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Post by mickthecactus on Aug 27, 2010 12:20:38 GMT
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. Here's some more -
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 1, 2010 16:24:19 GMT
Lapidaria margaretae just coming into flower -
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 1, 2010 16:32:59 GMT
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?!
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 7, 2010 10:48:10 GMT
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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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 7, 2010 12:08:53 GMT
I'm very fond of Aloes - here are a few of the bigger ones - A. capitata v gneissicola - A. plicatilis A. ferox. This stays out all year round but is heavily wrapped up in winter.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2010 14:39:48 GMT
I think I saw some of those growing in the Tintin album "The Mysterious Island"
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 7, 2010 16:17:07 GMT
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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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 7, 2010 16:21:49 GMT
A. mutans? I must look that up then.
All those Aloes were originally from seed btw.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 7, 2010 16:25:45 GMT
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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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 8, 2010 23:28:21 GMT
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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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 9, 2010 8:00:30 GMT
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. Here it is -
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 11, 2010 19:05:37 GMT
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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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 15, 2010 23:30:27 GMT
*sings* Look what I got! Look what I got! www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_filifera.htmlA 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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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 20, 2010 12:48:52 GMT
That's a beauty Bixa. I have a couple of miniature filiferas. Must take some pictures.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2010 13:54:05 GMT
Okay, everything in nature has a purpose -- what are the threads for?
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Post by onlymark on Sept 20, 2010 15:55:07 GMT
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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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 20, 2010 16:01:08 GMT
Really?!!! I never knew that. Pretty amazing adaptation.
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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 24, 2010 16:09:48 GMT
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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Post by onlymark on Sept 24, 2010 16:13:40 GMT
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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Post by mickthecactus on Sept 24, 2010 16:15:36 GMT
Oh good grief.........
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 24, 2010 17:21:47 GMT
Why, WHY, do I fall for Mark's foolishness cleverness?!
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Post by onlymark on Sept 24, 2010 17:50:52 GMT
You've crossed out the wrong word Bixa.
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Post by tod2 on Oct 17, 2010 16:02:07 GMT
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!! www.sprig.co.za/2009/05/kudu-lily/My Kudu Lily
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 17, 2010 18:30:15 GMT
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Post by tod2 on Oct 18, 2010 4:23:38 GMT
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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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 18, 2010 4:51:57 GMT
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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Post by tod2 on Oct 18, 2010 8:13:14 GMT
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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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 18, 2010 12:46:20 GMT
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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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 18, 2010 14:56:40 GMT
Did it die from incorrect care? Maybe they loved it to death with watering.
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 18, 2010 16:00:21 GMT
Did it die from incorrect care? Maybe they loved it to death with watering. Yup. It was inevitable.............
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