Super Succulents

[bogfrog]

I have noticed that succents seems to be somewhat over-looked in my own and many other poeple's collections,

so here is a celebration of succulents in all their variety and wonder.

Although i can't help but think of them as being the gawky, unpopular sibling of cacti, they are amazingly easy to grow and sometimes ridiculously beautiful.

Here are my favourites from my own collection, please add some photos of your own if there are any beauties you would like to share.

Greenovia aurea:

Huernia pillansii crest and Haworthia sp. (maybe herbacea?)

Euphorbia neriifolia crest:

Unkown succulent crest (possibly echeneria):

Larryleachia cactiforme:

Lithops Julii:

And my little higgilty-piggelty succulent garden:

Edited October 4, 2012 by bogfrog

[qualia]

last picture, whats that one in the top right with he hard spike like leaves and white stripes?

my parents have a massive/old one of them in a pot, they're really impressive when they get bigger

[bogfrog]

Im inclined to say haworthia fasciata? Could be way off though.

It always makes me happy to see cacti and succulents in 'normal' people's houses and gardens

[CβL]

Does your town have a cactus meeting? I think you would find hundreds of Lithops there if it's anything like mine.

And I agree about the gardens. My favourite is when they have a giant tree aloe, or a dracaena.

[bogfrog]

Lol i have a giant tree aloe in the shed, just trying to work out the logistics of rooting a cutting that weighs as much as me.

I'm growing lots of dracena draco too, they are quite small at the moment though.

[Stillman]

This is a link to my wife's cacti and succulent page on facebook, she needs to get it updated a bit but some cool stuff in there, theres a few months worth of photos that need to be updated but some good ids and overviews of popular species.

https://www.facebook...Project?fref=ts

Edited October 5, 2012 by Stillman

[Moses]

here's most of my succulents

aeonium arboreum cristata-sunburst

crassula ovata monstrose-gollum

euphorbia grandicornis

euphorbia handiensis

euphorbia lactea variegata cristata

euphorbia nerifolia cristata

euphorbia resinifera

huernia aspera cristata

pachyvera cristata

euphorbia horrida,ingens monstrose & coerulescens

and some jade i use to bonsai but have neglected

[bogfrog]

Stunning collection!

I love how many monstrose plants you have, and those jade tree bonsai look really nice.

They have inspired me to get a couple cuttings and try to bonsai some myself.

Is that a real lizard on the edge of the euphorbia pot?

Thanks for posting :-)

[watertrade]

succulents were very much treated like the poor cousons in my garden - i had a corner of the garden where they were dumped when ever I would get one I am happy to say I have been moving them out of the corner more and more recently as I do more outside in the ground planting. - its nice to have some variety. there was always exception for me the Asclepiads - stapelia, huernia etc. I met a guy that collected them and he sold me about 35 different species, all with different weird and wonderful flowers that they are known best for. that was about two years ago and since then I have been killing them off bit by bit - I just can't figure them out.

[Moses]

Is that a real lizard on the edge of the euphorbia pot?

Thanks for posting :-)

 

no just a resin replica.

Thanks, i'm a little addicted to all forms of oddities in the cacti/succulent world

i've just lost a number of versions of e.lactea variegata "grey ghost" to rot,hit my e.trigona crests and standards also

and a few crested echeverias and graptoverias are really weathered too this year.

the jades are addictive, the large single pic is the base of a plant a friend wanted removed and the others are branches.I've given/sold over 30 other plants made from it.

smaller cuttings will root fairly quickly(10>days) in a water bubbler so if you know someone wanting to remove or heavily prune you can get a forest full of little trees to practice with and give/sell if you want.

[bogfrog]

no just a resin replica.

Thanks, i'm a little addicted to all forms of oddities in the cacti/succulent world

i've just lost a number of versions of e.lactea variegata "grey ghost" to rot,hit my e.trigona crests and standards also

and a few crested echeverias and graptoverias are really weathered too this year.

the jades are addictive, the large single pic is the base of a plant a friend wanted removed and the others are branches.I've given/sold over 30 other plants made from it.

smaller cuttings will root fairly quickly(10>days) in a water bubbler so if you know someone wanting to remove or heavily prune you can get a forest full of little trees to practice with and give/sell if you want.

 

I had a greay ghost a couple years back but lots it to rot too, they seemed like quite a delicate species.

I love how tiny you have managed to get the leaves on that last jade. Theres a massive variageted one at teacher's college which i have been eyeing up for cutting for a while now.

I was thinking about taking a couple wee cuttings and planting some other varieties of succullents around it. I dont think anyone would really ever notice though.

[bogfrog]

euphorbia tuberculata:

agave victoriae - reginae:

little succulent bowl:

euphorbia obesa x symmetrica:

kalanchoe daigremontiana:

crassula 'fawlty towers':

euphorbia meloformis ssp. valida:

On sunday i decided to try and pot up the tree aloe,

tested it in about 4 different pots but it just toppled over no matter where i tried to balance it.

i think i will have to saw the trunk down a bit shorter as it is way too top heavy.

Here i am just about falling backwards down the stairs with the damn thing:

so you can see why i am hestitant to plant it in the ground, my landy-lady would never forgive me!

[Amazonian]

^ You look just like the self portrait you did in the hail bogfrog

Looking at your photos is like 'Wheres Wally'... but instead its 'Wheres Bogzilla', lol. Your cat is in almost all your pics. He seems like a great friend to you.

Thanks for sharing.

[bogfrog]

Lol thanks, Bog is the best gardening companion a girl could ask for

- except when she gets under my feet when i am moving trays of cacti around!

Watertrade, they are incredible plants eh!

I was obsessed with buying them when i started collecting, it was lucky dip to see what sort of flowers i got, and they really havent failed to impress me!

Mine arent the happiest atm either, i thnk they really appreciate a little shade and a warm spot with regular watering.

The one which has grown the most was in my grandma's conservitary where she watered it every five days.

[CβL]

Good luck growing that Aloe, hehehe. It's got no roots at all? I just read a comment regarding what might be your species and it's cold tolerance:

On Sep 7, 2008, baiissatva from Dunedin, New Zealand wrote:

I suggest heeding palmbob's caution about the ability of this aloe to tolerate a decent freeze- we are roughly zone 9 with very occasional minimums of -5C, with an average of about 5-10 light powder frosts a year, in a coastal Otago, NZ setting. At about 1M tall my barberae was seriously leaf-bitten by the worst frost we'd had in 12 years, but please note, the amputation of the damaged leaves followed by a year of regular watering has resulted in another metre or so of growth and replacement of most leaves. So dont lose hope if yours sustains damage! With a bit of TLC it will come back for you. While smallish, throw a frost cloth over it on those super-cripsy feeling nights and it will be fine. I find this aloe responds very well to regular summer watering, putting on a lot more growth and substance than if neglected. Once over the 2M mark, it should be safe from all but the worst freezes.

 

I'm also a succulent wrecker. All the ones I tried to take good care of, passed on. The ones I ignored, are doing pretty swell.

I think that they generally require an extremely well-draining soil for the most part, with a few exceptions. The ones I wrecked went into too much soil, and were watered too frequently (rain and such), and just probably exploded from trying to suck up too much water.

[bogfrog]

Nope no roots at all.

It was heading for the chipper at the botanical gardens so this guy is lucky to be alive.

Thank you muchly for dredging up that very helpful info :-)

Good to hear it will be worth the effort, i might try standing it under a tree and tying it to the tree trunk with a rope.

I wonder if this member from dunedin is still floating about?

[Moses]

i might try standing it under a tree and tying it to the tree trunk with a rope.

 

Def the direction i'd be goin, just leave it propped up with it's base in a pot of soil somewhere for a season or two .

[bogfrog]

Cheers, i'll get onto it then.

Think i'll tie it to the norfolk pine, its a nice big bushy one which will keep it out of the rain.