What did you order John.

One of each of the Orostchys.

Spam time a bad photo of a nice seedling!

Oh my, that is a beautiful daylily John.

I will place another order with them some time this summer.

Yes that is a keeper, this was the second year it's bloomed and even on a hot day that one will look like that at 9:00 tonight.

Another, this is an F1 cross of a species. Very vigorous, nice color I will use it in breeding.

Lovely John.

It is hard to believe these plants grew from the tiny dormant/dead looking plants that came in the mail last May. What amazing plants these are.
Orostachy aggregatus 9 12 2011


Orostachy fimbriatus Soochow China 7 22 2011


Orostachy iwarenge 10 8 2011


Orostachy spinosus Semipalatinsk, Kazachstan 8 25 2011

Very nice!

The aggregatus and iwarenge are quite interesting when they go into dormancy. All the stems disappear and all that is left is nothing. Well, at least that's what it looks like. I though I lost both plants over winter. Just last week I noticed what looked like tiny green bits of soil, it looked like moss starting up in the pot. Low and behold it is a bazillion little orostachy plants coming out of dormancy. No stems, no roots, just very tiny little green balls.
I should go out and take a photo.

Did they flower and seed for you?

The iwarenge bloomed, not sure if it had time to mature seed. I didn't look.
Wonder if that is why it looks like there are a bazzillion of them?

That's what I was wondering.

I just checked on them. It is raining cats and dogs right now. But I did notice that the dead bloom stalks are hanging over the edges of the container.
Hmmmm, guess I'll have to be extra careful about weeding in that area.