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5/23/2013

 
Hello, fellow succ-ers!  Today I thought it would be fun to share pictures of some fun plants in my collection.  You can click on most of the pictures to see a larger version.
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I picked up this gorgeous 2-gallon blue flame agave in Portola Valley for a mere $25. Not bad, eh?
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My first agave, which I bought about a year ago at Flora Grubb, continues to thrive! I love blue glows.
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My mom found this terrific haworthia emelyae at her local Osh and bought it for me! Thanks, Mom! (She's getting quite the collection herself, actually.) I put it in this pot, which I found for $2. To me, its texture suggested sea urchins. I topped the soil with pumice and finished it with some glass beads my mom and I found at a thrift store/junkyard in Fairfield.
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As the weather warms, my crassula marchandii has taken on a gorgeous palette of sunset-like colors.
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Pachyveria glauca is a little less glauca when it gets afternoon sun most days.
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A fun little cheerful planting in an interesting container
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crassula ausensis ssp. titanopsis
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Look at the center of this echeveria shaviana... is it just me, or is it about to have triplets?
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I found a 1-gallon pot of echeveria Doris Taylor in Redwood City for $8.99. This is only about half of them!
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I love the weird combo of the euphorbia mammilaris, the kalanchoe thyrsiflora, the grapetoveria silver star, and the two kinds of haworthia. They're unlikely pot-mates, I guess, but have been very happy for months!
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a rebutia, stoked to be alive
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Echinocereus pectinatus v rubispinus
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Here's a little planting I made last weekend. I was excited to see a crassula picturata in a local nursery--the same place I found this nifty parallelogram pot, actually.
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I've seen these identified as both "grapetopetalum amethorum" and "grapetoveria amethorum." Anyone know which is correct?
Thanks for checking these out!  I'd love to hear your comments (and see some of your pics!).
Debra Lee Baldwin link
5/24/2013 06:26:34 am

You have some treasures, Katie, including several succulents I've yet to see or am barely acquainted with. Like that marvelous sugared haworthia. Crassula picturata is new to me, too, as is the titanopsis-like crassula. Your comment on the blooming rebutia made me LOL. I vote for graptoveria on the last one. The Echeveria shaviana isn't offsetting, merely blooming. In the multiplant combo (center photo) is the Graptoveria 'Silver Star' crested? Also, check out what San Marcos Growers has to say on Kalanchoe luciae vs. Kalanchoe thyrsiflora, http://www.smgrowers.com/info/kalanchoeluciae.asp.

Jan G-Punch link
5/24/2013 10:10:59 am

Beautiful plants, they show the love that goes into their care; I admire your work. Would like to share some of my pics. I collect both cactus and succulents.

ROSE SMITH link
5/24/2013 10:39:10 am

I'm in LOVE with your succulents.....x

rose smith link
5/24/2013 11:15:11 am

MMMhhhh - I just Googled Grapetopetalum a. and graptoveria amethorum. - seems the succulent could be a hybrid of Graptopetalum amethystinum and Echeveria purpusorum. - Google the names and see if you can work it out, because I am a bit confused!!!!! - cheers, Rose

Candy Suter link
5/24/2013 11:22:30 am

Hey you! I'm with Debra, that Shaviana is going to bloom. And watch out for mealy bugs in your Echinocereus pectinatus v rubispinus. I got them on mine and no matter what I did I could not get rid of them so had to throw it out! Very mad! Everything looks great!~

rose smith link
5/24/2013 11:37:02 am

Yes Candy, mealy bugs are a nuisance - a systemic solution is worth a try - also soaking the whole plant in mealybug killer solution - a lidded bucket works well and then strain the solution through a cloth to reuse. - I don't like useing chemicals, so if anyone knows how to eradicate the bugs, please do tell. - cheers, Rose

Linda Fox link
6/12/2013 03:39:28 pm

Hi Candy,
This may be a stupid question but are you sure it was mealy bugs & not just the little whit tufts this cactus get between their spines. I have seen them with scale but not mealy bugs.
We use rubbing alcohol to kill mealy bugs & Q-tips or tweezers to get them off the plants. The same for scale. It is very efficient. We've also used White Vinagre but it can burn some plants. Remember to never spray any on a plant in the sun.

Charlie@Seattle Trekker link
5/24/2013 04:26:09 pm

Your photos are amazing and really inspire with new directions for my garden. Thank you for sharing.


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