Colour on a grey day

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Mike
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Colour on a grey day

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It's been a very grey day here today, so in case anyone is also short of sunshine, here's the colour in today's greenhouse!
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Re: Colour on a grey day

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Wooow that bottom middle one sure is vivid Mike. How big is that flower on the L. Principis??

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The Leuchtenbergia when fully open is 4" wide., and scented too. It's the first time this plant has flowered - I bought it at a small unmanned. roadside stall in Wales about three years ago! It's now in a four inch pot.
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And yes those Mammillaria guelzowiana flowers are outrageously vivid!
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Awesome colours on that M . guelzowiana Mike and i wish my Leuchtenbergia had flowers on it like that, but alas, maybe next year.....
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Cheers Mike
A nice fix before bedtime :~))

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Great display Mike, brightened up my cloudy day too!

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Re: Colour on a grey day

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Hi Mike,
This is a spectacular show. Leuchtenbergia is the winner of the Oscar.
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