Almost passed us by as it is the 21st already
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December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
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December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
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Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
Don't know this genus well, never tried to grow one, and only have a few photos from local shows in Los Angeles
Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
Sorry for the quality but it's scan of negatives :old photos taken during a trip in Port Elisabeth area
pubescens 20cm pilosulum dispar
pubescens 20cm pilosulum dispar
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Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
Thanks, Tony, lzrddr, Richaud - and Eddy Harris who wrote the Genus of the Month article on the BCSS page (link is in Tony's post )
I find Gibbaeums fascinating, though difficult in the UK climate.
Too much humidity in yer typical greenhouse methinks Mine are (or were when I grew more of them) in a conservatory in summer, on a windowsill under lights in winter.
Well done to Eddy for flowering G.album, I think I achieved this once.
I would put in order of difficulty:
Least difficult (I won't say "easiest"!) : G.petrense (the leaves wrinkles like peas when needing water), G.velutinum (long-leaved - one of mine has several buds now) and the intergeneric hybrid x Gibbaeophyllum 'Grand Marnier' (Rowley) with orange flowers; G.dispar (usually autumn-flowering, nice to see in flower at mesemb shows).
Difficult: G.cryptopodium/pilosulum, all the others whose names I've forgotten;
Most difficult: G.heathii is very reluctant to flower;
This is only my own opinion, of course. In 2001 I bought a "10 Easy Succulents" collection from Holly Gate Nursery - also source of my first Gibb.velutinum - and the "easy" plants included a G.petrense!
Nice habitat photos, Richaud.
Rogan, I know it's not Gibb-time for you in SA now, but do you have any comments?
I find Gibbaeums fascinating, though difficult in the UK climate.
Too much humidity in yer typical greenhouse methinks Mine are (or were when I grew more of them) in a conservatory in summer, on a windowsill under lights in winter.
Well done to Eddy for flowering G.album, I think I achieved this once.
I would put in order of difficulty:
Least difficult (I won't say "easiest"!) : G.petrense (the leaves wrinkles like peas when needing water), G.velutinum (long-leaved - one of mine has several buds now) and the intergeneric hybrid x Gibbaeophyllum 'Grand Marnier' (Rowley) with orange flowers; G.dispar (usually autumn-flowering, nice to see in flower at mesemb shows).
Difficult: G.cryptopodium/pilosulum, all the others whose names I've forgotten;
Most difficult: G.heathii is very reluctant to flower;
This is only my own opinion, of course. In 2001 I bought a "10 Easy Succulents" collection from Holly Gate Nursery - also source of my first Gibb.velutinum - and the "easy" plants included a G.petrense!
Nice habitat photos, Richaud.
Rogan, I know it's not Gibb-time for you in SA now, but do you have any comments?
Ever hopeful, trying to grow plants from arid sunny climates in the UK!
Lithops, Haworthia, Adromischus, other south African succulents including Ceropegia and some Crassula.
Lithops, Haworthia, Adromischus, other south African succulents including Ceropegia and some Crassula.
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Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
Two species of Gibbaeum we saw at Eyerpoort in November 2011,
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Eye ... c60235!4b1
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Eye ... c60235!4b1
Tony Roberts
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(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
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Chairman, Tephrocactus Study Group
Moderator, BCSS Forum
Kent
(Gasteria, Mammillaria, small Opuntia, Cleistocactus and Sempervivum are my current special interests)
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Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
Gibbaeum heathii, 55 days old, seeds from Mesa Garden.
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Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
I struggle with Gibbaeums, but from time to time they reward me.
Gibbaeum pilosulum Gibbaeum heathii And I'll just sneak this one in ...
Gibbaeum pilosulum Gibbaeum heathii And I'll just sneak this one in ...
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Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
Gibbaeum nebrownii
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Re: December 2014 - Genus of the Month - Gibbaeum
Gibbaeum pubescens subsp. shandii in nature