I love Brugs!!

This Epi noid was open this morning and pretty much done by late afternoon. This one was almost 10 inches across, huge!! My pictures don't do justice to this beauty.

Dang, that's a big flower.

Too bad they are so short-lived!

And you say my Schomburgkias are space hogs.

Jim

Well, mine certainly are! They get huge!

But the Epiphyllums don't count because they just go into the garage over the Winter.

The larger Adenium obesum starts blooming with gusto this season:


Adenium multiflorum 'Mombassa' also blooms right now. This one is a nice and compact plant


Pachipodium brevicaule sports some late blooms


Pachypodium saundersii


Uncarina roeoesliana has some pretty yellow blooms amongst the new velvety leaves

Uncarina roeoesliana is outstanding looking, Ursula. Normal Caudiciform culture?

Very nice plants! P. brevicaule is supposed to be very hard to grow on their own roots, but you seem to have no problem!

Ming Aralia


Mandevilla Sun Parasol Giant Crimson


Potato Vine


Silver Squill


Gryphon and Looking Glass Begonias


Begonia Daisy


Elm Leaf and Griffen Begonias


Looking Glass and Lana and Fuschia Begonias

Ted, beautiful, I love the Begonias. Lovely Potato Vine!

Regarding the Uncarina, yes, similar to Pachypodiums. I water more sparingly in Winter and right now it gets flooded daily. I should probably cut the longish stem one of these days.

Thanks Susan, I find I don't have a problem rotting out Pachypodiums unless they get really old and I repot at the wrong time of year. Lost a huge Pachypodium laelii some years ago that way. Meaning in a wet Summer the soil needs to be totally free draining or the plant so pot pound, that there is no soil left.

The Pachy's are gorgeous, Ursula. Ted, wonderful begonias! I have Looking Glass, too. You really captured the silvery leaves well. They always look sort of grey and blah in my pictures.
This is one of my other favorites, B. Sophie Cecile.

Thanks, Elaine.
Love the foliage!

Like the pattern Elaine.
Here is B. Lana. Really decided to bloom right now Very nice.


Brug Charles Grimaldi just exploded the past few day. It is in a pot, that now has to be solid root. I'm sure the main is through the drain hole. This is the second summer we have had it. Never had so many at one time before. The scent in the evening is unbelievable

Oo, I really like Lana, Ted. The nice jaggedy leaves and lots of flowers, too! My Sophie Cecile really doesn't bloom much.

Charles Grimaldi is a beauty!!

I like Schick hybrids, they are small and don't take up much room and the blooms are relatively large and gorgeous.
Schick Embraceable You

and Schick Nocturne looking pretty


Euphorbia tortirama ( I think) is always flowering in Summer


And the Adenium obesum is still going crazy

they are all wonderful! I've often thought about getting some Schick.

Go for it Susan!

Wow, the desert rose is in such a small pot, if I had it, it would be blowing over all the time! Must have lots of goodies stored up in its caudex, right?

Just beautiful!

Hmm, I think I may have to pot this one up a bit. It does look small for the plant, doesn't it? I am always worried about these Caudiciforms staying wet for too long if the pot is too large....
It is putting on a good show every Summer!