I agree on great shots. Personally, I walk around with nail clippers and remove the spines where they can hurt people walking by....

Fabulous idea!

Yes, great idea using clippers; I use scissors and notice that the barb can shoot across the room and hit an un-suspecting husband...

Clippers in one hand and cupped by the other hand Bev!!!!! Scold, scold, scold........... hmmmfffffffuh.


You know I'm laughing with ya'!!!

Those spines do look dangerous! Just got an order from Santa Rosa Gardens today and I think tarev was right about my vining plant being a Sedum sieboldii. I forgot I had ordered one from Santa Rosa and it sure does look the same. Label says it's only hardy to zone 6. Not sure why I ordered it. Guess that will be another one to bring in overwinter. I may just have to move out and give all the house over to the plants.

DavidofDeLand said:Clippers in one hand and cupped by the other hand Bev!!!!! Scold, scold, scold........... hmmmfffffffuh.

Bev,
Poor Hubby.

Planto

Goodbye to my Pachypodium saundersii....me failed...

Aw shucks, tarev.

Well, yesterday
In the morning was cloudy. But later was alternate sun and clouds and more sun in afternoon. Only one flower was open:

Two others flowers bud tried to open but failed. Was not enough sunny.

Visitors

But I did not notice and bees But I was not all the time there.

Edit: I forgot to say, I counted 59 buds on this plant.

Justin so glad you like to share your photos! They are lovely!

Wow, 59? You have some happy plants there!

Planto

You are welcome Greg. I like to take photos. I wish to have more time for this
Yesterday, Mammillaria zeilmaniana continues to bloom ( I Don't know if it's the same plant as above. I have two plants. But both continuous bloom.)

and start one Gymnocalycium mihanovichii


Yes Planto it is a happy plant, just I think it is a little too much for it and probably will not have the power to open well all the flowers bud.
But no matter, it's in the first flowering.
Last year in April was just a little pad, around 1 - 1.5 inch. I think it's exactly a year since I put it to root. I am sure this was around 25 April, 2013. But it grew very fast. To July 31, 2013 it was so

(I think I don't have a photo more from it's beginning.)
And this is a flower of her mother, taken exactly on 21 April, 2013 :

Wow Justin. Great shots of beautiful flowers. Makes me appreciate cactus in a whole new way.

Justin,
Even if it only opens half of those flowers, you'll still have quite the show.

Planto

Love love love all the blooms Justin!

Four little ones went home with me today: having said goodbye to my Pachy, have to get something else easier to grow here.
Graptosedum Vera Higgins


Graptoveria Debbie


Echeveria derenbergii


Echeveria Sleepy

Way to go Tarev!!

Nice ones, tarev.

I love all these pictures! I have a major soft spot for succulents and cacti. These are mine, sorry, I don't have any real names.

I'll try to get a picture of my 2 cacti. I purchased them at Lowes, or Home Depot sometime before moving to NY, so 4-5 years ago. They have been great growers for me. I recently had to repot them because they were getting too tall and too top heavy. I have not been able to get them to bloom yet.


This is my itty bitty Jade plant that I picked up at the local farm market / nursery a few weeks ago.