A few flowers

This time of year there are only a few plants blooming. In a month or 2 there will be Rhipsalis, Aloes and some early Mammillarias that will bloom. Clivias and citrus also bloom in the winter, but that truly is salad isn't it. Here are some photos from today.

Micranthus, always cute when they bloom.


Some Mammillarias from seed. These all come from the same fruit, but the characteristics vary wildly. I originally grew a dozen plants, then kept these 4 because of their diversity. The little one hasn't grown much, maybe it is time to separate them.


Crassula mucosa. This one has tiny blooms and they smell like decaying cloth. After bloom, they fall apart and even a tiny piece 1cm long will root and grow.


Mammillaria hahniana. This one blooms most of the year, with a bigger group of flowers in the spring.


Senecio bloom. Many succulent Senecios bloom in the winter, usually in yellow.


This is the bud on Aloe braanddraiensis.


Aloe afinis.


A. immaculata.


One more, one of my favorites, Aloe praetoriensis.


There are more, but this is more than enough.

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> There are more, but this is more than enough.

More than enough ? Certainly not !
Please keep going on ...

With the actual weather conditions, there are less ans less pictures here.
It would be interresting to see the flowers after the buds !

Manu

Hi Manu. Thanks. That first photo should be Micranthocereus densiflorus.
Yes, this time of year is a bit grey here too. As it is, I planted one of the Aloes a plein terre (sort of) in the greenhouse at the botanical gardens. I've donated several that they added to their collection. I volunteer there. Today I had the pleasure of cutting down 4 large Euphorbia trigonas, about 3.5 meters tall. There is one more left as a specimen.

This is common Crassula ovata in bud.


This is another Rhipsalis.

Good evening pete and cactholic,

I have also many flowers, but on "epiphitic" cactus...












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I think you have the same, pete.







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Epiphyllum ackermanii.





Schlumbergera: christmas cactus.


At home I have Christmas flowers ad three easter flowers.
But it is not the good season, for those!...

Pictures, tomorrow!...

jeanne60

P.S. In my garden I have 2°. And you pete, in Pennsylvania, what is the temperature, in your garden?

Yes, Jeanne, it is the time of the epiphytes. But it is also time for many Aloes to bloom, and many Crassulas also bloom now for me. Temps. here are mostly about +2C in the day and -4C at night. For us it has been a warm winter with little snow.

Crassula lactea. The flowers stink.


Aloe conifera.



My Rhipsalis something. There are 3 species in this pot.

I have also crassulas and some aloë in bloom.

One of my aloë is in bloom all aroud the year!

Merry Christmas, Pete!

Wow ... your collection is amazing Jeanne !
Do you have any seeds of this white blooming one?
I have a small flowering Mammillaria Prolifera .. (attached pic) ... if you are interested in exchanging some seeds :P
anyway ! ... it would be great to become friends
by the way ... I'm Danny .... and I'm kinda new here
I hope to hear from you guys !have a happy growing

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Peter is our John Keats , isn't he ?
A true poet !

Very nice peter and jeanne!!

Peter perhaps you could re-load the M. hahniana picture as it isn't visible on my PC.