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Tom Velardi
September 4th, 2009, 07:41 AM
Ha! Ha! Made you look!

A couple succulents in my collection.

Lithops species - bought it nameless:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/tvelardi/Lithops909.jpg

A Japanese native, Orostachys japonicus:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/tvelardi/OrostachysJaponcus909.jpg

casey
September 4th, 2009, 09:31 AM
Those look great!

newgrower
September 4th, 2009, 09:32 AM
haha yes, i sure looked.. ;)
The lithops is also called "living stone" in Denmark.. because.. well, it can resemble a living stone.. haha

HMG
September 4th, 2009, 10:51 AM
Lithops = Two elephants upside down :thumbsup:

newbie
September 4th, 2009, 12:11 PM
LOL You made me look! Very interesting looking plants!

orchidlover
September 4th, 2009, 01:32 PM
:lol: You certainly got my attention!

orchidlover
September 4th, 2009, 01:33 PM
Lithops = Two elephants upside down :thumbsup:

I also thought of elephants when I first saw that picture! :lol:

Rocco
September 4th, 2009, 03:25 PM
Nice interesting plants!

Paphy57
September 4th, 2009, 09:51 PM
Beautiful plants! I believe that is a Lithops karasmontana variety.

Slipperguy
September 6th, 2009, 12:38 AM
Wow...super cool plants!:cool:

Paul B
September 6th, 2009, 10:57 AM
nice plants!!

Tom Velardi
September 7th, 2009, 04:36 AM
Beautiful plants! I believe that is a Lithops karasmontana variety.

Could be Nick, but with the amazing variation even within a species, I feel uncertain about identifying it. I know you grow some - which do you have? Lithops really are cool plants.

Tom S
September 9th, 2009, 04:19 PM
Very interesting looking plants!

Thanks for sharing!

Tom Velardi
October 27th, 2009, 08:34 AM
An update on the Lithops; it is in flower now. As Nick suggested, it is likely a variety of L. karasmontana. Currently in flower.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/tvelardi/LithopsFLSSM.jpg

And here are a few other succulents and cacti in my collection.

Another uncertain plant, this one an epiphytic cactus. It looks like an Epiphyllum and the only name on the tag was 'Aroma Gold'. I can't find an Epiphyllum hybrid with that name - anyone care to guess? Also in flower now.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/tvelardi/EpiAromaGold1009SM.jpg

I picked up this little beauty this summer, a miniature Agave, A. potatorum 'Kichijokan'. The rosette is only 15 cm across!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/tvelardi/AgavePotatorumKichijokan.jpg

The infamous hallucinogenic peyote cactus, Lophophora williamsii. Easy to grow but so slow!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v164/tvelardi/Peyote.jpg

Paphi
October 27th, 2009, 08:38 AM
very very pretty:heart::heart::heart:

Paul B
October 27th, 2009, 09:30 AM
wow really very interesting looking plants and flowers!!!

newbie
October 27th, 2009, 10:07 AM
Very nice looking flowers and pics!

orchidlover
October 27th, 2009, 11:41 AM
They are quite gorgeous! Thank you!

Rocco
October 28th, 2009, 10:03 AM
Great looking plants! Nice photography!

skipper
October 28th, 2009, 05:26 PM
Very interesting plants and pictures.

Paphraguy
October 28th, 2009, 06:58 PM
Very nice! Great shots!

dragonfly22
October 28th, 2009, 11:08 PM
Wonderful plants! You did great!

Slipperguy
October 30th, 2009, 12:04 AM
Super cool plants...:cool: