My Succulents Love This Sun

[Larry the Lamb]

I hate this sticky heat, I cant bear to be out in it, but these guys love it!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/sunlovers0605.jpg

and check out the colour on this Aloe juvenna!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v11/Dawnrider/aloejuvennathirdyear02.jpg

[z5guy]

sweet nice plants!! o and larry, how do u sperate an offshoot of lewesia "little plum" i have a nice healthy offshoot on my plant and i really dont want to kill it with my inexperince. gont any info?? u are the cacti "kid" after all ;)

[mla2ofus]

Very nice plants Larry. I like the cool blue colored one and the one with the red in it.

[Audwoman]

Beautiful Larry. I put mine out today. In another week or two I will get around to taking some pics. I have way to many tender sucs I wish I lived in a warmer climate so I could leave them out, but I love them the colors are so pretty.

[DandyLioness]

LOVELY Larry!

z5guy, I found this on Lewisia:

"Propagation Method: Seed

Seeds are collected in mid summer when the corolla turns papery and the disseminule breaks away from the stem. The development and ripening of the seeds occurs over a 2 to 3 week period. Seeds are shiny black at maturity.

Seed storage is at least 5 years under cool, dry conditions.
Seed dormancy is classified as physiological dormancy.
Seeds/Kg: unknown
% Purity: 100%
% Germination: 50%

60 to 90 day cold moist stratification. Germination occurs in early spring at temperatures slightly above freezing to 10C."

I hope that's helpful, cuz I also needed the info! :rolleyes:

Hmmm - but then on the other hand I see this: Propagation:
seed
division

SO... looks like we CAN divide them... I will look further.

Sorry, Larry, I don't mean to hyjack your thread, but just HAD to post this....

"Although Lewisia rediviva may occasionally produce some side shoots which can be removed (and can be forced to do so by the expert use of a knife), the only practical means of propagation is seed. Lewisias germinate best at cold temperatures (e.g. 40 F, 5 C), either in a refrigerator or left outside in early spring."

So there we have it z5guy!

:lol:

[Ginny42]

Very cool looking succulents Larry! I really like that aloe, looks like it has teeth. :lol:

[MrSeedy]

Larry my "bluish=pinkish" Echeveria has gotten a much bigger rosette on the top now and that is still making it very top heavy, so just as once before , I pulled it out of the pot, removed the bottom inch of soil from the rootball, since that had not roots in it, and then repotted the thing deeper , with the stem burried deeper , so that the part above the old soil level could form new roots and hold that top heavy Echeveria upright, so it wouldn't tip and pull right out of the soil. It's almost never recommended to plant succulents and cactus deeper than the old soil level when replanting any kind of plant (except for tomato plants and a few others) , since you risk getting stem or trunk rot with the deeper planting, but if you're very carefull not to overwater it seems to work for ancoring the roots better to hold the thing upright. I've noticed those roots dont' grow very deep to anchor the plants, hence the deeper potting. I'd say despite the apparent health of the Echeveria , which was in a four in. pot, upon removing the rootball and plant from the pot, the rootball was only about 2X2 in. in volume and that's surprising considering the very heavy rosette , which is now about four in. across. It could be that my tendency to "overwater" somewhat is making the plant think it needen't have much of a root system , since it gets so much water even with the small rootball.

BTW, Larry, I almost forgot to say how pretty your collection, is and those cacti and succulents sure do appreciate their summer outdoors in the north after many long days indoors in less than perfect light through the winter months. They sure do show their potential for much "sturdier" growth outdoors in the summer.

[z5guy]

hmmm, but i dont get it! my lewesia has a side shoot but this "side shoot" has a seperate crown! you would think you could cut something off that has a crown, woudlent u???

[yellow22]

It wont kill it just cut it of and stick it in the dirt scientist.

Larry the L I'm, sure you had a fun father's day.

Your moving those plants with care everytime you mow I see. I can't get enough space for them either.

[Sneezie]

:rolleyes: Wow judging by those lil guys, I would say yes they most certainly do love the sun on them. Very nice!! :blink:

[Larry the Lamb]

z5guy, I've never grown a Lewisia(yet!) but I would imagine they would propagate as easily as an Echeveria in that you could cut off a rosette and plant it after its dried up.

[z5guy]

thanks :)

[Smokymist]

Beautiful pictures, very healthy and happy looking plants !!

Cheryl