"Fat Plants" : cacti,succulents, caudiciforms, whatever.. 2011

[cohan]

Since the old thread was last posted in in Dec, I thought might as well start a new thread for the new year.
this first shot is a bit anti-climactic-- I missed the first flower of this plant! But I send it anyway, since this is usually one of my first indications that spring may actually come one day--this cactus on my windowsill year round, notices increased sun in late January and flowers sporadically over a few weeks..
There is hope!

[Carlo]

Very nice character for a windowsill plant!

[cohan]

Thanks, Carlo--there tends to be a lean on most of the C+S in my windows, and I do not turn most of them, not so noticeable on a small plant like this- about 2.5 inches tall

[Nick_the_grief]

woo hoo anther one I can post some photo's in 

A few small fat blobs - Conophytums

[cohan]

woo hoo anther one I can post some photo's in 

A few small fat blobs - Conophytums

all looking great --love conos are these flowering now, or was it in fall?

[Nick_the_grief]

Hi Cohan

These were around Christmas time.  I noticed today that I'd got a lithop and my Titanopsis Primosii are just flowering as well

[cohan]

Hi Cohan

These were around Christmas time.  I noticed today that I'd got a lithop and my Titanopsis Primosii are just flowering as well

Great to have things in flower over winter

[Nick_the_grief]

forgot to add, they are all in 2" (5cm for you young folk) pots:D

It certainly is, I just need to finish the tidy up that started in November that I abandoned cos it was too cold !!

[KK-Ann Arbor]

I am not sure if this is the correct place to post but I think this plant belongs to the "fat plant" family.  My aeonium finally has flowers and had to share this with someone.  I have had this plant for at lease several years, sitting on my garden window by my kitchen sink but never had flowers until this year and I am so excited!

Koko

[Maggi Young]

That's looking good , Koko. Always very satisfying when a plant finally gives you some flowers.



I found a fat plant that I rather liked the look  of the other day... bit out of my price range, unfortunately......it's by Cartier, from the 1940s

[KK-Ann Arbor]

Wow, that is a fat plant.  Who would think to make something like that!
It is pretty cute. 
kk

[cohan]

Great plant, Koko, I like it
Maggi--might be more of an investment up front, but think of the savings on repotting and fertiliser 

[cohan]

A couple of recent flowers:
Gymnocalycium baldianum a rare red in this genus of pale pinks and earth tinged whites... this flowered during some cloudy days, and I didn't get a shot of it fully open..

 

Thelocactus hexaedrophorus the opposite-- a pale flower in a genus with some screaming pinks hard to tell, but that's 2 flowers... lasted only one day...

 

[Nick_the_grief]

Love gymno's Cohan,

but I fear some of mine may have succumbed to the -26 I had in the greenhouse !  I've got one (well, might have ) thats a pale yellow/green colour as well
Some from a couple of years ago.



G. Andreae v.feschseri

another red... ish


G. Oenanthemum

and one of my favourites


G. Damsii tucavocence

[cohan]

Nice ones, Nick!
I have a form of G andreae that has never done anything.. have lost a few cacti in the last year or so, though not to temps.. not sure what.. I think maybe some mealies got away from me, though not sure if its that or something else... will need to do some repotting and checking...