Cotyledon species

I don't know the species. We received it simply as "Cotyledon species". Whatever it is, we like the form. Perhaps a common name like "Praying Hands"?

Autumn in the Greenhouse

Color isn't just in the flowers. A greenhouse of succulent plants provides a wonderful array of colors, especially in the Autumn. This shows a couple of views in the #2 greenhouse.

Lithops 'steineckeana'

I couldn't resist taking a photo of this yesterday as the evening sun was back-lighting these Lithops giving them a lovely luminescence.

Haworthia attenuata variegate ('Golden City')

The colors in this variegated Haworthia are absolutely fantastic at this time of the year. According to the information we received with the plant, this is the cultivar 'Golden City', which is sometimes labeled H. subattenuata 'Golden City'.

Dorstenia species

Another plant that's blooming right now is the Dorstenia. Talk about a plant which could readily be from another planet! This one surely qualifies. Now those are bodacious flowers!

Pedilanthus macrocarpus cristate

Known as the Slipper Plant or "Gallito", from the Sonoran Desert in Mexico and Baja, this is a leafless succulent shrub which sometimes produces crested stems. Our primary interest is in these crested forms. For those of us who can't plant them outside, they make a cool pot specimen. It's a dry-land shrub, so don't over-water. It gets its common name from the shape of its flowers.

Huernia bayeri

Another plant that's blooming again is Huernia bayeri. We find this to be a very easy plant to grow and we like it a lot.

Dinteranthus microspermus ssp. puberulus

The Dinteranthus are blooming. The first picture shows both a new flower and a "late stage" flower. Quite the amazing plants.

Finally, a photo of the same at the botanical garden in Göttingen, Germany.

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And I'm kind of in that "late stage" right now. Way too late at night after a very busy day.  More chat another time.