Stush once they're larger show us some photos please! Sounds pretty!

Greg, what kind of fern IS that! I've never seen anything like it. It's lovely.

Stush, I love the Carralluma...I have one, don't know the species. Very cute little flower.

Like the ferns, Greg. And I'm wishing Kokopelli would show up already and there hasn't been much winter yet.

I could never chose just one as my favorite they are all my babies
My main categories are caudiciforms, aloes, jades, haworthia truncatas,and mesembs.

My favorites in each category are aloes (Aloe ramosissima X dichotoma, Aloe polyphylla), caudiciforms (Pachypodium brevicaule), jades (Crassula arborescens undulatifolia), haworthia truncatas (haworthia truncata lime green) and mesembs (Titanopsis)

I know every few years my taste changes. After Sansevieria is Asclepiads and before them was philos so who knows where my interest will go to. Also some where inbetween them was Euphorbias. My friend is getting me into Echevierias and may renew my love for Semps.
Here's a few Carralluma that I got my eye on.






Kate if you got a picture of it when in bloom? can you show us. Some have flower heads some just has a few.
Stush
PS I also had a very great Christmas eve last night. All of family was over.

Kate my fern is an asparagus plumosa (or "Plumosa Fern") Asparagus Fern (Asparagus setaceus)
in the stores or nurseries they are small so look different...this one is at least 35 years old, and tied up, which to me could be how these ferns grow in the wild (if they're from tropical regions, they could be partially epiphytic don't have any idea but it seems likely, given all the ferns one sees growing on the trees in the rain forests!!)

Stush we crossed posted - Wow those are some amazing plants!! Such interesting bloom colors!
Glad you had a good CMas Eve!
Donald - thanks for noticing Kokopelli, forgot that thing was even sitting there!

Ah my favorite...has to be favorites...plural sense for me...since some do nicely in summer and some are just more fantastic in winter. For summer my favorite are my Adeniums, now for winter..Aeoniums and Crassulas.

Here's a pic of the Caralluma piaranthoides (a piece that fell off when I was taking it home ). At least that's what I think it is...that's how it was labeled at Tropiflora (the nursery where I found it). Though I read that many Carallumas are being reclassified as Pachycymbium.

Kate,
Since I own one, I believe your plant to be Orbea schweinfurthii. Flowers that smell like oranges. Well maybe then rotted oranges. Sorry I can't find pictures of the one mine came from. Mine is just small like yours pictured.
Stush

Ah! It doesn't really look like the images I found online of what the tag said...so the Orbea makes sense! Thank you. And rotted oranges is a very accurate description! My son gets a great kick out of sniffing them and saying EWWWW over and over again. :D

Kate that's funny (regarding your son) sounds very cute!!

He's a ham, for sure!

Stush, I meant to ask, what species Caralluma is that?? I have never seen a bloom like that before!

Here's the link I got it from;
https://www.google.com/search?...
It is Caralluma russeliana which has a black flower head. It also show different colors due to validity of seeds.