Pliospilos nellii 'Royal Flush' seedlings

Not a very good picture because I had to enlarge it too much and it's a bit grainy. These are a few of the seedlings of 'Royal Flush' that have been doing very nicely this summer. They seem to be among the few who have really liked our cool summer days. Personally, I could use a little more warmth before we head into the long gray days of winter. Oh well, we'll get what we get.

Enjoy your plants.

Getting ready for the OCSS Sale

I've been busy the last few days. I'm retired, but still do some things related to my profession. A friend had requested that I  officiate at the interment of her ashes, which I did on Friday, and today I filled in for a pastor who was out of town. But the real time investment has been in preparation for the OCSS sale next weekend. Lynn-Marie has been potting up cacti for the last few days (somewhere between 15 and 20 flats) and is just now getting to the other succulents. I kind of work in the background preparing potting soil, carrying things around, going for supplies, etc., but have also potted up a flat of Lithops and will pot up another flat tomorrow before going to my cardiologist appointment.

Getting ready for a sale like this is quite time consuming since, being an internet-mail order nursery, our plants are generally grown in trays and aren't individually potted. The Pleiospilos plants above look about as exhausted as we are!

Hope to see some of you locals out at the sale.

Pleiospilos nelii

Almost anyone who has grown succulent plants has tried their hand at the "Split Rock" - Pleiospilos nelii. It's not really all that hard to grow and the flowers are fantastic. Lynn-Marie was working in the greenhouses today, preparing an order for South Korea, while I was out getting supplies, and she took the photos. These have been flowering for the past several days. No matter how long we've been growing these little gems, they still amaze me.