January 8th
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January 16th
Many of the buds fell off just before blooming. I wonder if I stressed it out or if that's pretty normal. It was in a pretty high traffic area, so the buds may have been brushed off. I'm not too sure.
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Hoya Blooms
My Hoya carnosa finally bloomed tonight! It's been working on flowering since 12/22/15! It took nearly a month to flower!
Wednesday, January 13, 2016
Haworthia tesselatta
Obtained 10/20/15.
A flower spike has started to grow!
Photo taken 11 March 2016
Haworthia cooperii truncata
This beautiful Haworthia was obtained 11/12/16.
Here it is again glowing in the sunlight.
New Succulents!
I couldn't help myself - I got a couple new plants! One Haworthia cooperii truncata, and another simply labelled Conophytum. I'll have lots of fun trying to figure out what it is!
Haworthia cooperii truncata
Mystery Conophytum!
Sunday, January 10, 2016
Euphorbia trucalli "Fire Sticks"
I got this plant in 2015. When I got it, this guy looked just like one of my other Euphorbias - the leucodendron - until It was outside in conditions where it got a bit stressed. In this photo it had been taken out of those stressful conditions for a couple weeks, but you can still just see the color on the ends which help give it it's nickname "Fire Sticks". You can also see the tiny yellow flower!
Euphorbia flaniganii
This is the original cutting I got from a sister in 2013. This guy stayed small for a whole year before It was established enough to start any new growth.
Here is the same plant. It has lived in this planter for about a year. I lived under the partial shade of a Kalanchoe "Flapjacks" until recently. You can see the sunburn on some of the branches.
Photo taken March 2016
This is the same kind of plant but crested! I found it at one of my local hardware stores on 9/9/15, and couldn't resist the contrast to my normal flaniganii, or Medusa's Head.
Friday, January 8, 2016
Haworthia tesselatta
Obtained 10/20/15
After owning this plant fora while, it seems like either the pot makes the plant need water more often, or this is just a variety of Haworthia that needs more water than others. It seems to shrivel up more quickly than my others.
Haworthia truncata "Whirlpool"
Obtained 10/20/15
This beautiful specimen continues to look as beautiful as on day one! It is also clearly enjoying the low level of light it is getting.
Stapelia flavopurpurea
Obtained 10/20/15
This guy is supposed to have yellow, starfish-shaped flowers. When stressed by the sun, this plant got a little more pink.
Stapelia scitula
Obtained 6/10/15
Size reference
This plant is not only a prolific bloomer, but it also continues to bloom for a long time especially in comparison to my hirsuta, which will often make only one or two flowers per season.
Stapelia hirsuta
Obtained 10/16/13. This plant, when in season, will often have many buds, but only one or two per season will actually bloom.
This os a picture from when I obtained the plant.
The flower buds are very large and puffy.
Here are the larvae of a fly looking for sustenance on one of the large stinky flowers!
Euphorbia anoplia
This guy had so many little babies in it when I got it on 9/9/15, so I repotted a few into different pots. When I took it out of it's original pot though, there were so many more new babies trying to grow up out of the soil! I'm certain this guy will be one of my more prolific growers if I can keep it happy!
Pictured here with a tiny little flower on 12/30/15.
Euphorbia cylindrifolia tuberiferia
My dad and I went to the local Succulent show in 2013. We each picked out a bizarre succulent. This guy really hasn't done a whole lot of growing since I got it a couple years ago, but it does bloom every year. It gets these tan to brown unobtrusive little flowers that are very easy to miss.
Grapetopetalum paraguayensis variegata
Obtained 10/20/15.
Shortly after bringing this plant home, the beautiful variegation was lost.
Crassula perforata
This String of Buttons doesn't look it's best, but it lends itself well to propagation through stem cuttings. I got this plant sometime during 2014.
Photo taken 1/8/15.
Photo taken 1/10/15.
Crassula ovata
Crassula ovata has many shapes and colors. I have three varieties including the common form, "Gollum", and a variegated variety.
Crassula ovata cutting with very stressed, red leaves. Picture taken 1/10/15.
"Gollum" obtained 8/2/13.
Crassula variegata obtained in 2015.
Cereus tetragonus
I have had a killed a couple of these beautiful cactus dubbed the "Fairy Castle Cactus" because of it's delicate branches that look like the spires of a tiny castle! My mom gave me the cuttings from her plant in 2015.
This cutting was taken in 2014.
This is another cutting from the same plant. It lives in direct sunlight. The colors are not as spectacular as before, and I wonder if it gets too much sun.
Photo taken March 2016
Anacampseros ruficens
I have had this plant since the summer of 2013. It doesn't lend itself to propagating well, and isn't a super fast grower. It gets bright purple and pink when stressed (as in the picture below.) Summer of 2015 this plant bloomed for me for the first time since I've had it.
Photo taken March 2016
Aloe x Gasteria hybrid
This guy is a prolific grower, sending out shoots to far ends of it's pot. I got this plant in 2013 from my dad.
Echeveria gibbiflora "Etna"
7/3/15 obtained
Here she is after overwintering indoors. Many of her lower leaves fell off and she became too leggy so I beheaded her! I left the stem and roots in another pot hoping I might get some babies from it. Here's to hoping the head will keep growing! Photo taken 19 February 2016
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