Epicactus 'Miss Escondido'

The epis continue to lead the way with their fantastic flowers throughout the greenhouse.

Epicactus 'Fifi'

The parade of epicactus flowers continues, this time with 'Fifi'. For the next couple of weeks it's going to be hard to keep up, what with a puppy taking most of our attention just as so many flowers are appearing. But, we'll try!

47th Wedding Anniversary and More Puppy Pics

The top picture shows Latte on the right, along with his great aunt, Kiani; at least I think that's the relationship. Latte will probably be a little larger than Kiani when mature.
So today we celebrated our 47th wedding anniversary by taking care of Latte, our anniversary gift to each other! (We also spent a few hours at Powell's Book Store.)

Disocactus phyllanthoides

Also known as Nopalxochia phyllanthoides, but the genus Nopalxochia doesn't have much support. The display this plant puts on is nothing short of fantastic.

Introducing "Latte", the newest member of our family

We have anew puppy. Joining Belgian Tervurens Osita and Kiani is Latte, just barely 10 weeks old. He's a handful, as a 10 week old should be, but he's fitting in quite well and has already been introduced to our miniature horse, Ladybug, who accepts him as one of the family.

Epicactus 'Madeline'

This is a fantastic, easy to grow epi, which flowers readily every Spring.

Haworthia chloracantha var. chloracantha

Back to some haworthias. It seems I'll have to get back out to the greenhouse with my camera to get some new photos of Echeverias. Soon.

Haworthia 'Manda's Hybrid'

It appears that nobody knows who Manda was or where this hybrid originated, and - judging by comments on the web - it appears to be disliked by far too many people. It's certainly not the flashiest of cultivars, but it's very easy to grow and is actually quite a handsome plant. It could easily be worked into one of the now very popular succulent gardens or living wreaths and I think it should be used more often.