Little A. lophantha 'Splendid'.




Manfreda (xAgave) 'Macho Mocha'





Can't find the pictures of A. parryi and A. colorata so back with those later. In the meantime, something else ...



Aloe hybrid 'Christmas Carol'

That's a lovely Aloe! I also have that Manfreda but it was in shade and has lost all its speckles. I have just put it back in full sun so hopefully it will remedy itself.

'Macho Mocha' is another one I'm a zone pusher with here. But it has done fine. Sometimes I think I worry too much. However, as sure as I forget to check on one, wham, bad weather hits and it's damaged. I just hate that.

Hello to all! Just sharing my collection of succulents. Some of you may have seen them in the other forums, now it has its proper forum On the good side by this time, I think I have their names as well
Aeonium Arboreum


Same Aeonium during springtime 2010


Anacampseros

Anacampseros in bloom - usually I notice them in bloom when it hits 90F and higher outdoors:


Austropuntia cylindrica cristata


Crassula Ovata gollum


Jade plant in bloom


Crassula perforata


Crassula perforata in bloom


Echevaria Paul Bunyan -photo taken on Feb 2011


Same Echevaria Paul Bunyan photo taken on June 2011


Austrocylindropuntia subulata - commonly called as Eve's needle or Eve's pin


Haworthia limifolia


A sneaky Haworthia snaking under the clay pot:


Haworthia reindwardtii


More to follow

Fabulous pictures and if you're ever needing to trim that Aeonium.....or that Austropuntia..... just sayin'....

I will keep you in mind Hetty

Okay here are some more photos:

I know the taller darker ones are also aeonium, not sure if the bigger one is also called an aeonium. That bigger one was given to me 3 years ago, physically uprooted by my friend in her garden coz it is growing so fast and huge.


I do not know her name, but it is cute:


These ones, my friends are scared of it, to them it seems like plants with fangs:




So this one, seems to belong either to a gasteria or haworthia...anyone knows?


Gasteria armstrongii

Gasteria armstrongii blooms


Senecio rowleyanus - String of beads


Sedum morgianum - Sedum burrito



With her flowers:


Kalanchoe tomentosa - panda plant

They are awesome tarev. The Aeonium is spectacular.

We cross posted tarev. How do you overwinter all those succulents? They are all beauties for sure.
How long did it take for your Sedum morgianum to get that big. And how do you keep it from breaking?

I just leave my succulents outdoors all year long. My area has mild winters, so no snow. However, I do notice our weather pattern is changing a lot..so far, keeping fingers crossed every winter, that these lovely succulents will fight on and come back as soon as spring and drier season comes about. I almost lost the Austropuntia cylindrica cristata last time, but I think it is now much acclimated. I almost killed a Sanseveira too, but have finally been able to re-pot, and is coming back slowly. There was much rains last winter. I really have to make sure the soil drains very well, otherwise these succulents will go soggy.

I got the Sedum morgianum from my aunt in 2008, so 4 years? It is hard to keep them from breaking!!! String of beads holds better than this burritos...before I felt so apprehensive when burritos fall off, but it just comes back pretty easy, each fallen burrito is a new plant in the making

Could be Gasteria batesiana.

The plant with the "fangs" is a Faucaria, maybe F. tuberculosa but I can't tell.

Echeveria could be 'Blue Curls' or perhaps 'Curly Locks'.

Hi there Tee! Thanks for the ID for the F. tuberculosa! Looks right on!

Often we are used to seeing succulent leaves, this time the succulent stems:

This is my Beucarnea recurvata - commonly called as ponytail palm, elephant foot palm, bottle tree palm. But is not a palm, more closely related to a Yucca.

I grow this one indoors near a south facing window, very low maintenance. I know I can take it outside during summer, but I decided to just keep it indoors, it is thriving happily anyways.


A closer look:


My next favorite is the Desert Rose or Adenium Obesum. This one I got 2 years ago from a local walmart store, a noid desert rose. Have been trying to read a lot about its culture, so far I really have to keep this indoors during winter together with my plumeria, both being deciduous during winter, but makes a good comeback as soon as weather becomes warmer. Very lovely blooms.

Desert rose indoors during winter

Desert rose with her leaves and flowers



I am still on a steep learning curve growing a plumeria. So far I have killed one oops! Now left with one, but I do hope I can also learn to grow it properly like my desert rose and ponytail palm
This is my one and only struggling plumeria:

Tarev, that plumeria likes a bit more water than your succulents; that plant looks dehydrated IMO.

Hi Hetty, yeah, it does look dehydrated eh? I am just so confused with this one..the leaves did not open up a lot, and it still tries to flower too..just waiting for this one to go dormant. As it is we are starting to have cooler nights low 50's..but still goes up to low 70's during daytime....so I only water it 2 a week.

Tarev what are your winter temps like? Do you get into freezing temps?

I'm wondering if it has roots at all... it's what they look like when they are rooting. I would uproot it if it were me.

Our winter temp hovers between 40 and 50 but there are some occasions too when it will go down to 38, but just for a night or two. It is when it starts to rain that it is more bothersome, cold and wet not good for the succulents, so drainage has to be really good. I have no space to bring in all my little ones, heheh, the containers are heavy :-)

Hmm..as for the plumeria, Hetty, am too chicken to uproot it right now,just because there is still one flower trying to come out and bloom, all the other buds went blast, but there is one trying to come out. Maybe after this little one goes downhill as well, I will uproot it and just force it into dormancy indoors to save it.

I understand your desire to see the blooms, but I am willing to bet it has no or very few roots.

I have this succulent which I know belongs to Senecio but not sure which type. Recently it is showing a nice flower:

The entire plant:


A bloom coming out: photo taken on: 25Oct2011


And the bloom opens: 28Oct2011


Anyone knows which Senecio this is? Not sure if it is Senecio articulatus.

I wish I knew. Pretty!