succulent treasures

Escobaria vivipara buxbaum

Escobaria vivipara keeps puzzling botanists because of its green fruits and its big flowers (right), so different from those of the other Escobaria. It has long been considered a Coryphantha until Buxbaum, in 1951, placed it in Escobaria...

04/06/2009 | 329 Hits | 1 comment | Print | Email | Read more...

Echinocereus leucanthus

Echinocereus leucanthus Taylor is a Mexican plant coming from SW Sonora and NW Sinaloa bearing  magnificent hypnotic white flowers, slender thin stems and tuberous Dahlia-like roots.       ...

08/08/2008 | 810 Hits | 9 comments | Print | Email | Read more...

Echinopsis famatimensis

I am currently growing one single plant of this beautiful species from Argentina. A very slow growing plant with many names. The magnificent flower     The plant and the petals    see more in the gallery other...

14/04/2008 | 925 Hits | Print | Email

Euphorbia updates

Added photos taken in 2007 including: e silenifolia, e phillipsioides, e. ankarensis, e. pachypodioides, e. brunellii, and e. abdelkuri in flower: e. abdelkuri e. philliphsioides e. trichadenia visit the gallery euphorbiaceae

29/10/2007 | 625 Hits | Print | Email

echinomastus updates

I uploaded a few pictures of echinomastus flowers taken in early spring 2007. A very welcome addition are the beautiful flowers of e. erectocentrus as the only plant I am growing did bloom after over ten years of cultivation. echinomastus...

01/10/2007 | 610 Hits | Print | Email | Read more...

Echinomastus news

This year I pollinated these plants and got seeds of e. duragensis, e. intertextus and e. warnockii. Seeds were sown early september and germination is ongoing. Echinomastus are very slow growing and prone to rot, love cold and dry...

01/10/2006 | 474 Hits | Print | Email