Mammillaria marksiana

The buds are just beginning to push their way out. Hopefully they'll all open up before we head out on our road trip!

Greenhouse Tour III

And yet another part of the Haworthia growing area, with - as always - a few other things mixed in as well.

Haworthia kingiana variations

These two plants of Haworthia kingiana were grown from the same batch of seed collected at the same site in South Africa. The second one is the "odd ball out". It's part of what makes growing from seed so much fun.

Greenhouse Tour II

Part 2 of the greenhouse tour. This is obviously an area mostly dedicated to haworthias - with a few other things thrown in...

Raised bed progress II

It's done, and the strawberries are planted - along with some onion sets. Actually, there's one more step before I'll be through. I'll be placing a seating bench around the top to finish it off and then treat the cedar with a protective stain.

Stenocactus (Echinofossulocactus) crispatus var. xiphacanthus flowers

Another one of the plants which is flowering now is this, Stenocactus crispatus var. xiphacanthus. (This may or may not be a variety or form, but for ID purposes we'll keep it.) I posted this earlier without flowers, so now that it is flowering, here it is.

Greenhouse Tour I

During the next several days, I'll be posting a selection of photos of some of the growing areas in our greenhouses. Don't expect a HUGE operation. We're small. But I don't know anyone who crowds more into a greenhouse than we do. We really do need another greenhouse...but...it would just get filled up again, so...

Here you see some Echeverias, cactus offsets and miscellaneous other things in the main greenhouse.

Mammillaria albilanata

Mammillaria albilanata. Another photo taken yesterday in one of the greenhouses. Not exactly one of those "show offs" that some of the other cacti are. But in it's own way, spectacular. The tiny carmen flowers create the perfect accent for the fine white spines.