles | 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...
by Alice Liles | 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.
by Alice Liles | Nov 25, 2012 | Blooming Now
Mammillaria nejapensis. I bought this cactus just this year. I like the contrast of the bright green body with the hairy areoles and light-colored spines. The flowers are also a little different with the stripes of red against the white. These flowers last a couple of...
by Alice Liles | Nov 24, 2012 | Blooming Now
Euphorbia milii by its common name is called crown of thorns, or sometimes forever plant, because it will bloom for a while, stop, and then bloom again. So it blooms off and on all year. Mine all happen to be the smaller varieties, and I have the white and red, as...
by Alice Liles | Nov 23, 2012 | Blooming Now
Mammillaria spinosissima. As you can see, this mammillaria is also blooming in a circle on the top of the plant. I think this is typical of all mammillaria varieties. This is one of my unidentified mammillarias. It, too is making a halo of flowers around the top of...
by Alice Liles | Nov 22, 2012 | Blooming Now
. Mammillaria hahnina. As you can see, the buds eventually circle the entire cactus, making a halo of blooms. This cactus will be in bloom for well over a week as new buds open around the top of the plant. Purple echeveria. The plant is purple, not the blooms!...
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