Apologies for the delay, I've been without internet objection for the last few days.
The topic for July is 'Summertime'. Anything that suggests summer, whether plant, flower, setting or anything else.
July 2015: Summertime
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July 2015: Summertime
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Re: July 2015: Summertime
Quite a few of my Gymnocalycium flowers are open around this time. These two were in flower a year or so ago the day we got back from our summer holidays.
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Re: July 2015: Summertime
Summertime; when the cactus flowers open and you get close for that special macro shot....
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Re: July 2015: Summertime
The great British summer, cacti in the rain.
A wet Opuntia. Opuntia in flower Delosperma estuayhense Mammilaria spinosissima, flowering even though it is only just getting roots.
A wet Opuntia. Opuntia in flower Delosperma estuayhense Mammilaria spinosissima, flowering even though it is only just getting roots.
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Re: July 2015: Summertime
I assume Delosperma esterhuyseniae?Liz M wrote:Delosperma estuayhense
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Re: July 2015: Summertime
Yes, I did the name from memory, thanks for the correction.
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Re: July 2015: Summertime
Not the easiest Delosperma to spell, but maybe I can help with that. I'm not sure it is D. esterhuyseniae at all D. esterhuyseniae has noticeable yellow centres to the white flowers, and is "tufted" with hardly any visible stems even on the flower stalks. Here is D. esterhuyseniae:
A possible name is D. karooicum. This name is slightly dubious, but seems to be commonly applied to plants that were initially distirbuted as D. sp. Graaf-Reinet. It has more a typical "spreading" Delosperma habit, thin woody stems developing, although it can be very compact in the garden. Flowers are pure white, the only yellow is the pollen.Cheshire, UK
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Re: July 2015: Summertime
When you buy a plant, you are at the mercy of the labellers. I have lost count of the number of my plants that have been renamed here. Thanks for the information Ian, at least I won't have to try to remember how to spell esterhuyseniae. I would certainly agree that my plant can get very woody stems. In fact, I repotted it, removing all the dead and dried out bits of stem. It has grown very happily since.
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