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A tropical, succulent houseplant that usually blooms in the winter and spring. The tiny, double-ruffled flowers are only 1/2" wide and grow in clusters. Blooms will last for many weeks before they wither. Kalanchoes brighten the indoors with various shades of red, magenta, pink, orange, yellow and white. These plants are toxic to animals.
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I've had this holiday cactus for 30 years and it's now about 3' wide. In that time, it's only missed one year where it didn't bloom at all. Each year it's been producing more and more flowers and blooms at least twice a year. Best viewed large.
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I potted a Swamp Milkweed plant this spring to have on my patio and was thrilled to see a Monarch visiting it this week. So far, I have only seen a few of these fluttering around. We are in a drought....last rain was May 1st and we're having so many 90° days.
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Aeonium 'Kiwi': A cute, selected cultivar of Pinwheel Aeonium. It is a tricolor, variegated rosette of green and yellow with hot pink margins, when grown in bright sun. It makes a very attractive and showy plant for sunny sills and succulent gardens.
Over time, it grows tall, bare stems, but it takes well to pruning and replanting to keep it compact.
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Happy Valentine's Day, my friends and - whether you celebrate it or not - sing along with Tina Turner from 1983
and these two Mandevilla blossoms / Dipladenia 'Sundaville' (Mandevilla sanderi) ;-))
Happy Monday and my best wishes for a new week in PEACE!
This weekend I spend some time to fold the ‘Potted Plant’-variations. Each of them is made out of four elements:
- the flowerpot
- the bloom
- the leaves
- and the stem
On the left 'Daffodil', in the middle 'Poppy’ or 'Pansy' and on the right ‘Crocus' or ‘Tulip'.
Final height 12cm.
Paper: double colored Kraft paper
I made a photo of each ‘Potted Plant’ and then ‘merged’ the 3 photos together :-))
Model: Origami Potted Plant
Design: Max Hulme
Diagrams in the B(ritish)O(origami)S(ociety) Booklet # 73: Max Hulme - Selected Works, A Second Selection
For the 😄 HaPpY CrAzY Tuesday 😄 theme: "Complementary Colours"
of two Mandevilla blossoms / Dipladenia 'Sundaville' (Mandevilla sanderi) in a flower pot on our terrace - Frankfurt-Nordend
for a HMBT !
The big bawdy blooms of Flamenco Queen are bright white feathered and streaked vivid cherry-red. This passionate beauty is perfect for exuberant the end of year celebrations.
The Amaryllis 'Papilio' has large, beautiful, white, white with red stripes conical flowers. Its appearance is exotic and its foliage is also quite ornamental.
Of the bulbous plants, Amarílis is one of the most cultivated in all of Brazil, due to its size and beauty. Because they are cultivated bulbs, they grow and bloom anywhere, whether in a pot or directly in the garden.
Simple cultivation, just cover the bulb with soil, leaving the top tip out, watering without exaggeration, just to keep the soil always moist. It is quite demanding in fertility, irrigation and drainage. Your substrate should contain a good amount of organic matter.
The natural tendency is to bloom in early spring. It likes loose soil and full sun. Bulb intended solely for ornamental cultivation.
Fuchsia hybrida is a species of shrub of the family of onagráceas. It is native to America.
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Princess earring is a hybrid species obtained from South American fuchsia species, mainly Fuchsia corymbiflora Ruiz. & Pav., Fuchsia fulgens Moc. & Ses. and Fuchsia magellanica Lam.
Scientific Name: Fuchsia sp
Family: Onagracee.
In South America alone there are over 200 different species of princess earring, also known as fuchsia, tickle and tear.
Flower symbol of Rio Grande do Sul, is a plant that is a huge international success. It has many varieties, and both petals and sepals can be of different colors and shapes. The most common colors are red, pink, blue, violet and white, with various combinations, without blending. They rise practically all year round and attract hummingbirds as pollinators.
The branch is pending, but there may be variations, with upright and other pending plants. Should be grown preferably under half shade, some species enjoy full sun.
Its propagation occurs through seeds or by cutting the tips of its branches.
Although it has a great variety, there is a common trait among them all: they greatly appreciate the cold. Therefore, they are more common in places with mild climate. Easily found in the highest regions of Rio Grande do Sul, amid the Atlantic Forest.
Propagation can be either by seed or by cuttings. A curiosity about the origin of its scientific name. Fuchsia derives from the surname of the German physician and botanist Leonhart Fuchs, born in Wemding (1501/1566).
Similar to Echeveria agavoides ‘Romeo’ but differences in form, leaf shape and stress colours.
A beautifully coloured Echeveria with a greener centre moving through purple-red to dark tips in full sun.
A great colour to contrast with other succulents. Also the perfect feature plant.
Orbea variegata, formerly known as Stapelia variegata, is a species of flowering succulents that will surely impress you once you find out how unique and interesting it is. A member of the Apocynaceae family, this succulent plant is native to the coastal belt of the Western Cape Province of South Africa. Although it looks very much like a cactus, Orbea variegata is not closely related to the true cactus family at all.
There is no surprise that Orbea variegata enjoys lots of popularity worldwide. This succulent is an irresistible mix of peculiar and marvellous, bringing a touch of personality to any dull spot from your surroundings. Beyond looks, it is super friendly and comes along with very few demands from its owner.
Its genus name “Orbea” comes from the Latin word “orbis”, which means disk, circle. This name refers to the more or less prominent central disk of its flowers. The specific epithet “variegata” points out the variegated petals that present multiple markings.
In the case of members of the Crassulaceae family, to which Calandiva belongs, the flowers are usually more discreet, and may present the shape of stars or bells, which are more closed. The original Kalanchoe blossfeldiana itself has simpler flowers, bearing only four petals.
In this context, the double-flowered Calandiva stands out among its kindred. Thanks to the improved variety, this succulent was able to produce flowers in large quantities, with such a remarkable number of layers of petals that they resemble mini roses. There are Calandivas in different sizes, including miniature versions. The colors are the most diverse, with white, yellow, pink and red being some of the most common.
Duvalia sulcata (ssp. sulcata) has a disjunct distribution in southern Yemen and in Sudan.
Duvalia sulcata is the most beautiful, large-flowered duvalia. It is a succulent, perennial plants with low, planar growth with branches rooting at the base and can form wide carpets which, at the right moment, can carry many flowers. The shoots are mottled grey-green with long soft teeth and four-angled in cross-section. The hermaphroditic flowers are ca. 3 cm long, opened to 4.5 cm in diameter and are characterized by the flat brownish red annulus with long, white hairs. The corolla lobes have 5 deep nerves on the upper side and are fringed with long red and white club-hairs at the base. These club-hairs hardly remain still and move in the slightest breeze, possibly attracting insects. However the stems and the corolla size, colour and indumentum are quite variable. D. sulcata differs from the African species by its quadrangular stems and very large flowers. It might belong to its own growth-form group.
Amidst the great variability, in terms of colors and shapes, of blooms presented by orchids of the Dendrobium genus, those species belonging to the Callista section stand out, characterized by their showy inflorescences in the form of leafy bunches, with petals, sepals and lips in varied shades. Dendrobium chrysotoxum is a beautiful representative of this botanical section, known for its abundant blooms, composed of yellow petals and sepals, which contrast with the lip in an incredible shade of yolk orange.
The flowers are highly fragrant of honey and are short lived.
These charming orchid varieties are the perfect size for a table, shelf, or counter. Very easy to care for and flowering can last for weeks. When the blooming period ends the foliage still makes an attractive houseplant.
They are simple to maintain even by those with very little experience caring for houseplants.
One farm created a Black Queen hybrid and dubbed her Maleficent, in the case of Disney's Black Queen, makes sense.
This plant is insane and amazing, near black at the height of stress in winter (a few days), will 'cool off' and change colors in warmer temps again, the way it is now in early winter.
Maximum: 16°C / 61°F
Minimum: 6ºC / 43ºF
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Notable Qualities: Depending on what it is crossed with can be one of the blackest succulents available.
Surprisingly, the lush flowers of the succulent Calandiva are part of the large botanical family Crassulaceae.
Calandiva is a commercial variety of the botanical species Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, popularly known as the flower of fortune, originally from the island of Madagascar.
Although many use the spelling Kalandiva, induced by the genus name, Kalanchoe, the correct nomenclature for Calandiva is Kalanchoe blossfeldiana 'Calandiva'. This is because we have the name of the genus (Kalanchoe), followed by the name of the species (blossfeldiana), ending with the cultivar or variety, which is always enclosed in quotation marks ('Calandiva'). Only the first two terms are written in italics, as they originate from Latin.
The Calandiva variety came about by chance, in 1998, when a Swedish cultivator noticed a flower of the succulent Kalanchoe blossfeldiana that escaped the simple pattern characteristic of the species, with four petals. The mutant found had 32 petals, corresponding to 8 layers of 4 petals. This is a characteristic of so-called folded flowers, which have two or more layers of overlapping petals. Through successive crossings aimed at the genetic improvement of this mutant variety, over several years, we arrived at the Calandiva we know today, a variety officially registered in 2002.
This Monday (today), the maximum reached 35.7ºC at 3pm.
One of the Calandiva line of double-flowered Kalanchoe blossfeldiana cultivars.
Although kalandiva is known as the “flower of fortune”, this does not mean that flowers attract money and good business. This name is related to wishes of happiness and good luck, that is, fortune has the connotation of lucky.
Delivering a calandiva meaning is to wish all the best for the person, that he conquers full happiness, love and luck in life. Mega special, don't you think?
Succulent plant, with leaves with lacy margins.
Its flowers can be simple or folded, both with a mix of different colors and with great durability.
When the flowers are simple they are called Kalanchoe.
And when the flowers are folded (multiple petals) Calandivas.
Colors: Orange, white and green.
Ancient Roman and Greek poets like Virgil, Ovid and Theocritus had a special name for country girls: Amaryllis. The word – which comes from an ancient Greek verb meaning “to twinkle, shine” – was used to represent the beauty of shepherdesses and peasant women.
It was inspired by the creativity of Greek and Roman poets that, in the 18th century, the botanist Carlos Lineu decided to name a newly discovered type of plant Amaryllis. Since then, more than 100 plants have been classified as this type of plant, however some of them have been displaced to other closely related genera.
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On vacation until the middle of the month.
I will be in Bariloche, Argentina.
The Argentine and Chilean Andes.
This unique and hard-to-find Echeveria has light blue upturned leaves that form a frilly rosette.
They get pink and lavender coloration on the tips and margins under stress.
Stapelia schinzii var Angolensis is native to Angola, Africa. The plant grows in groups in the shade of shrubs in arid regions.
S. schinzii is a succulent belonging to the Apocynaceae botanical family. The plant grows in clumps that can reach 50 cm in size. The succulent has a quadrangular, creeping, pale green stem, 8 cm tall, made up of vertical hooks, arranged in ribs, without leaves so as not to lose water. At the base of the plant, younger shoots bear very particular flowers. Flowers are large, reddish-brown star fish-shaped, usually solitary. The corolla is wrinkled and the lobes along the outer edge have clavate, dark red or black hairs. These hairs form a fringe and with breeze start to tremble, possibly attracting insects. The corolla will soon curl backwards giving the flowers a very unusual form. Fruits are follicles: a dry fruit with many woolly hairs that help the plant to spread the seed.
The classic Cymbidium.
Amber Brown is a perfect blend of yellow, orange and burgundy cymbidium orchid. Striking by color, my friends are amazed at what unique beauty this orchid holds. It make a great gift for a home or office.
Cymbidium Orchids have 8 to 11 blooms per stem.
PS. Cymbidium Charlie Brown?
A petite tulip that has bright yellow petals with white tips. An original species cultivated in Holland since 1590.
(Nikon 50mm, f1.8)
Calandiva is a member of the Kalanchoe family. It has glossy, succulent-type leaves and an abundance of double, rose-like, long lasting flowers in an attractive range of colours. Calandivas are easy to care for and make wonderful gifts for newbie plant parents.
Crassula capitella (crassula campfire) is an evergreen plant originally found in South Africa and commonly known as crassula campfire.
This is very colorful and eye-catching branched succulent with densely compact propeller-shaped leaves.
The foliage of this plant grows in prostrate with lime green colour at the bottom and turns red at the tips.
It grows very fast with a little bit of care and produces vibrant and bright colour
It grows about 6 inches (15cm) in height and 3 feet wide (90cm) wide with the cluster of white flowers rest on the leaves in the summers.
This campfire succulent particularly attracts the bees and butterfly If you are a real lover of butterfly this is the best option for you.
Many succulent lovers choose this succulent to enhance the beauty of their gardens because of its colour.
Its foliage has a very unique and exclusive feature when you give a little bit of stress to this plant it will achieve a vibrant and bright red colour mainly in winter.
Its flowers in shades of pink, orange, yellow, red, white and even bicolor are durable and can be grown in vases and planters, used to decorate indoor and outdoor environments.
The original species of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana has simple flowers, bearing only four petals.
The species name, blossfeldiana, is a tribute to the German botanist and hybridizer Robert Blossfeld, responsible for popularizing the flower of fortune around the world, starting in 1932. Since then, thousands of hybrids and cultivars have been developed each season, always bringing news regarding the size of the flowers, number of petals, and their coloring. The commercial name Calandiva refers to one of these hybrids of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, which impresses with the large amount of petals in the same flower. These are a variety of folded flowers. The original species of the flor da fortuna has simple flowers, bearing only four petals.
The calandiva is biologically called the Hybrid of Kalanchoe blossfeldiana, being a plant originating in the Netherlands, from the island of Madagascar, but widely cultivated in several regions around the world. It does not have a large size, reaching no more than 25 centimeters in height. It is categorized as a flower, very beautiful indeed and can be grown both indoors and outdoors.
Despite having a very delicate appearance, calandiva is very resistant. It has a very thick foliage and always green in color, with wavy edges. The plant's flowers always appear at the end of autumn and remain alive until the end of winter and when spring begins, it starts a new cycle and the budding flowers begin to be exchanged.
Here in Brazil, depending on where the calandiva is going to be cultivated, it will receive different popular names, the most common being the flor da fortuna, kalanchoe and papa's flower. You will also find an incredible diversity of flower colors. They range from red, orange, yellow, pink and white. The petals are very simple and can be double or triple, depending on the formation of the plant.
Winter in São Paulo at the moment
23°C / 73°F
Nowadays it is still little known, but now it is being very commercialized, at least at CEAGESP (Market in São Paulo) I found several seedlings, they call succulent hedgehog.
This succulent caught my attention for its beauty. With a more delicate appearance, it certainly appears to be fragile, but on the contrary. Its rosette is very dense and can reach 10cm in height. The leaves are fleshy, dark blue-green, covered with tiny hairs. When kept in full sun, it intensifies its color, appearing black and keeps the rosettes denser and more compact.
Why choose this succulent at the time of arrangement? Firstly, it reproduces on the sides, which after some time fills a basin with several dense rosettes, secondly its color is very beautiful which gives a contrast of texture and interesting color in the arrangement.
The buds start to appear in summer, bright red in color, but with small white flowers, remaining for a few weeks.
The name "Sinocrassula" means "Chinese crassula". They come from the Yunnan province in the south of China, and also from the north of Burma. They grow at an altitude between 2,500 and 2,700 m
Synocrassula Yunnanesis prefers colder than warmer places. Remember that full sun does not mean hot places. What is easier to be cultivated in southern Brazil, due to our more tropical climate.
How to resist the charm of the furry succulents? Although these are adaptations to life in hot and dry environments, the combination of plump leaves covered with a delicate down result in small plush plants. This is the case of Echeveria setosa, perhaps the most famous succulent species with a velvety appearance. The scientific name derives from the word arrow, which means bristle, short hair, in Latin. For this reason, one of the popular names for this plant is silky stone rose.
In fact, many succulents belonging to the genus Echeveria are generically called stone roses, thanks to the appearance of their leaves arranged in the form of rosettes. This group of species was named after the Mexican botanist Atanasio Echeverría y Godoy.
Like several other species of the genus, Echeveria setosa is originally from Mexico, being natively found in the cities of Puebla and Oaxaca. It is a succulent whose habitat is formed by sandy and rocky soils, under full sun, in semi-desert climate regions.
In English-speaking countries, Echeveria setosa is popularly known as Mexican firecracker, a kind of firework, thanks to the colorful and festive appearance of its inflorescences, which mix warm shades of red, orange and yellow, appearing at the apex of long stems upright.
The succulent Echeveria setosa belongs to the botanical family Crassulaceae, which also includes other furry succulents of ornamental interest, such as the bear paw, Cotyledon tomentosa, cat ear, Kalanchoe tomentosa, and Echeveria pulvinata.
There are several varieties of Echeveria setosa, which were described recently, in the 1990s. The best known is Echeveria setosa var. deminuta, with a more compact size and smaller leaves. Echeveria setosa var. ciliata has slightly larger dimensions, with a less dense coat of hairs.
Echeveria setosa provides sprouts of new seedlings from the base of the main plant, forming very ornamental clusters. Alternatively, these structures can be removed to grow into new seedlings. Its flowering occurs during spring and summer. In winter, some varieties can assume a discreet reddish setting, at the tips of the leaves, especially when the succulent is grown in a place with plenty of light.
Like all species of the genus, Echeveria setosa needs generous exposure to sunlight, so that it can develop in a compact and attractive way. In very shaded places, the plant tends to erode, becoming taller, with greater spacing between the leaves. Furthermore, under these growing conditions, their rosettes become less symmetrical.
Although Echeveria setosa has this coverage of trichomes as a protection against excessive sunstroke, it is advisable to protect the plant from the most intense sun, during the hottest hours of the day, especially in summer.
For those who can't resist a plant that looks like a stuffed animal, the succulent Echeveria setosa is an excellent option. It is even possible to make a collection of hairy species, although these are not very numerous.
Hybrid of E. Laui and E. Runyonii made in Argentina, it is a perennial herb with a short stem that can produce several rosettes up to 20 cm in diameter. Its leaves are glaucous and lanceolate finished with a discreet tip.
It has pruine, its own protection against the incidence of sunlight, avoiding burns on the leaves and reproduces through leaves easily. I do not put it in the rain, because the soil is soaked so that this plant will quickly rot and remove the pruine leaving it unprotected and prone to fungi. It is important to have a drained soil, just like the other succulents, and it needs a few hours of sunshine a day.
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Echeveria is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, native to semi-desert areas of Central America, Mexico and northwestern South America.
Hippeastrum Papilio (Hippeastrum hybrid) has light lime green blooms with dominant deep burgundy veins and markings.
Papilio is Latin for Butterfly making this variety is very aptly named. This very rare species Hippeastrum originated from the tropical forests of southern Brazil.
For a spectacular floral display I simply couldn't go past Hippeastrums. Also known as Amaryllis, these large spectacular trumpet shaped flowers are produced in Summer from bare bulbs, followed by strappy green foliage as the flowers are dying off. Hippeastrums are easy to grow in pots containers or in clumps as a garden display, and unlike other varieties, Papilio prefers a more shady position
and performs best once it has been undisturbed for a few years. Bulbs need to be planted with the top 1/3 of the bulb above the soil.
Due to the extreme popularity of this unusual variety, it has been difficult for me to keep my growing numbers up to meet my garden demand.
Got two dormant bulbs on Nov 11, 2020. Curiosity made my anxiety reach a thousand. I had only seen it in photographs.
Among the various species of plants popularly known as the slipper orchid, Paphiopedilum Leeanum is, without a doubt, the most cultivated in all of Brazil. Despite having its origins in the Himalayas, this exotic orchid has adapted perfectly to the Brazilian climate, and can be found in the most different collections, whether by orchidists or not. As an orchid with terrestrial habits, it is usually cultivated by our mothers and grandmothers as a simple garden plant. This nice Paphiopedilum orchid, whose flowers look like small Dutch clogs.
Paphiopedilum Leeanum is a primary hybrid, which means that this orchid is the result of crossing only two different species: Paphiopedilum insigne and Paphiopedilum spicerianum. It is a classic, as it was registered in 1884. Since then, it has been cultivated and marketed as an ornamental plant all over the world, although some more purist collectors turn up their noses at hybrid and common orchids.
Paphiopedilum is a genus of orchids popularly known as the slipper orchid that currently has 96 cataloged species, most of which are classified as terrestrial, that is, in their natural habitat, they are found in the soil.
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Cypripedioideae is a subfamily of orchids commonly known as lady's slipper orchids, lady slipper orchids or slipper orchids. Cypripedioideae includes the genera Cypripedium, Mexipedium, Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium and Selenipedium. They are characterised by the slipper-shaped pouches (modified labella) of the flowers – the pouch traps insects so they are forced to climb up past the staminode, behind which they collect or deposit pollinia, thus fertilizing the flower. There are approximately 165 species in the subfamily.
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PS. The flowers last 41 days (July 31, 2021).
Personal note:
In addition to loving succulent plants, I am particularly passionate about furry species, which resemble stuffed animals. This is the case of Echeveria pulvinata, which also draws a lot of attention due to its unique color, with leaves showing a pastel color, bluish green, with reddish ends. Although it can be grown inside houses and apartments, Echeveria pulvinata reveals its full potential when kept in full sun, outdoors or on sunny balconies.
This succulent echeveria pulvinata / Echeveria 'Pulv-oliver' is also called the Plush Plant in Brazil.
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A selected form of a naturally occurring Echeveria species from Oaxaca, Mexico.
It is also known as a Chenille Plant, Ruby Blush, Ruby Slippers, or Red Velvet because it has a crimson, velvety coating to protect it from the intense sun of its rocky habitats.
'Ruby' is a sun-loving plant and needs protection from hard frosts, but a little bit of environmental stress like direct sun and temperatures just above freezing bring out the brightest reds along leaf margins.
It is wonderfully low-maintenance whether growing in-ground or in a pot, so long as it has great drainage and gets plenty of sunshine.
When grown under the correct light levels, Echeveria pulvinata will produce beautiful blooms during the winter months in the form of delicate stems with bell-shaped flowers at the ends, showing mixed shades of yellow and orange.
The rosettes will stay fairly small but the fuzzy stems beneath them will continue to branch and grow up to 10" long. Fortunately, 'Ruby' propagates easily from leaf and stem cuttings, so you can keep the plant compact by cutting the stem just below a rosette, leaving to dry 3-5 days, then planting the rosette on moist, well-draining soil to re-grow roots.
Personal note:
This wild rose cactus belonged to my maternal grandmother. I inherited it. It is a plant found on the tops of branches or trunks of trees in Serra dos Órgãos and Serra do Mar, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This is the original and without the creative hand of the Dutch.
We counted the age of this plant from the date of 1994, that is, 27 years old, but this cactus had been with us for a long time.
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It is called May Flower in my region.
Schlumbergera truncata, the false Christmas cactus, is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is endemic to a small area of the coastal mountains of south-eastern Brazil where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist forests. It is the parent or one of the parents of the houseplants called Christmas cactus or Thanksgiving cactus, among other names.
There are six to eight tepals, which may be of various colours, including shades of red, orange, pink and white.
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