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General Subjects => Flowers and Foliage Now => Topic started by: K-D Keller on April 21, 2013, 09:27:56 PM

Title: Plants from the Canary Islands
Post by: K-D Keller on April 21, 2013, 09:27:56 PM

Now in flower ...

Title: Re: Plants from the Canary Islands
Post by: K-D Keller on April 21, 2013, 09:29:45 PM

I bought the Monanthes as spec. Teneriffa Mt. San Isidor. Maybe it is Monanthes brachycaulos. Other ideas are welcome.

Title: Re: Plants from the Canary Islands
Post by: fermi de Sousa on April 22, 2013, 12:18:14 PM

Hi K-D,
These are very interesting; being from the Canary Islands how frost hardy are they?
cheers
fermi

Title: Re: Plants from the Canary Islands
Post by: K-D Keller on April 23, 2013, 08:37:14 PM

Quote from: fermides on April 22, 2013, 12:18:14 PM

Hi K-D,
These are very interesting; being from the Canary Islands how frost hardy are they?
cheers
fermi

Hello Fermides,

I grow them by minimum temperatures of -1 or -2 °C. I did not try it colder. They come from lower altitutes of the Canary Islands.

Greetings K-D

Title: Re: Plants from the Canary Islands
Post by: K-D Keller on June 01, 2013, 09:12:44 AM

More pictures ...

Aichryson laxum is a biannual species. It is easy to retain A. laxum. The plant produces a lot of seeds.
Monanthes laxiflora is a higher Monanthes. It has no rosettes. The plant is about 10 cm high.
 

Title: Re: Plants from the Canary Islands
Post by: K-D Keller on June 01, 2013, 09:18:44 AM

Monanthes muralis forms erect rosettes. I like the extraordinary look of the Monanthes flowers.

Title: Re: Plants from the Canary Islands
Post by: Maggi Young on June 01, 2013, 10:15:45 AM

Quote from: K-D Keller on June 01, 2013, 09:18:44 AM

Monanthes muralis forms erect rosettes. I like the extraordinary look of the Monanthes flowers.

I see what you mean - great shapes!