"Fat Plants" : cacti,succulents, caudiciforms, whatever..

[johnw]

Wow Leon, they even look like Conophytums at this early stage!

johnw

[Leon]

Wow Leon, they even look like Conophytums at this early stage!

johnw

John, Yes.  I noticed that also.  Conophytum is one of many genera that I have not had the opportunity to study.  I wonder if this is a very primitive plant type.  It looks like the cotyledons might persist to become the body of the plant.  The seed pack I received is a mix of various species within the genus.  I will watch these closely as they grow to see how the plants develop. 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Today in flower : Cerochlamys pachyphylla . 

[ranunculus]

Superb, Kris.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thanks Cliff ! It is growing in the "Little Karoo " in South Africa .  (and in Rumst to    )
Cerochlamys = from the Greek "Kero  " meaning wax and "chlamys" meaning cloak .The name refers to the waxy coating of the leaves ....
Cerochlamys has only one species ....

[krisderaeymaeker]

Another one that is nearly in flower : Argyroderma .

[ruweiss]

Some pictures from the Wilhelma at Stuttgart

[krisderaeymaeker]

Some pictures from the Wilhelma at Stuttgart

Some grown up species Rudi . Very nice to see. Remind me to my first years of growing cacti and succulents when we visit a lot of those collections and gardens ...

[krisderaeymaeker]

A very wooly little thing ....Mammillaria plumosa ....should be flowering now , but is not reliable here  in flowering.

[ruweiss]

Kris, thank you for your reply. The Wilhelma collecton of succulent plants has grown
from year to year and is in an excellent condition. We are glad to have such a fine
place near to us.

[Leon]

A very wooly little thing ....Mammillaria plumosa ....should be flowering now , but is not reliable here  in flowering.

Kris,

Mammillaria plumosa has not flowered for me either.  My plant appears about the same overall mass as yours but with fewer divisions.  I am not sure what it wants me to do for it.  It does look nice and rather unusual even without bloom. 

Leon

[cohan]

Kris- that Mammillaria is very plumose indeed!
I still keep meaning to get some cono seed, but never seem to get seed ordered in fall... I wonder if I would have any luck sowing them in early spring? I know my Eriospermum is okay growing most of the summer here, only taking a break of around 1 month/6 weeks..

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris- that Mammillaria is very plumose indeed!
I still keep meaning to get some cono seed, but never seem to get seed ordered in fall... I wonder if I would have any luck sowing them in early spring? I know my Eriospermum is okay growing most of the summer here, only taking a break of around 1 month/6 weeks..

Hi Cohan . It is in my opinion no problem to sow them in (early )spring .My period of sowing (many years ago) was always  end january /beginning of february. The only thing : they need a long (first)growing season , they must be big enough to survive there first winter. (less moisture and less light .....) 

[K-D Keller]

Cacti season starts.

First is Pediocactus simpsonii.
The Kalanchoes are beautiful weeds in all pots. Growing from adventitious plantlets on the leaves, even in wet pots of carnivorus plants.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Cacti season starts.
First is Pediocactus simpsonii.
The Kalanchoes are beautiful weeds in all pots. Growing from adventitious plantlets on the leaves, even in wet pots of carnivorus plants.

Great Pediocactus K-D. Very  nice flowers . Do you grow this on his own roots ?
(and unheated ?)