Willow87

I wanted to post pictures of my Dragon fruit, Night-blooming cereus, and the Thanksgiving cactus fruit. Soon I will be able to pick it.

The Hollyberry Lady

Willow87

Thanks Sherry, maybe next year it may have a bloom

stevelau1911

My sempervivum seed mix is starting to germinate today, less than 1 week of planting them and I have some pretty high hopes for these guys. Many of my newly acquired cuttings from SMG succulents are also sending out chicks so by the end of this season I should have a pretty good collection.

I'll have an update on my blog about the sempervivums once the seedlings become distinguishable.

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Willow87

Congratulations Steve I've never grown a cactus or succulent from seed before. My Thanksgiving cactus maybe my first

The Hollyberry Lady

Willow87

That is gorgeous Sherry!

Jananas Bananas

Sherry I found the name for it - Senecio haworthii "Cocoon plant" - Google Search

I bought a few of these the other day:



Here's a few I am rooting:





~JaNan

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Jananas Bananas

The Hollyberry Lady

Willow87

Wow Janan those are beautiful! I got some Ice plant cuttings and some sedum cuttings today. I may take a pic of my hoya cutting tomorrow

Willow87

The Ice plant cutting flowered today. Its amazing because it hardly has any roots. My camera is messing up the color because its more vibrant than shown

Jananas Bananas

Here are a few I bought this past week:



















These I bought a few weeks ago. They had teeny little buds on them and I had no idea of the color. I bought them for their big bottoms! I am happy they are two different kinds of blossoms.











~JaNan

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Jananas Bananas

Willow87

Wow those are beautiful plants Janan. You are so lucky!

cherokee_greg

my latest additions
Christmas tree cactus


redheaded irishman cactus

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Willow87

That is so interesting Greg. I like the red growth. I took some pictures of my Queen of the Night and dragon fruit, its amazing how fast these 2 plants are growing.

orinoko

I got some of those plants Willow87,

They are a different name in Tenerife on the crazy golf course.

Cleaning them before wrapping.



All potted up and thriving.

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Willow87

Does your ice plants have red flowers? I cant believe mine flowered and dont even have much of a root system lol.

orinoko

Yes they do Cameron,

How did you guess? I think they just flower on any bitty piece to be honest. I even had them flowering in a pot under a Cycas.

On Tenerife they are on volcanic type soil, but have auto watering sysem running. They are in every corner of the Crazy Golf, hard to Imagine the spread.

How do you look after your Ice p-lants in winter?



Inside in winter last year.

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Willow87

I saw a faded bloom in your picture lol.I was having a hard time seeing the color in the picture so I was curious. I got my cuttings from a friend who has them in clay soil. Hers stayed outside all winter in the sleet and snow and in freezing temperatures. So its definitely hardy in my zone (8a) I read that its hardy to zone 5a so I may plant it in the ground.

orinoko

Ooooooh I could'nt risk it,

Last winter was extremely cruel where I live. We used to have no more than -1 at one time, last winter saw us with -13 in a sheltered backgarden. I even had icicles on a fleece bag.

Luckily I had the palm triple wrapped due to knowing what was coming. The hard Trachicarpus fortunei, forget. It it pulled at -13...I never wrapped it as it was supposed to be very hardy.

I never wrapped the English version of Cordyline (none tropical) was washing up in the kitchen and saw it in spring just lay down . So much for hardy.

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