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Post by fredg on Oct 28, 2019 12:15:19 GMT
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Post by fredg on Apr 4, 2020 18:36:19 GMT
I didn't expect to get this one, for some reason no-one else bid. A couple of weeks ago they were fighting over one. Titanopsis calcarea cv Bizarre.  The Bizarre bit is the flower. This one has to be reproduced vegetatively, not by seed yet for some reason I've seen the photos used by seed merchants. |
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Post by dvg on Apr 6, 2020 15:48:49 GMT
I really like this cultivar for some reason.
I just stare at it and get lost in awe.
Fred, you should sow some of those seeds to see how far the road apples roll from that pink elephant.
dvg
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Post by fredg on Apr 8, 2020 17:08:17 GMT
A late afternoon flowering Titanopsis calcarea
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Post by dvg on Apr 8, 2020 18:51:10 GMT
Now there's nothing wrong with those Fred!  dvg |
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Post by fredg on Apr 10, 2020 14:45:14 GMT
Same again  |
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Post by fredg on Apr 23, 2020 15:43:52 GMT
A nice surprise when I went down to replace the propagator domes on the Lithops seedlings.  |
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Post by fredg on May 2, 2020 14:18:38 GMT
The plant just keeps giving and all in a 5.5cm pot  |
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Post by fredg on May 27, 2020 11:07:49 GMT
Titanopsis luederitzii I was watering this little chappie this morning and thinking its skin looks very reptilian. 
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Post by dvg on May 27, 2020 15:30:22 GMT
Titanopsis luederitziiI was watering this little chappie this morning and thinking its skin looks very reptilian. Or like broccoli going bad.  I thought the same thing about these plants too Fred. That pebbly texture is why this is one of my favorite succulent genera. dvg |
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Post by stevebooth on May 28, 2020 9:43:31 GMT
I'm with David Icke on this one, alien reptiles, shape shifted to plant form, awaiting their moment to break out and take over the world. Lock the greenhouse door Fred.
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Post by fredg on May 28, 2020 10:10:47 GMT
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Post by dvg on May 28, 2020 18:40:28 GMT
Ah, of shape-shifting lizards, and flesh-eating triffids... ...ya gotta love the English and their fanciful imaginations.  dvg |
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Post by fredg on May 29, 2020 17:54:44 GMT
Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri a brand new addition. Now it needs to colour up a bit more . 
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Post by fredg on Jun 22, 2020 10:51:54 GMT
One of the seed pods on T. calcarea Bizarre started to open so I finished the job and sowed the relatively large (for a Mesemb) seed. Amazingly it's started to germinate so it will be interesting to see the results in a couple of years time. Bizarre reportedly doesn't come true from seed. The worst case scenario is I finish up with standard T. calcarea plants/flowers which in itself can't be bad.  |
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not here it isn't