10-24-23 Cactus & Succulent Exchange Half 3 « The Belmont Rooster

Howdy everyone! I hope this submit finds you properly. I went exterior this morning and it is undoubtedly getting colder…  The leaves are practically totally gone from the maple bushes now. We always know it’s going to happen finally. Prepared? Not exactly however it doesn’t take prolonged since I have been by means of it many events. I select the crops being exterior, and I’m sure they do too, nevertheless it is type of good to have crops inside over the winter months. I neglect them exterior, now I can neglect them inside with them watching. 🙂

I tousled! I was engaged on this submit very late one night time time and clicked on “save draft” and went to mattress. The following morning there have been 3 suggestions. I assume I by probability clicked publish in its place. So, I clicked on draft so I’ll finish… GEEZ!!!

Agave ‘Inkblot’ at 9 1/2″ tall x 30″ broad on 10-24-23, #968-1.

So, I was at Muddy Creek Greenhouse in June and situated this Agave  (x Mangave) ‘Inkblot’… I appeared on the value and it was OK on the time on account of I had a little bit of extra cash. I always appreciated Agave and have grown a variety of, nevertheless some can get QUITE large. I truly appreciated this one, so with out finding out the label, I put it on the counter. I put it on the side porch and it did pretty properly and saved rising… To a whopping 9 1/2″ tall x 30″ broad! I measured it 3 occasions to make sure. It has in any case one pup…

Ummm… I don’t have an online web page for this one however…

I checked Crops of the World On-line to confirm xMangave and Manfreda are nonetheless synonyms of Agave. Up to now, the establish change has caught… There have been completely different genera involved on this modification as properly. Many Manfreda species had been initially species of Agave. I moreover noticed many of the species names of Manfreda wanted to be modified when the switch occurred on account of there was already Agave with the similar establish. Hmmm…

OK, I promised my partner I wouldn’t talk about taxonomy. OH, wait a minute… I don’t have a partner.

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Aloe ‘Cha Cha’ at 4 1/4″ tall x 8 1/4″ broad on 10-24-23, #968-3.

Aloe ‘Cha Cha’ has executed good and the tallest plant is 4 1/4″ tall and the whole clump measured 8 1/4″ broad on the widest stage. That’s the one plant from Succulent Market that was shipped in 2020 that has survived. This one certainly not had mealybugs whereas the others succumbed to them. I’m not going to accuse Succulent Market on account of the crops they shipped had been AWESOME so that they deserve the advantage of the doubt.

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Aloe juvenna (Tiger Tooth Aloe) on 10-24-23, #968-4.

WHEW! The Aloe juvenna (Tiger Tooth Aloe) had an in depth title. It was loads higher however it started having a weird topic in 2021 and and darn near died. Fortuitously, it has survived and is now rising new offsets. This Aloe has been a delicate grower (until its near demise). One stem nonetheless appears a little bit of iffy…

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x Alworthia ‘Black Gem’ on 10-24-23, #968-5.

I’ve had the x Alworthia ‘Black Gem’ since 2019 and it was utterly optimistic until last 12 months. It started getting infested with scale. I imagine it is OK now and I haven’t noticed any scale presently. The plant has executed loads higher over the summer season season. It is isolated from the other crops and I will preserve watch over it.

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Epiphyllum oxypetalum (Queen of the Night time time) on 10-24-23, #968-6.

Tony Tomeo despatched a variety of Epiphyllum oxypetalum (Queen of the Night time time) in December 2020 and two have grown by leaps and bounds. The others did properly for a while, nevertheless lastly died for some function. There are a selection of frequent names like Dutchman’s Pipe Cactus, Princess of the Night time time, Queen of the Night time time, and so forth. The official establish from iNaturalist is Queen of the Night time time which it shares with completely different night-blooming cactus. This plant grows a variety of types of branches. Cactus-like branches develop from foremost branches that are spherical with odd spines. As they develop outdated, they flatten out. Uncommon nevertheless true…

Epiphyllum oxypetalum (Queen of the Night time time) on 10-24-23, #968-7.

I truly don’t know loads about this species in addition to that they develop in bushes of their native habitat. By way of the summer season season, I have been preserving the bigger plant inside the earlier image subsequent to the Stapelia gigantea on a desk under the roof of the once more porch. In 2021, the one inside the above image was on a shelf on the once more porch, nevertheless in 2022 I put it on the doorway porch. This earlier summer season season it was once more on the plant shelf on the once more porch. On the twenty third I wanted to switch the shelf to my mattress room, so I believed I would rapidly put the plant subsequent to the other one… Properly, it had grown a division that was all the easiest way to the ceiling…

Epiphyllum oxypetalum (Queen of the Night time time) on 10-24-23, #968-8.

I laid the tall division alongside the wall subsequent to a 2 x 4 so it wouldn’t fall over… It had started rising aerial roots…

I’ve to repot these two and put them in extra acceptable pots, one factor which will allow them to carry. I’ve watched a variety of motion pictures on YouTube about discover ways to develop them… They’re undoubtedly attention-grabbing and it’s going to be thrilling as soon as they bloom. Thanks, Tony! I’ve an online web page for this species, however it isn’t accomplished…

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Euphorbia mammillaris (Indian Corn Cob) on 10-24-23, #968-9.

Hmmm… The Euphorbia mammillaris (Indian Corn Cob) is an oddball of sorts. The precept stem and its branches preserve getting longer. They don’t want to develop like I want them to, so I’ve to take care of a brick subsequent to the pot to take care of it from falling over… Yeah, it has an intruder…

Euphorbia mammillaris (Indian Corn Cob) on 10-24-23, #968-10.

I like its small leaves that develop in the midst of the summer season season…

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x Gasteraloe ‘Flow into’ at 6 1/2″ tall x 6 3/4″ broad on 10-24-23, #968-11.

That’s my second x Gasteraloe ‘Flow into’. I launched dwelling the first one in 2016 and threw it out the once more door in January 2021. I could not eliminate its mealy bugs and realized it may die anyway and the bugs could unfold to additional crops. It appeared GREAT sooner than its ordeal which you’ll discover in case you go to its net web page. Fortuitously, I found this one in 2022 on the Kuntry Retailer in 2022. Although they’d greater ones, they’d been all collectively planters. I settled on one 3″ tall x 3 3/4″ broad. I suggested the proprietor I needed one among many greater crops, nevertheless not all that bought right here with it. He merely smiled… GEEZ! The plant has grown properly and seems good at 6 1/2″ tall x 6 3/4″ broad. It has a faster improvement cost than the outdated one. Now, I must level out I bought every crops unlabeled so I am merely guessing on the establish… There are so many to pick from that look alike, nevertheless I am sticking with this one. It is pretty well-known.

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Gasteria sp. ? on 10-24-23, #968-12.

The Gasteria sp. ‘?’ survived a bout with mealy bugs two winters in a row… This plant is so tough-skinned you wouldn’t suppose it may have a problem. The bugs get method down the place the leaves emerge and it is arduous to get to them. It has been sprayed, cleaned, washed, and repotted a variety of events… I’ve had this plant for six summers and I would hate to ought to throw it out the door…  It appeared very iffy as soon as I photographed it already needs a going over. I preserve it isolated or spherical crops that are not susceptible to undesirable critters. It grew A LOT of offsets this summer season season.

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Haworthiopsis limifolia (Fairy Washboard/Swati Haworthia) at 5 3/4″ tall x 7″ broad on 10-24-23, #968-23.

The Haworthiopsis limifolia (Fairy Washboard/Swati Haworthia) is one neat plant! I truly like its darkish inexperienced shade and the raised tubercles. Frequent names embrace File-Leaved Haworthia, Fairy Washboard, and Fairies Washboard. The iNaturalist site lists the frequent establish as Swati Haworthia… I launched it dwelling in 2019 and it has grown to 5 3/4″ tall x 7″ broad with utterly no factors.

Haworthiopsis limifolia and kids on 10-24-23, #968-15.

This genus is fairly new, being named in 2013 by George Douglas Rowley. There are presently 19 species inside the genus, 15 of which had been transferred by Mr. Rowley. There are FIVE accepted forms of this species along with the type specimen. I have no idea which this one is…

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Huernia schneideriana (Purple Dragon Flower) on 10-24-23, #968-16.

The Huernia schneideriana (Purple Dragon Flower) merely retains rising longer and rising additional offsets. It has grown A LOT since I launched it dwelling in 2015. It produces an entire lot of small maroon flowers with black services at a variety of utterly completely different events of the 12 months. This is usually a carrion flower, nevertheless the flowers are so small you don’t uncover the odor. I’ve repotted this plant a variety of events and it isn’t easy…

Identical to the Stapelia gigantea (farther down), it is a member of the plant family Apocynaceae, the Milkweeds…

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Kalanchoe daigremontiana (Alligator Plant) at 43″ tall on 10-24-23, #968-17.

OK, I look like perplexed… I truly like Kalanchoe and for in all probability probably the most half, they’re easy to develop. The first one I launched dwelling from Wagler’s Greenhouse in 2014. She talked about it was a Mother of 1000’s. Some data on-line talked about that the plant was a Kalanchoe daigremontiana, whereas Llifle (Encyclopedia of Residing Varieties) confirmed a completely utterly completely different plant… After having it misnamed for a variety of years, I put {a photograph} on a Fb Group and was suggested it was a Kalanchoe laetivirens (or x laetivirens)… Then lastly on May 7 in 2022, Wagler’s had a variety of very good Kalanchoe daigremontiana… The precise deal! Properly, I was very excited so I launched one dwelling that was 13 1/2″ tall and it merely saved on rising… It was 27 1/2″ tall by the purpose I moved the crops inside on October 16. It saved rising… I wanted to rearrange the cupboards just for this plant! Properly, it started rising buds…

The above image reveals a bent-over stem the place the flowers had been…

Kalanchoe daigremontiana (Alligator Plant) on 11-6-22, #920-1.

The above image reveals the buds touching the underside of the shelf on November 6 in 2022… I took it exterior for {a photograph} and measurement on November 11 and it was 40 1/2″ tall!

Kalanchoe daigremontiana (Alligator Plant) on 10-24-23, #968-18.

On the twenty fourth, the plant has grown, with out the outdated flower stem, to 43″ tall! I ponder if it’s going to bloom as soon as extra. Fortuitously, it doesn’t have as many kids as a result of the Okay. laetivirens. Let me rephrase that… Not as many per leaf, which aren’t leaves… What we take into account as leaves on these birthing machines, are actually phylloclades which might be flattened branches modified for photosynthesis. The Kalanchoe daigremontiana has MANY MORE phylloclades, so essentially, it produces additional plantlets. I take away them sooner than I ship them inside or they is perhaps rising in every pot spherical it…

I believed this species was monocarpic, which suggests they die after flowering… Guess as soon as extra! It didn’t die!

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Kalanchoe delagoensis (Mother of 1000’s) at 16 1/2″ tall on 10-24-23, #968-20.

I found this Kalanchoe delagoensis (Mother of 1000’s) at Mast’s Greenhouse in May this 12 months. It has grown to 16 1/2″ tall and is one different one which produces plantlets alongside its phylloclades.

Kalanchoe delagoensis (Mother of 1000’s) on 10-24-23, #968-21.

This one undoubtedly doesn’t produce as many kids…

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Kalanchoe laetivirens (Mother of 1000’s) on 10-24-23, #968-22.

The Kalanchoe laetivirens (Mother of 1000’s) is the one I had confused with Kalanchoe daigremontiana. I’ve found a lot about Kalanchoe with this species, and we have had our ups and downs. This species is certainly a hybrid between Kalanchoe daigremontiana and Kalanchoe laxiflora which many itemizing as  Kalanchoe x laetivirens. It truly doesn’t matter at this stage. Like all members of the Kalanchoe genus with phylloclades, it has been in and out of the Bryophyllum genus a variety of events, which is presently listed as a synonym on “most” databases.

I’ve often talked about {{that a}} well-grown Kalanchoe laetivirens is a pretty plant and I’ve expert that a variety of events. Whenever you don’t have time to cut the stem in half on occasion, they’re going to get tall and easily plain weird… Ummm… Like mine in the mean time are.

The frequent names Alligator Plant, Mother of 1000’s, Mother of A whole bunch of 1000’s, and so forth are shared by completely different members of the genus that produce plantlets alongside their phylloclades…

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Kalanchoe luciae (Paddle Plant) group on 10-24-23, #968-23.

GEEZ! The Kalanchoe luciae (Paddle Plant)… I launched dwelling the first plant in 2016 and it has multiplied. They develop a great deal of offsets which will end in additional crops. Their stems can develop fairly prolonged if not in full photo voltaic which mine, for in all probability probably the most half, haven’t been in full photo voltaic. I repotted a variety of of them this spring since I promised them I would. I grew to turn out to be busy and didn’t finish. The odd issue is, the crops I didn’t repot nonetheless look larger than these I did. A number of of their stems nonetheless need scale back and replanted and a pair have bent over the sting of the pot and scale back themselves. GEEZ! As quickly as I get situated, I will take care of them larger over the winter. Ummm… Kalanchoe luciae are monocarpic and are purported to die after flowering. Properly, as you can see, the plant inside the once more bloomed last 12 months and didn’t die… Properly, not however anyway.

There’s one different associated species often called Kalanchoe thyrsiflora. It is so associated that lots of the Okay. thyrsiflora being purchased are actually Okay. luciae. Last 12 months, I was at Mast’s Greenhouse and situated a variety of unlabeled crops that had been rising in larger mild and truly appeared good, “OH WOW! Might or not it is a Okay. thyrsiflora?” One issue utterly completely different regarding the two species is their flowers… Properly, I launched one dwelling and it grew and grew and I knew it was going to flower. I believed it was undoubtedly going to be a Okay. thyrsiflora so I wrote an online web page about it. As quickly because it was inside, it started budding and bloomed. Hmmm… It was a Kalanchoe luciae… Click on on HERE to go to the net web page about this plant. I suppose being grown in a greenhouse with a great deal of mild, it was rising the easiest way it was purported to… Now I’ve to do one factor regarding the net web page… After I am going plant procuring I usually overlook what I’ve found when there is a prospect of bringing dwelling a model new species.

Apparently, Okay. thrysiflora is fairly unusual so in case you uncover a plant labeled as such, it may very properly be a Okay. luciae…

I meant to put a variety of Okay. luciae on the once more this summer season season after I repotted them, nevertheless I didn’t. In all probability, in the event that they’re in extra mild, they might develop in one other approach and produce flowers. I’ve had a variety of rising inside the photo voltaic sooner than they often stayed fairly compact and the leaves turned an orangy purple. You can see inside the above image one among many crops has orangy leaves from being in extra photo voltaic.

Hmmm… I must have written a separate submit regarding the Kalanchoe…

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Kleinia stapeliiformis (Pickle Plant) on 10-24-23. #968-26.

I found this plant at Mast’s Greenhouse in May 2023 and easily wanted to ship it dwelling. It was unlabeled, and although I discussed no additional unlabeled crops, I couldn’t help myself AGAIN. So, I launched it dwelling and did some analysis and stumbled on it was a Kleinia stapeliiformis (Pickle Plant). Then the thought, “OH NO! I launched dwelling a Senecio!” Constructive ample, Senecio stapeliiformis is a synonym. I’ve had factors with completely different Senecio species sooner than… This one, nonetheless, has executed pretty properly… It has grown additional offsets and there are two smaller ones on the other side of the pot.

Kleinia stapeliiformis (Pickle Plant) on 10-24-23, #968-27.

Attainable, Mast’s caught the above stem inside the pot and it grew offsets… I imagine it is pretty neat regardless that it is a Senecio… I shall be way more surprised if it survives the winter… Presumably altering the establish gave it confidence. 🙂

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Sedum adolphi (Golden Sedum/Coppertone Stonecrop) on 10-24-23, #968-28.

I first launched a Sedum adolphi (Golden Sedum. Coppertone Stonecrop) dwelling in 2012 and launched it with me as soon as I homed once more to the family farm in 2013. The second practically died in 2017, however it managed to survive. To be reliable, I imagine it could possibly be loads higher on the once more deck in extra mild so it acquired’t develop so spindly. You additionally must take leaf cuttings and put them of their very personal pot (s) merely in case one factor happens. Sedum adolphi is the one Sedum species I’ve effectively grown in a pot inside over the winter.

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Sedum adolphi ‘Firestorm’ on 10-24-23.

I launched this Sedum adolphi ‘Firestorm’ dwelling from Lowe’s in 2018. It, like the other Sedum adolphii, most probably would do larger in extra photo voltaic than the doorway porch has to provide. GEEZ! There are literally a great deal of leaves to experiment with. This one has produced flowers inside over the winter.

Sedum adolphi ‘Firestorm’ on 10-24-23, #968-30.

It should get its establish ‘Firestorm’ from the orangy margins of the leaves. They get brighter with additional mild.

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Soehrensia huascha (Desert’s Blooming Jewel) on 10-24-23, #968-31.

This pot of Soehrensia huascha (Desert’s Blooming Jewel) was a pot of Echinopsis huascha until the establish was modified. For the previous few winters inside, it has had a variety of mealy bugs. I imagine it was on account of it acquired them from the Echinopsis ‘Rainbow Bursts’. It appeared pretty robust inside the spring, nevertheless I put it on the side porch over the summer season season and it now appears GREAT as soon as extra. Yeah, it has a variety of blemishes, nevertheless that is pretty common. I imagine that’s the subspecies grandiflorus with 39 synonyms… It has been in MANY completely different genera so no shock it appears a little bit of robust. It retains getting handed spherical. I am practically impatiently prepared for it to bloom… The center plant now measures 7 1/2″ tall.

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Stapelia gigantea (Zulu Giant) on 10-24-23, #968-32.

Last nevertheless truly not the least is the Stapelia gigantea (Zulu Giant) from the once more porch. I purchased a variety of chopping from a vendor on Ebay in 2018 and have been amazed. It produced nevertheless whereas on the fromt porch in 2019 and 2020 nevertheless they fell off as soon as I moved the plant inside for the winter. In 2021, I decided to put in on a desk under the roof on the once more porch. I figured I’ll switch it inside in entrance of the sliding door when the time bought right here with out that a whole lot of a change in mild. Properly, it bloomed sooner than I wanted to switch it inside. It did the similar last 12 months as properly. This 12 months, it started blooming in September in its place of October. I’m undecided what variety of flowers have opened, nevertheless there have been higher than sooner than.

Normally, its leaves are inexperienced, nevertheless the extraordinary heat of the summer season season might want to have turned them a reddish shade. It has been within the similar spot for 3 years and it certainly not occurred sooner than this 12 months.

Stapelia gigantea (Zulu Giant) on 10-24-23, #968-33.

There are nonetheless two buds (one behind my hand) and now this plant is in my mattress room! I wanted to place it inside the mattress room on account of my son’s cats will play with this plant… As quickly as they go, I will put it inside the consuming room the place it belongs. It is purported to warmth up as soon as extra, so I may probably put this plant (in any case) once more exterior after Thursday.

I took a variety of additional pictures on the twenty fifth so I will most probably be posting about them subsequent.

Whenever you missed change #1, you can view it HERE, and amount 2 HERE.

Until subsequent time, take care, be safe, and always be grateful!