Its Tarev's fault this time! I just joined along!

Glad to have company

Greg,you have an Epi in the background of one of your picture's.Do you know what it's name is? I have one that is very similar and i would love to have even a maybe on it's name!!

Arif,you had a picture of what looked like a very pretty pink (semp) it was multiplying do you know it's name?? I would love to see if i could find it.I have the fever it's spring pre-order time.

Hi JoJoe, that plant is a bunch of cuttings that are doing so well! I was told that its Epiphyllum oxypetalum and googling that gets me photos that look like what I have...beyond that I have no idea! Hope that helps! I do like the one you have too! Its funny that you noticed it in the other photo, I thought I'd cut it all out of the photo good eye!

Top left photo looks to be one of the graptopetalum, maybe Graptopetalum superbum
http://www.sedumphotos.net/v/s...
Second photo, top right looks to be another graptopetalum. There are so many interspecies crosses now that it can be difficult to tell.
http://www.sedumphotos.net/v/s...
Lynn
Regards,
Arif.

I'm hoping the worst of winter is over here. The succulent bed was fine till we saw 22 degrees at the end of December and here are the results. Some made me scratch my head in wonder.

An unknown Aloe... I love the color the cold gave this little guy.




This same aloe likes the bed in general as it has sent out sucker growth.



Autumn Joy ~ my one and only Sedum.

This is Manfreda virginica which is native and I wasn't worried about it. Just always exciting to see new growth next to the old flower stalks.

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The white foxtail Agave has more of a yellow tint (than the blue that it started with) but the only damage it shows probably came from a couple of boy kitties that we took on.




The tender tips of this big Aloe suffered serious frostbite. This is the only serious frost damage.



Its' sheltered baby shows no damage.

Sitting right next to the damaged Aloe is a medicinal Aloe that was unmolested by the cold. If I had to guess, this Aloe would have been far more tender but no....



The Provence lavender has survived a full season in this dry, hot bed but is nothing to write home about and I still haven't learned how to inspire the Hesperaloe to offer blooms. Always looking for suggestions...

This Aloe was tossed on the compost as it suffered serious scale. I had treated it but didn't want it to spread.
I spotted it the other day, still green and not too badly damaged from the cold. It has taken root and look at the three new bloom spikes.

Great photos and stories Kristi! Love that last little guy!! Survival stories always get to me!

Thanks much, Greg. I was more than interested to find out how tough these succulents are. I'm thinking the big winner was the Partridge Breast Aloe. As always, I appreciate your comments. Kristi

I think my winter is harsher and so is the summer but these succulents do quite well outside in the cold plus as the leaves drop, keep propagating.
Regards,
Arif.

Kristi, also each winter can be different, I had a kalanchoe that lived one full year outdoors, but then we had an especially cold winter and it died, leaving no babies...although I didn't cover it or do anything with it to try to save it, so I think it could have lived if I'd taken precautions.
Arif, your winters are colder there, even though you're in Zone 9, odd thing! And definately warmer in summer than me, Seattle stays mild in summer, no humidity, unless in the form of light misty rain, and rarely into the 90's F - so many perennials do great here!!

Arif ~ that is good to know that succulents are quite durable. It is also interesting to hear how different plants do in different climates, not just here but around the world. Thank you for sharing those experiences.

Greg ~ I appreciate the thought that each season will indeed be different and not to expect the same results. On the other hand, I have only put spare succulents in this bed. I have another of the tender succulents in the greenhouse. In this manner these can be sacrificial.

We don't normally have humidity, if we had my choice of plants would have been tropical. Humidity we have in July, Aug and maybe a bit of September. Then we have humidity during fog in winters. About four months of the year rest is dry, arid humidity about 17%. We have cold and and cool weather for about four months. Four months of the year we bake at above 40c. Two months before and two months after Monsoons. Winters are colder due to the hills(anything lower then 10000feet is considered a hill) and mountains which are covered in snow.
It is raining today and from 22c it has fallen to 12c. The earth has cooled suddenly and created a low pressure area into which the cold air from the mountains is rushing in. By midnight it will be 4c.
It is the presence of the mountains which modifies and confuses. Even during the Monsoons it can dramatically become colder.
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Regards,
Arif.

I can understand the term "bake at 40c". In summer this zone endures much time in that temperature zone and during that time, our humidity is very high. It does make excellent tropical plant conditions.

This winter our low was -5c (22f) and sometimes we see lower temperatures. On rare occasion it will stay below freezing for up to a week. No longer tropical conditions for my plants.

I am fortunate to have a greenhouse to store them in proper conditions but the plants and I look forward to the heat so I can move them outdoors again. That takes a lot of effort but I enjoy my plants as you do. I've seen your lovely collections on other threads.

We also often see similar wild temperature swings. It will be hot and humid in the morning and frosty by evening but I don't have the pleasure of hills or mountains here as you do.

I know we have some similarities but you have an advantage where humidity is concerned. You have it year round while we do not. So except for certain plants the rest is common but why blame the climate. The gardener should himself create the climate required. I shifted three years back into a house just vacated by builders littered with rubble. In those three years my gardens micro climate has evolved and this (4th) season I am considering Ferns and other humidity lovers. Giving the Devil his due my exposure on ATP has also increased leading to an increase in knowledge, thinking along new lines. What I had considered not possible seems to be doable now learning from mistakes of others and just not mistakes, even experiences of others then incorporating them with my own.
Vast unexplored avenues but they all require time .
Regards,
Arif.

KAMasud said:I think my winter is harsher and so is the summer but these succulents do quite well outside in the cold plus as the leaves drop, keep propagating.
Regards,
Arif.

Hello Arif,I have learned along with some other people to always keep propagating succulents.The plant i had it's a noid,

My grandson who was 19mths old plucked every leaf off of this plant. I was lucky that he actually done this without damaging any leaves.Now i have between 18-20 of these noids. I will hopefully have nice healthy plants to be able to gift & trade!! wish i knew what it is.In the summer it gets pink & after so much time in the sun it starts to get dots or spots,starting at the tips.

Propagate, it's a great way to be able to share with your friends as well!!!

Have a nice day, i hope the weather is better than mine for some of you.It's been raining all night & not showing signs of stopping until tomorrow night.My inside/outside temp & humidity dodad says it's 43*F/99% humidity. Hardy succulents outside seem good, the humidity in my house is 35% and the succulent's inside don't seem to mind it.Don't know what difference in the humidity cold hardy and tender succulents like.

AGAIN HAVE A LOVELY DAY OR A NICE EVENING DEPENDING WHERE YOU ARE !