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Re: Cacti and Succulents
« Reply #60 on Aug 27, 2010, 12:20pm »		[Quote]
In oder of picture -

Haworthia limifolia variegate
Haworthia nigra
Haworthia reinwardtii f. olivacea (mine)
Aloe plicatilis (mine)
Aloe erinacea (wish it was mine - it's one of the most perfect plants I have seen)
Various Haworthias.

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« Reply #61 on Sept 1, 2010, 4:24pm »		[Quote]
Lapidaria margaretae just coming into flower -

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« Reply #62 on Sept 1, 2010, 4:32pm »		[Quote]
Aaaahhhhggghh ~~ you have GOT to stop posting pictures of the things for which I most yearn!

I would kill for that Adenium, with its quilty leaves and excellent form.

I adore the darling lithops on the right. And the pale, blooming beauty makes me reconsider what I always say about succulents -- that they're so great on their own, who cares if they bloom or not.

Isn't "Lapidaria margaretae" an argument all in itself for using Latin binomials?! :D
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« Reply #63 on Sept 7, 2010, 10:48am »		[Quote]
I'd kill for the second one down - Dorstenia gigas.

Lapidaria is a wonderful name - describes it perfectly. Incidentally about another 4 buds have opened now so it's coveerd in bloom. I've won a few prizes with this - you don't often get it to this size.
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Re: Cacti and Succulents
« Reply #64 on Sept 7, 2010, 12:08pm »		[Quote]
I'm very fond of Aloes - here are a few of the bigger ones -

A. capitata v gneissicola -

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A. plicatilis

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A. ferox. This stays out all year round but is heavily wrapped up in winter.

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« Reply #65 on Sept 7, 2010, 2:39pm »		[Quote]
I think I saw some of those growing in the Tintin album "The Mysterious Island"
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« Reply #66 on Sept 7, 2010, 4:17pm »		[Quote]
Ahh -- that beauty I called an Adenium is a Dorsteria? Thanks for that.

Your aloes are wonderful. I've yearned over pictures of A. plicatilis, but have never seen it around here. Keep a look-out for A. mutans, which develops into a really handsome plant.
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« Reply #67 on Sept 7, 2010, 4:21pm »		[Quote]
A. mutans? I must look that up then.

All those Aloes were originally from seed btw.
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« Reply #68 on Sept 7, 2010, 4:25pm »		[Quote]
Mutans seems to be synonymous with greatheadii and davyana both of which I have although not of any great size yet.
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« Reply #69 on Sept 8, 2010, 11:28pm »		[Quote]
You'll love it, with its dark green, well-displayed leaves and the very definite "painted" marks on them.

Gosh, Mick -- it's too bad you don't live closer. I could give you a ton of Agave potatorum (aka A. isthmensis) -- the little cutie on the right in the 4th pic of #60. It's a native of this state and has reproduced like mad.

And speaking of agave, this isn't one, but it's Echeveria agavoides, another plant happy to offset.
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« Reply #70 on Sept 9, 2010, 8:00am »		[Quote]
I don't grow many Echeverias but agavoides is very handsome. There is a cloen around with heavily red tipped leaves which is very handsome.

Do you grow E. lauii? A mexican native.

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« Reply #71 on Sept 11, 2010, 7:05pm »		[Quote]
Mick, if you look at my picture closely, you'll see the remnants of red tint on the leaves. It's most dramatic when in full sun. That is the western exposure on my porch, but those poor plants haven't seen extended full sun for so long, they've forgotten what it is. There is sun in that photo, but it was weak and brief.

I've yearned after E. lauii in books, but have never seen it growing nor for sale around here.
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« Reply #72 on Sept 15, 2010, 11:30pm »		[Quote]
*sings* Look what I got! Look what I got!

http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_filifera.html

A friend of mine got this for me a couple of weeks ago, but I just got it today. I was thrilled, as it so closely resembles A. Victorias-reginae, an agave I love.

The picture in the link above has yucky coloring, but shows the markings nicely.

The color is more like this:
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« Reply #73 on Sept 20, 2010, 12:48pm »		[Quote]
That's a beauty Bixa. I have a couple of miniature filiferas. Must take some pictures.
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« Reply #74 on Sept 20, 2010, 1:54pm »		[Quote]
Okay, everything in nature has a purpose -- what are the threads for?
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« Reply #75 on Sept 20, 2010, 3:55pm »		[Quote]
They detect the wind direction as the plant is able to turn somewhat on it's roots. When there is a cold wind it turns a little away from it to protect the soft parts and the seeds.
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« Reply #76 on Sept 20, 2010, 4:01pm »		[Quote]
Really?!!! I never knew that. Pretty amazing adaptation.
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« Reply #77 on Sept 24, 2010, 4:09pm »		[Quote]

Sept 20, 2010, 3:55pm, onlymark wrote:
They detect the wind direction as the plant is able to turn somewhat on it's roots. When there is a cold wind it turns a little away from it to protect the soft parts and the seeds.


That's a new one on me Mark. As the seeds are about 6 feet up it sounds a little tricky........ ;D
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« Reply #78 on Sept 24, 2010, 4:13pm »		[Quote]
Tricky, yes but not impossible, especially if your bear in mind that the higher you go the more windy it is.
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« Reply #79 on Sept 24, 2010, 4:15pm »		[Quote]
Oh good grief.........
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« Reply #80 on Sept 24, 2010, 5:21pm »		[Quote]
[image] Why, WHY, do I fall for Mark's foolishness cleverness?!
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« Reply #81 on Sept 24, 2010, 5:50pm »		[Quote]
You've crossed out the wrong word Bixa.
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« Reply #82 on Oct 17, 2010, 4:02pm »		[Quote]
This is what I am waiting to see appear on my Kudu Lily! At first glance the flowers almost look like an orchid with their frilly-like petals twisted in a circular shape. I bought mine at the Skukuza Nursery last time we went to the Kruger National Park. So far it's doing well, but no blooms!! :(
http://www.sprig.co.za/2009/05/kudu-lily/

My Kudu Lily
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« Reply #83 on Oct 17, 2010, 6:30pm »		[Quote]
What a beauty that is, Tod! I've been trying to identify it. Probably Mick will be able to pinpoint exactly what it is.
Here's a good page on various Adenia: http://www.miles2go.com/suc1.htm & from the same site, the page on Pachpodia: http://www.miles2go.com/suc1.htm Click on the names to see the pictures.

Image galleries: http://adenium.tucsoncactus.org/species.html
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« Reply #84 on Oct 18, 2010, 4:23am »		[Quote]
Bixa - On the link I gave there is a message board and on it I see someone has given The Kudu Lily this botanical Latin name:
The Kudu lily is the: Pachypodium Saundersii

I am trying to get some good pics of my Namibian trees - Kokerboom or Quiver tree. I bought three tiny little plants but now they are ready to be put in a permanent position.
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« Reply #85 on Oct 18, 2010, 4:51am »		[Quote]
Thanks so much, Tod. I actually read down the comments earlier & completely missed seeing that.

I looked up the kokerboom and was amazed to find that it's an aloe.

Wonder what all our gardens would look like if the African plants were suddenly subtracted from them.
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« Reply #86 on Oct 18, 2010, 8:13am »		[Quote]
Yes, that would be interesting! I also have an Impala Lily which is even more slow growing than the Kudu Lily....Has the beautiful bright pink flowers - neither have bloomed in 2 years!! I should be grateful that they haven't rotted away in the different soil here :)
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« Reply #87 on Oct 18, 2010, 12:46pm »		[Quote]
If only I had the weather for a Pachypodium like that...

I managed to get A. dichotoma to about 10' some years ago but by then it was too big for me to keep through winter. I gave it to friends who had an enormous house but within a year it was dead........
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« Reply #88 on Oct 18, 2010, 2:56pm »		[Quote]
:(

Did it die from incorrect care? Maybe they loved it to death with watering.
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« Reply #89 on Oct 18, 2010, 4:00pm »		[Quote]

Oct 18, 2010, 2:56pm, bixaorellana wrote:
:(

Did it die from incorrect care? Maybe they loved it to death with watering.


Yup.

It was inevitable............. :(
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