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

[Panu]

ID needed for these two market bought specimens. I´m not even sure if it is Echinopsis. The other one brings in mind some hybrid, even intergeneric? It has developed a seedpod though.

[Rogan]

I thought my young Muiria hortenseae (syn. Gibbaeum hortenseae) plants needed more sun, so I dumped them outdoors for the winter; it seems as though the change did them a lot of good - now they've got rosy cheeks!

[Rogan]

Panu, no. 3 looks like an Haworthia hybrid I would guess, perhaps involving H. pumila as one of the parents?

[ruweiss]

A not too pleasant smell is in the alpine house: Stapeliads are starting to flower and
the flies have have a pleasant time with laying their eggs on them.
Faucarias now flower quite well and the flowers last rather long.

[ruweiss]

When I opened the door to my greenhouse yesterday an evil smell was in the air:
the fat buds of Stapelia gigantea got opened and showed  their real big flowers.

[Maggi Young]

My goodness, Rudi, those are amazing. You do very well with these unusual plants. 

[ruweiss]

There are so many interesting and showy creatures among the cactii
and other succulent plants, but my space for keeping them frost-free
during the cold season is very limited.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I thought my young Muiria hortenseae (syn. Gibbaeum hortenseae) plants needed more sun, so I dumped them outdoors for the winter; it seems as though the change did them a lot of good - now they've got rosy cheeks!

  Very nice Muiria Rogan ! This is a difficult one here in the Northern parts ..........always struggle with it .

Here some Argyroderma in flower now . 

[Maggi Young]

Here some Argyroderma in flower now . 

My word! It is like a tiny sculpture. 

[krisderaeymaeker]

My word! It is like a tiny sculpture. 

Sculptures created by the African nature Maggi . Another tiny creature ..........A very tiny Mexican cactus .
Turbinicarpus alonsoi .

[krisderaeymaeker]

And also stil in flower here : the desertrose .
Adenium somalense , here a form from Tanzania .

[krisderaeymaeker]

Today stil flowering here : Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus.

[krisderaeymaeker]

South African succulent .... Crassula tecta with just tiny flowers ...

[krisderaeymaeker]

Some mesems from today :

Psammophora longifolia (1&2)
Lapidaria margaretae

[Maggi Young]

These are charming little plants.... but the brightness and shading of the Adenium from Tanzania is terrific: makes me cheerful to look at all of them, but that pink is grand!