Howdy everybody! I hope this submit finds you nicely. I went exterior this morning and it’s undoubtedly getting colder…  The leaves are nearly utterly gone from the maple bushes now. We at all times know it’ll occur eventually. Ready? Not precisely nevertheless it doesn’t take lengthy since I’ve been by way of it many occasions. I choose the crops being exterior, and I’m certain they do too, however it’s form 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 used to be engaged on this submit very late one night time and clicked on “save draft” and went to mattress. The subsequent morning there have been 3 feedback. I assume I by chance clicked publish as a substitute. So, I clicked on draft so I may end… GEEZ!!!

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

So, I used to be at Muddy Creek Greenhouse in June and located this Agave  (x Mangave) ‘Inkblot’… I appeared on the worth and it was OK on the time as a result of I had a bit of additional money. I at all times appreciated Agave and have grown a number of, however some can get QUITE giant. I actually appreciated this one, so with out studying the label, I put it on the counter. I put it on the facet porch and it did fairly nicely and stored rising… To a whopping 9 1/2″ tall x 30″ broad! I measured it 3 times to make certain. It has at the least one pup…

Ummm… I don’t have a web page for this one but…

I checked Crops of the World On-line to verify xMangave and Manfreda are nonetheless synonyms of Agave. To this point, the identify change has caught… There have been different genera concerned on this change as nicely. Many Manfreda species had been initially species of Agave. I additionally observed most of the species names of Manfreda needed to be modified when the transfer occurred as a result of there was already Agave with the identical identify. Hmmm…

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

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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 nice and the tallest plant is 4 1/4″ tall and the complete clump measured 8 1/4″ broad on the widest level. That is the one plant from Succulent Market that was shipped in 2020 that has survived. This one by no means had mealybugs whereas the others succumbed to them. I’m not going to accuse Succulent Market as a result of the crops they shipped had been AWESOME in order that they deserve the good thing about 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 a detailed name. It was a lot greater nevertheless it began having a bizarre subject in 2021 and and darn close to died. Fortuitously, it has survived and is now rising new offsets. This Aloe has been a gentle grower (till its close to demise). One stem nonetheless seems a 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 completely positive till final 12 months. It began getting infested with scale. I believe it’s OK now and I haven’t observed any scale currently. The plant has executed a lot better over the summer season. It’s remoted from the opposite crops and I’ll keep watch over it.

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

Tony Tomeo despatched a number of Epiphyllum oxypetalum (Queen of the Night time) in December 2020 and two have grown by leaps and bounds. The others did nicely for some time, however finally died for some purpose. There are a number of frequent names like Dutchman’s Pipe Cactus, Princess of the Night time, Queen of the Night time, and so on. The official identify from iNaturalist is Queen of the Night time which it shares with different night-blooming cactus. This plant grows a number of forms of branches. Cactus-like branches develop from foremost branches which are spherical with odd spines. As they grow old, they flatten out. Unusual however true…

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

I actually don’t know a lot about this species besides that they develop in bushes of their native habitat. Through the summer season, I’ve been preserving the larger plant within the earlier picture subsequent to the Stapelia gigantea on a desk below the roof of the again porch. In 2021, the one within the above picture was on a shelf on the again porch, however in 2022 I put it on the entrance porch. This previous summer season it was again on the plant shelf on the again porch. On the twenty third I needed to transfer the shelf to my bed room, so I believed I’d quickly put the plant subsequent to the opposite one… Nicely, it had grown a department that was all the best way to the ceiling…

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

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

I have to repot these two and put them in additional appropriate pots, one thing that may permit them to hold. I’ve watched a number of movies on YouTube about learn how to develop them… They’re undoubtedly attention-grabbing and it is going to be thrilling once they bloom. Thanks, Tony! I’ve a web page for this species, nevertheless it isn’t completed…

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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 kinds. The principle stem and its branches maintain getting longer. They don’t wish to develop like I need them to, so I’ve to maintain a brick subsequent to the pot to maintain 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 course of the summer season…

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

That is my second x Gasteraloe ‘Circulate’. I introduced dwelling the primary one in 2016 and threw it out the again door in January 2021. I couldn’t do away with its mealy bugs and realized it could die anyway and the bugs may unfold to extra crops. It appeared GREAT earlier than its ordeal which you will notice in case you go to its web page. Fortuitously, I discovered this one in 2022 on the Kuntry Retailer in 2022. Though they’d bigger ones, they had been all together planters. I settled on one 3″ tall x 3 3/4″ broad. I advised the proprietor I wished one of many bigger crops, however not all that got here with it. He simply smiled… GEEZ! The plant has grown nicely and appears nice at 6 1/2″ tall x 6 3/4″ broad. It has a quicker development charge than the outdated one. Now, I ought to point out I purchased each crops unlabeled so I’m simply guessing on the identify… There are such a lot of to select from that look alike, however I’m sticking with this one. It’s fairly 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 could have a difficulty. The bugs get approach down the place the leaves emerge and it’s arduous to get to them. It has been sprayed, cleaned, washed, and repotted a number of occasions… I’ve had this plant for six summers and I’d hate to should throw it out the door…  It appeared very iffy once I photographed it already wants a going over. I maintain it remoted or round crops that aren’t vulnerable to undesirable critters. It grew A LOT of offsets this summer 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 actually like its darkish inexperienced shade and the raised tubercles. Frequent names embrace File-Leaved Haworthia, Fairy Washboard, and Fairies Washboard. The iNaturalist web site lists the frequent identify as Swati Haworthia… I introduced it dwelling in 2019 and it has grown to five 3/4″ tall x 7″ broad with completely no points.

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

This genus is pretty new, being named in 2013 by George Douglas Rowley. There are presently 19 species within the genus, 15 of which had been transferred by Mr. Rowley. There are FIVE accepted types of this species together with the sort specimen. I do not know 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) simply retains rising longer and rising extra offsets. It has grown A LOT since I introduced it dwelling in 2015. It produces a whole lot of small maroon flowers with black facilities at a number of completely different occasions of the 12 months. This can be a carrion flower, however the flowers are so small you don’t discover the odor. I’ve repotted this plant a number of occasions and it isn’t simple…

Just like the Stapelia gigantea (farther down), it’s a member of the plant household Apocynaceae, the Milkweeds…

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

OK, I appear to be perplexed… I actually like Kalanchoe and for probably the most half, they’re simple to develop. The primary one I introduced dwelling from Wagler’s Greenhouse in 2014. She mentioned it was a Mom of 1000’s. Some info on-line mentioned that the plant was a Kalanchoe daigremontiana, whereas Llifle (Encyclopedia of Residing Varieties) confirmed a totally completely different plant… After having it misnamed for a number of years, I put a photograph on a Fb Group and was advised it was a Kalanchoe laetivirens (or x laetivirens)… Then lastly on Could 7 in 2022, Wagler’s had a number of very nice Kalanchoe daigremontiana… The actual deal! Nicely, I used to be very excited so I introduced one dwelling that was 13 1/2″ tall and it simply stored on rising… It was 27 1/2″ tall by the point I moved the crops inside on October 16. It stored rising… I needed to rearrange the cabinets only for this plant! Nicely, it began rising buds…

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

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

The above picture 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’ll bloom once more. Fortuitously, it doesn’t have as many youngsters because the Ok. laetivirens. Let me rephrase that… Not as many per leaf, which aren’t leaves… What we consider as leaves on these birthing machines, are really phylloclades that are flattened branches modified for photosynthesis. The Kalanchoe daigremontiana has MANY MORE phylloclades, so in actuality, it produces extra plantlets. I take away them earlier than I deliver them inside or they might be rising in each pot round it…

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

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

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

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

This one undoubtedly doesn’t produce as many youngsters…

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

The Kalanchoe laetivirens (Mom of 1000’s) is the one I had confused with Kalanchoe daigremontiana. I’ve discovered so much about Kalanchoe with this species, and we’ve got had our ups and downs. This species is definitely a hybrid between Kalanchoe daigremontiana and Kalanchoe laxiflora which many listing as  Kalanchoe x laetivirens. It actually doesn’t matter at this level. Like all members of the Kalanchoe genus with phylloclades, it has been out and in of the Bryophyllum genus a number of occasions, which is presently listed as a synonym on “most” databases.

I’ve usually mentioned {that a} well-grown Kalanchoe laetivirens is an attractive plant and I’ve skilled that a number of occasions. When you don’t have time to chop the stem in half every so often, they’ll get tall and simply plain bizarre… Ummm… Like mine at the moment are.

The frequent names Alligator Plant, Mom of 1000’s, Mom of Hundreds of thousands, and so forth are shared by 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 introduced dwelling the primary plant in 2016 and it has multiplied. They develop loads of offsets that may result in extra crops. Their stems can develop pretty lengthy if not in full solar which mine, for probably the most half, haven’t been in full solar. I repotted a number of of them this spring since I promised them I’d. I grew to become busy and didn’t end. The odd factor is, the crops I didn’t repot nonetheless look higher than those I did. A few of their stems nonetheless want reduce and replanted and a pair have bent over the sting of the pot and reduce themselves. GEEZ! As soon as I get located, I’ll deal with them higher over the winter. Ummm… Kalanchoe luciae are monocarpic and are speculated to die after flowering. Nicely, as you’ll be able to see, the plant within the again bloomed final 12 months and didn’t die… Nicely, not but anyway.

There’s one other related species known as Kalanchoe thyrsiflora. It’s so related that many of the Ok. thyrsiflora being bought are literally Ok. luciae. Final 12 months, I used to be at Mast’s Greenhouse and located a number of unlabeled crops that had been rising in higher gentle and actually appeared good, “OH WOW! May or not it’s a Ok. thyrsiflora?” One factor completely different in regards to the two species is their flowers… Nicely, I introduced one dwelling and it grew and grew and I knew it was going to flower. I believed it was undoubtedly going to be a Ok. thyrsiflora so I wrote a web page about it. As soon as it was inside, it began budding and bloomed. Hmmm… It was a Kalanchoe luciae… Click on HERE to go to the web page about this plant. I suppose being grown in a greenhouse with loads of gentle, it was rising the best way it was speculated to… Now I’ve to do one thing in regards to the web page… After I go plant procuring I typically overlook what I’ve discovered when there’s a prospect of bringing dwelling a brand new species.

Apparently, Ok. thrysiflora is pretty uncommon so in case you discover a plant labeled as such, it could very nicely be a Ok. luciae…

I meant to place a number of Ok. luciae on the again this summer season after I repotted them, however I didn’t. Probably, if they’re in additional gentle, they may develop in another way and produce flowers. I’ve had a number of rising within the solar earlier than they usually stayed pretty compact and the leaves turned an orangy purple. You’ll be able to see within the above picture one of many crops has orangy leaves from being in additional solar.

Hmmm… I ought to have written a separate submit in regards to the Kalanchoe…

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

I discovered this plant at Mast’s Greenhouse in Could 2023 and simply needed to deliver it dwelling. It was unlabeled, and though I mentioned no extra unlabeled crops, I couldn’t assist myself AGAIN. So, I introduced it dwelling and did some research and came upon it was a Kleinia stapeliiformis (Pickle Plant). Then the thought, “OH NO! I introduced dwelling a Senecio!” Positive sufficient, Senecio stapeliiformis is a synonym. I’ve had points with different Senecio species earlier than… This one, nonetheless, has executed fairly nicely… It has grown extra offsets and there are two smaller ones on the opposite facet of the pot.

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

Possible, Mast’s caught the above stem within the pot and it grew offsets… I believe it’s fairly neat regardless that it’s a Senecio… I shall be much more stunned if it survives the winter… Possibly altering the identify gave it confidence. 🙂

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

I first introduced a Sedum adolphi (Golden Sedum. Coppertone Stonecrop) dwelling in 2012 and introduced it with me once I homed again to the household farm in 2013. The second nearly died in 2017, nevertheless it managed to outlive. To be trustworthy, I believe it could be a lot better on the again deck in additional gentle so it received’t develop so spindly. You also needs to take leaf cuttings and put them in their very own pot (s) simply in case one thing occurs. Sedum adolphi is the one Sedum species I’ve efficiently grown in a pot inside over the winter.

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

I introduced this Sedum adolphi ‘Firestorm’ dwelling from Lowe’s in 2018. It, like the opposite Sedum adolphii, most likely would do higher in additional solar than the entrance porch has to supply. GEEZ! There are actually loads of leaves to experiment with. This one has produced flowers inside over the winter.

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

It will get its identify ‘Firestorm’ from the orangy margins of the leaves. They get brighter with extra gentle.

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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 till the identify was modified. For the previous couple of winters inside, it has had a number of mealy bugs. I believe it was as a result of it acquired them from the Echinopsis ‘Rainbow Bursts’. It appeared fairly tough within the spring, however I put it on the facet porch over the summer season and it now seems GREAT once more. Yeah, it has a number of blemishes, however that’s fairly regular. I believe that is the subspecies grandiflorus with 39 synonyms… It has been in MANY different genera so no surprise it seems a bit of tough. It retains getting handed round. I’m nearly impatiently ready for it to bloom… The middle plant now measures 7 1/2″ tall.

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

Final however actually not the least is the Stapelia gigantea (Zulu Large) from the again porch. I bought a number of chopping from a vendor on Ebay in 2018 and have been amazed. It produced however whereas on the fromt porch in 2019 and 2020 however they fell off once I moved the plant inside for the winter. In 2021, I made a decision to place in on a desk below the roof on the again porch. I figured I may transfer it inside in entrance of the sliding door when the time got here with out that a lot of a change in gentle. Nicely, it bloomed earlier than I needed to transfer it inside. It did the identical final 12 months as nicely. This 12 months, it began blooming in September as a substitute of October. I’m undecided what number of flowers have opened, however there have been greater than earlier than.

Usually, its leaves are inexperienced, however the intense warmth of the summer season will need to have turned them a reddish shade. It has been in the identical spot for 3 years and it by no means occurred earlier than this 12 months.

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

There are nonetheless two buds (one behind my hand) and now this plant is in my bed room! I needed to put it within the bed room as a result of my son’s cats will play with this plant… As soon as they go, I’ll put it within the eating room the place it belongs. It’s speculated to heat up once more, so I could possibly put this plant (at the least) again exterior after Thursday.

I took a number of extra images on the twenty fifth so I’ll most likely be posting about them subsequent.

When you missed replace #1, you’ll be able to view it HERE, and quantity 2 HERE.

Till subsequent time, take care, be secure, and at all times be grateful!