This is a large plant, about 15 inches tall. Every couple weeks it produces a flash of flowers like that, 30 to 50 blooms each time.
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Monday, April 29, 2013
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Echinocereus mojavensis 'inermis'
The 'unarmed' E. mojavensis comes from around four corners area, Paradox mountains is one of the spots, and to me it feels like the right name for this plant home. It is very sculptural to my taste, and also fairly slow.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Rebutia pygmaea
Very variable species, mainly by flower color, it is one of the all time favorites. Small plants are forming clumps in culture, and often 15 cm / 6 in in diameter or more. This form has relatively large orange flowers.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Echinocereus coccineus hybrid
White-flowered E. coccineus hybrid, another picture from another season. The plant gets larger, and the flowering is more spectacular with every year.
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Echinocereus mojavensis
This is a form of Echinocereus mojavensis from northern Arizona. It has somewhat darker flowers with pinkish tint in them, very noticeable when you see them next to the California plants that have more of orange in color.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Echinocereus nivosus
Long awaited flower of E. nivosus here. In literature this species is described as hard to flower. Here is a seedling of about 3 inches tall flowering for the first time. Apparently, all they need is plenty of sun. Not a big surprise when you talk about Echinocereus.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Lobivia formosa kieslingii
IDing this plant was a challenge for me, and even after it finally reached the flowering size I could not quite get it.This is a form of well-known Soechrensia, but it flowers not from the apex as you would expect, but from the base like other 'regular' Lobivias. Flower size and shape is identical to other Soechrensias.
Soecherncia is the original generic name for those plants, now lumped to Lobivia or even larger genus Echinopsis. This is high-altitude plants, getting fairly large in time.
Soecherncia is the original generic name for those plants, now lumped to Lobivia or even larger genus Echinopsis. This is high-altitude plants, getting fairly large in time.
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