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

[Lesley Cox]

Very wedding cake Michael. What is it please?

[Michael J Campbell]

I have no idea Lesley, lost the label years ago, probably Echinopsis arebaloi or something like that.

[cohan]

thanks chris  gorgeous agave!

michael--that's a really classic flower, good show!

[ruweiss]

Some flowers from the succulent section, the Epiphyllums flower profusely, but only for a short time,
due to the hot weather.
Pterocactus tuberosus is fully hardy with me.
Pardon for the poor picture of Escobaria leei, but the flower is really big for this small body.
Note these enormous flowers at the Echidnopsis.
Cissus tuberosus forms an enormous caudex in a relatively short time.
Error:The Cissus at the picture is of course Cissus tuberosa and not C.tomentosa!

[cohan]

nice ones, rudi..
does the cissus still increase in the small pot? mine doesn't seem to be  doing much.. it might want more heat and water in summer..

[ruweiss]

Cohan, thank you for the friendly reply. I cultivate the Cissus without any glass protecion in the garden from may to
october and keep it totally dry during winter in a relatively dark and cool room. When the new leaves appear, it gets
a regular liquid feeding. Dr. Urs Eggli recommends a regular pruning in his book about succulents to support the
growth of the tuber.

[mark smyth]

One problem with Epiphyllums is the amount of nectar that can be produced

[Maggi Young]

One problem with Epiphyllums is the amount of nectar that can be produced

I remember that from my Mum's plants.... I used to check them several times a day and lick the nectar off my finger..... I'm still here so it doesn't seem to be in any way harmful! and it was deliciously sweet. 

[Lesley Cox]

But a damn nuisance when you flick the feather duster around and it gets caught as if in honey.

[iann]

I never thought of it as a dusting problem.  Maybe I don't dust my plants often enough!  It is a pain when it grows sooty mould though

[FrazerHenderson]

cacti

[cohan]

cacti

great plants and colours! i stay away from all of these monster sized species...lol

[Michael J Campbell]

A few today.

1 Lithops.
2-3 Melocactus.

[Roma]

My only Epiphyllum flowered last week.  I don't remember it's name.  It is either a species or an early hybrid with a species type name ? cooperi perhaps?
Heliocereus flowered this week.  The flower lasted almost two days. 

[krisderaeymaeker]

Two caudiciforms that are flowering now : Pachypodium bispinosum and Ipomoea holubii