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

[meanie]

Not as posh as you guys but my Echeveria pulvinata is back in bloom.............


I bought it into the house as the "hairy" leaves are a total moisture trap. It has a scrambling shrubby habit and the main stem on my four year old plant is close to what I would call woody now............

[Chris Johnson]

Great photos and a nice 'unkempt' habit.

[meanie]

Thanks Chris.
What makes this plant truly unruly is the fact that it is the only Echeveria I've had that has self seeded itself - three years ago my Pleione bowl was infested with seedlings from it 

[FrazerHenderson]

At the recent Edinburgh Show there were two cacti entered - Rebutia hoffmannii and R. perplexa.
There was some debate on the hardiness of perplexa. I thought it was hardy to -4 C after all it  grows at 2500-3000m in Bolivia. Damp winters in UK/Holland kill it outside but dry cold not generally a problem.  Anyway grateful for details on hardiness and whether the plant can be considered to be hardy.

[Johan K.]

Mammillaria bombycina fa

Mammillaria sp.

Cleistocactus straussii

[Johan K.]

Echinofossulocactus species.

[Johan K.]

Echinocereus coccineus aggregatus

Echinocereus coccineus ssp rosei

Echinocereus triglochidiatus

Echinocereus viridiflorus

[Pauli]

Today in my unheates greenhouse:
view
Gym neuhuberi
Ec?
Ec adustus roemeri (with one flower of Esc. minima in ther background)

[Pauli]

Another set from today:
Gym andreae ?
Pterocacti
Austrocactus
Ec roemeri
Ec x rortteri

[Maggi Young]

National Show Catalogue and entry form for British Cactus & Succulent Society  show now available on-line  http://society.bcss.org.uk/index.php/national-show.html

Show 20th August 2016

[johnw]

Cotyledon undulata

Had this tender succulent many times over the years and it never flowered or grew much for that matter.  Particularly pleased to see these large pendulous bells this week.  Now only if the Blandfordia would follow suit.

john

[ruweiss]

An unpleasant smell and many flies welcomed me yesterday in the Alpine House - Stapelia gigantea was in flower.
I like all the Astrophytum species for their beauty and reliable flowering.
Something happens with my Mammillaria, maybe the experts have more experience with this change of growth?

[johnw]

Leuchtenbergia principis, flowering seems to be an annual event these days.


john

[johnw]

And Ruschia pulvinaris.


johnw

[Tony Willis]

Dioscorea elephantipes which springs into growth same week every year