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January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2021 10:46 pm
by Jim_Mercer
Subject taken from tonight's Mesemb Study Group, Manchester BCSS and the San Francisco Succulent & Cactus Society Zoom talk which featured Russell Wagner's Northern California mesemb greenhouse.
Exact original habitat location ideally should be Namaqualand but given the fact that I will be the judge then any mesemb will do (and I'm not sure I will spot a plant that is NAS)
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:30 am
by Aiko
The two Conophytum species should follow the rules for Namaqualand, I think. The Muiria is just a bonus.
Conophytum pageae
It flowers at night, so the flower is still closed:
Conophytum burgeri
During summer dormancy, but close to wake up for autumn:
Fully active in autumn, flowering early October:
Muiria hortenseae
Muiria hortenseae
Two different clones compared to the previous Muiria in different stages of development
One plant just produced an offset:
Now both plants have produced an offset, and just came out of their summer dormancy:
Further in the growing season, fully active:
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:37 pm
by Ali Baba
Is this allowed?
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:41 pm
by Jim_Mercer
Ali Baba wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 4:37 pm
Is this allowed?
I might have to look in one of my books...
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:25 pm
by GiacomoP
Bulbine haworthioides
3 heads from the same body
If you look carefully you will notice that in the last 3 weeks the whether was very dark...
Giac
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:32 pm
by GiacomoP
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 12:37 pm
by GiacomoP
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:20 pm
by GiacomoP
- Spalmanthus herbertii x tenuiflorum
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:23 pm
by GiacomoP
- Cheiridopsis denticulata - early leaves development
Re: January 2021 Namaqualand in my Greenhouse
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 5:20 pm
by HaoBao
Those bulbine ones are great Giacomo
I’ve never seen those before. Are they difficult to grow?