March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs

[el48tel]

I'm hoping to see lots of entries since I'm sure that there's at least one mesemb even in the collection of the most dedicated cactophile.
With many mesembs being winter and spring growers I'm hoping for flowers ... texture .... patterns .... shapes. I'm not judging the plants .... I'm judging the pictures you send for the way in which you portray or tell the story or what it is which makes the plant so special to YOU.

[Aiko]

Probably the nicest of mesembs according to me: Conophytum burgeri

Active and in flower:

Inactive during its summer dormancy:

[TomInTucson]

Probably the nicest of mesembs according to me: Conophytum burgeri

Active and in flower:

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Inactive during its summer dormancy:

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[el48tel]

Bumping this .... as a reminder

[WoBo]

Last month I wasn't able to contribute - no Adromischus in my collection.
This month I had to search my photo archive a little longer, as I had already presented several mesemb pictures before, including some as night bloomers ... So here is my March selection:
One aspect I love about mesembs is the color spectrum of their flowers. There are colors - and color combinations - including metallic effects that are quite unique. Here you can see the cultivar Delosperma dyeri 'Red Mountain', where the flowers start out rather orange (at the bottom of the picture and at the very back in the blur) and then turn reddish with a purple tinge.

I have shown this Titanopsis schwantesii before, but with the 'opposite shot' to this photo. This genus is one of my absolute favorites because of its reptiloid leaves.
Or is it dinosaur skin?

Wolfgang

[Ernie]

Trichadiadema densum. An appropriate name its like a jungle in there. Another plant I got from Whitestone 20 years ago. Its grown a great deal since then.

[el48tel]

Bumping.
Only one week remaining.

[el48tel]

Another bump
Surely there's a few more pictures of plants .... shapes ... texture.... colour .... etc .... flowers are not compulsory

[Ernie]

Conophytum

[Ernie]

Trichadiadema densum. An appropriate name its like a jungle in there. Another plant I got from Whitestone 20 years ago. Its grown a great deal since then.P1030144.JPG

The flower