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March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 2:00 pm
by el48tel
I'm hoping to see lots of entries since I'm sure that there's at least one mesemb even in the collection of the most dedicated cactophile.
With many mesembs being winter and spring growers I'm hoping for flowers ... texture .... patterns .... shapes. I'm not judging the plants .... I'm judging the pictures you send for the way in which you portray or tell the story or what it is which makes the plant so special to YOU.
Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:41 pm
by Aiko
Probably the nicest of mesembs according to me: Conophytum burgeri
Active and in flower:
Inactive during its summer dormancy:
Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2024 7:54 pm
by TomInTucson
Aiko wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:41 pm
Probably the nicest of mesembs according to me: Conophytum burgeri
Active and in flower:
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Inactive during its summer dormancy:
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Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2024 9:54 am
by el48tel
Bumping this .... as a reminder
Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:58 pm
by WoBo
Last month I wasn't able to contribute - no
Adromischus in my collection.
This month I had to search my photo archive a little longer, as I had already presented several mesemb pictures before, including some as night bloomers ... So here is my March selection:
One aspect I love about mesembs is the color spectrum of their flowers. There are colors - and color combinations - including metallic effects that are quite unique. Here you can see the cultivar
Delosperma dyeri 'Red Mountain', where the flowers start out rather orange (at the bottom of the picture and at the very back in the blur) and then turn reddish with a purple tinge.
I have shown this
Titanopsis schwantesii before, but with the 'opposite shot' to this photo. This genus is one of my absolute favorites because of its reptiloid leaves.
Or is it dinosaur skin?
Wolfgang
Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:13 pm
by Ernie
Trichadiadema densum. An appropriate name its like a jungle in there. Another plant I got from Whitestone 20 years ago. Its grown a great deal since then.
Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 1:46 pm
by el48tel
Bumping.
Only one week remaining.
Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2024 9:13 am
by el48tel
Another bump
Surely there's a few more pictures of plants .... shapes ... texture.... colour .... etc .... flowers are not compulsory
Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:12 am
by Ernie
Re: March 2024 Marvellous Mesembs
Posted: Fri Mar 29, 2024 11:13 am
by Ernie
Ernie wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 6:13 pm
Trichadiadema densum. An appropriate name its like a jungle in there. Another plant I got from Whitestone 20 years ago. Its grown a great deal since then.P1030144.JPG
The flower