January 2018 - Winter Blues

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January 2018 - Winter Blues

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The title is deliberately ambiguous. I'll leave it to your fertile imaginations to come up with some scintillating photos.
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Slow start to the New Year, Rod

Here are a few shades of blue:
Echeverias are always a good option for blue, E. amoena
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and E. tolimanensis x pulidonis hybrid
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Agaves are also good for blue, I don't know which this one is
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If it's winter here, it's summer in the southern hemisphere, just right for Puya bertoniana
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Here's my winter blues, courtesy of Eleanor. Don't think I'll win any competitions... note to self - buy bigger ground stakes :)
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My winter blue succulents.

Echeveria "Ghost Buster"

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Echeveria "Morning Beauty" variegated

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Echeveria "Raindrops" x

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Echeveria lilacina. Puente de Dios, Galeana

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MikeT wrote:Slow start to the New Year, Rod
Yes, Mike; probably down to those winter blues! :wink:
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There is a distinct shortage of entries so far. Only 10 days to go!
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Hi Rodsmith, here are a few more entries. The bluest I can find.
Echeveria albicans
Echeveria albicans
Echeveria derenbergia
Echeveria derenbergia
Echeveria pulidonis
Echeveria pulidonis
Echeveria amoena
Echeveria amoena
Echeveria halbingeri
Echeveria halbingeri
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Having looked, I found some more.
Echeveria 'Imbricata'
Echeveria 'Imbricata'
Echeveria secunda
Echeveria secunda
Echeveria 'Domingo'
Echeveria 'Domingo'
Echeveria setosa var minor
Echeveria setosa var minor
Echeveria setosa var deminuta
Echeveria setosa var deminuta
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Well here goes - my first entry into the photo comp!!!

I have a limited collection of plants about 30 but steadily growing and the three images below are the only three plants which on a good day and if the light is good and I don't have my contact lenses in there is a hint of blue and of course it is winter - the brief is met :wink:

The three images are Graptopetalum, Echivera and an Aeonium.

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