delosperma & aizoaceae

[Great Moravian]

I was rather expecting a show more like this!

johnw - expecting 27c today

So you should move to Denver.

[Great Moravian]

In all honesty I am not keen on the colour combination of this one.

johnw - expecting 27c today

But my plant is certainly closer to the wild thing
http://www.ispot.org.za/node/221180?nav=parent_ob
And I dislike spectacular hybrids.

[johnw]

So you should move to Denver.

Not a chance I would spontaneously combust, I'm a fog and mist guy. 

I spoke to a friend in the Annapolis Valley of NS and he says 'Fire Spinner' flowers in one big display for him and no repeating.

johnw

[johnw]

I see there's a Delosperma called D. seanii-hoganii after the great plantsman Sean Hogan out in Portland.  Why on earth such a Latin name?  Even sean-hoganii or seanhoganii which would have been less ridiculous than that, why not the logical D. hoganii of which Sean might(?) approve.  Next will it be Narcissus ianii-bulbii-despotii-youngii?

johnw

[Great Moravian]

I see there's a Delosperma called D. seanii-hoganii after the great plantsman Sean Hogan out in Portland.  Why on earth such a Latin name?  Even sean-hoganii or seanhoganii which would have been less ridiculous than that, why not the logical D. hoganii of which Sean might(?) approve.  Next will it be Narcissus ianii-bulbii-despotii-youngii?

It might be ridiculous for an English speaker but not for me speaking an inflected language.
For me, and for any Latin speaker, sean-hoganii or seanhoganii are quite comical terms.
In my native language I say Seana Hogana in genitive, Sean Hogana is simply nonsense.
If you obtained classical education, you certainly encountered
Publi(i) Ovidi(i) Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV,
and not
Publius Ovidius Nasonis Metamorphoseon libri XV.
If there is Papaver corona-sancti-stephani, connecting two words together
is absolutely acceptable.

[fermi de Sousa]

Peter,
your Delosperma hybrids remind me of a few we bought on our visit to see Paul T in Canberra;
They are all called Delosperma cooperi
with gemstone names for the diffeent colours:
Moonstone, Garnet and Ruby!
There was also another one which was called Drosanthemum speciosum Kliprand
cheers
fermi

A rather poor pic of Delosperma cooperi 'Ruby', but an interesting range of seedlings has started to flower,
cheers
fermi

[Robert]

The Delosperma varieties with gemstone names are widely sold here in California. They are good plants for us. Xeric! and nice flowers too.

[johnw]

Still a few flowers on the Delos here.

johnw

[penstemon]

Some mesembs growing in the garden here. Plants flowered much earlier this year; pictures of plants without flowers were taken a few minutes ago.
Stomatium mustellinum, and the same plant in flower at night.
Ebracteola wilmaniae.

Bob

[penstemon]

Okay, so I don't know how to do attachments properly......

Neohenricia sibbettii (this was taken earlier this spring, before it was ripped out of the ground and mostly devoured, and then replanted.
Rabeia, probably difformis, with signs of nibbling

Bob

[penstemon]

More of the same.
Bergeranthus jamesii, in flower, at night.
Aloinopsis schooneesii, close up.

[johnw]

Keep them coming Bob, enjoying the variety immensely.  It was 2c here yesterday and spitting a bit of snow and yet the Delos previously posted were in flower.  300-400km north of here got 20-30cm of snow, even South Carolina got some.

johnw - +5c, +17c tomorrow

[penstemon]

It took me a while (meaning years) to realize that the trouble with the "squishies" I planted wasn't lack of winter hardiness, but edibility. Instead of being mush after a cold winter, the plants were simply gone. When I started finding plants pulled up by the roots, and then again the next day after I replanted them, I figured out what was going on.
They're so easy from seed that replacing them isn't a problem.

[penstemon]

Aloinopsis spathulata, and a hybrid ('Opera Mauve') of it and (I think) Nananthus wilmaniae, made by Bill Adams of Sunscapes Nursery in Pueblo, Colorado.
Pictures taken today.

[Maggi Young]

They're a good "blue", aren't they?