MARCH - Desperately Dry Plants

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MARCH - Desperately Dry Plants

Post by Liz M »

I am sure our plants begging for a drink, so here is the chance to take a shot before you start watering.
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You are not getting much trade so far Liz, so I presume a plant in habitat would qualify too? :grin:
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That looks dry enough for me. Since everyone out there is just looking at the moment, perhaps I can inspire you with a couple of my dried up plants.
Maybe not dried up but certainly curled up,
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Aloe ruffingianum

followed by
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A nicely wrinkled cylindropuntia tunicata
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Post by Tony R »

Liz M wrote: A nicely wrinkled Nopalea cochenillifera
Or, looks more like a Cylindropuntia tunicata?
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I think you are correct Tony, it looks like the labels got mixed up. I'll put it right.
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A pot of A. caput-medusae seedlings waiting for their first watering always look particularly parched :grin:
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I went out mid-morning to return my sales plants to the greenhouse after last nights meeting and I found this plant in the middle of the patio. There was a Rhipsalis perched on top of the tap ready to turn the water on with it's trailing stems, but sadly it managed to scarper before I could take it's picture. :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Here's one I took earlier:
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This one I forgot ... L. lesliei, poor thing.
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