Winter flowers

[Liz M]

Looking back over Jim Mercer's Christmas Crassulas made me think that there must be a lot of plants out there in flower or waiting for some sun to open their buds. Here are a few of mine. Let's see some others it will brighten up the dreary weather we are having to endure

. A form of Crassula ovata I think.

Echeveria fulgens, this has not stopped flowering since I got it about eighteen months ago, it's very good value.

Echeveria rosea, this is only in bud at the moment but the flower is an extraordinary long one that is bright red and suffuses the leaves with red as well

Crassula perforata a reliable flowerer

Sedum craigii

[JaneO]

Lovely pictures Liz as ever. The last one looks very similar to my Pachyphytum oviferum except the flowers would be pinky/red.
Jane O

[Jim_Mercer]

Liz

I think your C. perforata may be C. rupestris

rupestris

perforata

Flowering soon...

[Liz M]

Hi Jim, Some familiar stuff there and plenty more to come, even in winter, I sure. As for C perforata, you are right mine is C rupestris but it is very varied and dependent on how much you water it.

[Tony R]

Hi Liz,

If it's the really small form, I usually call this cv. 'Tom Thumb'. You have some lovely winter flowers.

Here's a photo I took of a larger leaved form of rupestris, benefiting from South African sun in November:

Best wishes, Tony

[Liz M]

Hi Tony, Lucky you getting some winter sun, so did I, I was in Kenya, did not see any Crassulas though, just lots of birds, animals and acacia trees.
Here are a couple of Aloes for a change. The first might be Aloe albiflora but I am suffering from faded label, perhaps someone would be kind enough to correct me.

Then there is this one.

The label says Aloe bellatula x haworthoides,

[Julie]

What beauties! Who says winter is dull.

I have a Crassula of some sort which is a traling version of the one first called perforata, it has flowered this year for the first time. I guess it likes the north sill of my new 14C kitchen.

[sue46]

Lovely flowers everyone thank you for sharing. Never really tried succulents - only good old Kalanchoe blossfeldiana of which I have about 3 small plants in my bedroom flowering (but alas not excellent speciments ). The problem is how do you stop these plants getting leggy? Can they be cut right back down to start anew or not?

[Jude]

Hi Sue, I've cut back K. blossfeldiana & the plants respond well. The cuttings root easily too - I left cuttings in a jam-pot of water and forgot about them, only to find them all rooting a few weeks later.