Kalanchoe luciae in Bloom

The Kalanchoe Flapjack and Watermelon are flowering with a vengeance. Both have been pumping flowers for a over a few weeks now - took a long time for the flower spikes to finally open up, but when they did - non-stop action (did I just say that???). Too bad these plants will die off once the flowering is all done.

Schlumbergera buckleyi

I picked this plant up in the sale racks at the NEX Garden Shop - can you guess when??? Yup - after Christmas was over. Since I was repotting epiphytics, I figured I should get to this one as well. This and the Dog Tail Cactus are living in the upstairs lanai to get the proper lighting.

Selenicereus testudo

I got the cutting for this cactus as another hitchhiker (maybe 8 months ago???). It has had significant growth since and I went ahead and repotted it today. I trimmed off one arm as it got damaged while I was repotting it - also it was the one arm that was hanging downward before I decided to repot it. Some articles on line say this likes brighter, direct sunlight - but like most other epiphytic plants, I think this does better with bright shade. I repotted using orchid mix and relocated it to the upstairs lanai (where the other 'bright shade' plants are staged).

Shades of Purple

I was walking around the planter benches, looking for mealie bugs to squash and I noticed these plants with a nice shade of purple filling in. One is a Leuchtenbergia principis I bought from the Iwilei Home Depot. It hasn't grown one little bit since I brought it home a couple of months ago. The books say it is a slow grower so I guess this is another plant that will teach me patience. The other one is a Opuntia of some sort - these were hitchhikers on another plant I bought (maybe even the Leuchtenbergia). The sun never really gets too low on the horizon here in Hawaii - so these plants are already getting summer coloring (with the 'spring'-like weather).

Orchids at Koolau Farmers

I am trying to not get into orchids... trying really hard... Our last trip to Koolau Farmers on Beretania we saw these and more... trying not to get into orchids....

Flowering Schizobasis intricata

As I was gardening yesterday, I was cleaning up some old growth from the two pots of Schizobasis and I saw these! Super tiny flowers. I should keep a larger container of soil under these two pots to catch the seeds (otherwise they'll germinate all over the place...).

A New Aloe (No Name)

I bought this at the last CSSH meeting. Perla didn't have the name, but said it doesn't like direct sunlight and it will clump up.

Up Potting the Hylocereus Seedlings

The kids and I started upsizing the pots for some of the larger dragon fruit seedlings.

Monadenium ritchiei

I had a Monadenium that I picked up at a nursery - but it just kept getting taller and taller. It never fattened up and there were no signs of it developing offshoots. I took it to the last CSSH meeting to get it to someone else who may have better luck growing it. So I thought I was done with Monadenium, but we stopped off at Koolau Farmers on Beretania and they had starters of the fat clustering kind. Here are some pictures of the plant for future reference and I went ahead and potted it in the big red bowl (future entry into the plant shows???).

Long Lasting Flower

This Baby Toes has kept its flower for over a week now!

January 2017 Cactus and Succulent Society of Hawaii Meeting

Tonight's meeting topic was Euphorbia milii (and there were a lot of them). Slide shows a plenty Great meeting!!!