Two types of Orthophytum's

I thought this was useful information so I'm adding it to this blog. With a few updates.

 Some Orthophytum's do not flower on a flower stem like the Orthophytum above.

Orthophytum sanguinea

Only about 16 out of 79 flower like this as far as I can tell. They are:

1. Orthophytum albopictum

2. Orthophytum amoenum

3. Orthophytum burle-marxii

4. Orthophytum hatschbachii

5. Orthophytum heleniceae

6. Orthophytum humile

7. Orthophytum mucugense

8. Orthophytum mucugense

9. Orthophytum navioides

10. Orthophytum ophiuroides

11. Orthophytum pseudovagans

12. Orthophytum rafaelii

13. Orthophytum roseum

14. Orthophytum ulei

15. Orthophytum vagans

16. Orthophytum zanonii

No longer a Orth.

Orthophytum supthutii

Now it's called Lapa duartei

Photo links are from FCBS Bromeliad Photo Index Database

A list of all Orthophytum's from the FCBS Bromeliad Species Database

Orthophytum albopictum

Orthophytum alvimii

Orthophytum amoenum

Orthophytum benzingii

Orthophytum braunii

Orthophytum burle-marxii

Orthophytum burle-marxii var. seabrae

Orthophytum compactum

Orthophytum disjunctum

Orthophytum disjunctum var. angustobracteatum

Orthophytum disjunctum var. minus

Orthophytum disjunctum var. striatum

Orthophytum disjunctum var. variegatum

Orthophytum disjunctum var. viridiflorum

Orthophytum duartei

Orthophytum eddie-estevesii

Orthophytum foliosum

Orthophytum fosterianum

Orthophytum fosterianum var. estevesii

Orthophytum glabrum

Orthophytum gurkenii

Orthophytum hatschbachii

Orthophytum humile

Orthophytum lemei

Orthophytum leprosum

Orthophytum lucidum

Orthophytum lymanianum

Orthophytum magalhaesii

Orthophytum maracasense

Orthophytum mello-barretoi

Orthophytum navioides

Orthophytum rubrum

Orthophytum sanctum

Orthophytum saxicola

Orthophytum saxicola var. aloifolium

Orthophytum sucrei

Orthophytum supthutii not a Orth

Orthophytum vagans

Orthophytum grossiorum

Orthophytum estevesii

Orthophytum horridum

Orthophytum falconii

Orthophytum toscanoi

Orthophytum heleniceae

Orthophytum jabrense

Orthophytum zanonii

Orthophytum lanuginosum

Orthophytum macroflorum

Orthophytum riocontense

Orthophytum rubiginosa

Orthophytum schulzianum

Orthophytum mucugense

Orthophytum conquistense

Orthophytum harleyi

Orthophytum atalaiense

Orthophytum triunfense

Orthophytum boudetianum

Orthophytum striatifolium

Orthophytum pseudovagans

Orthophytum catingae

Orthophytum piranianum

Orthophytum graomogolense

Orthophytum itambense

Orthophytum ophiuroides

Orthophytum diamantinense

Orthophytum toscanoi ssp. atropurpureum

Orthophytum cearense

Orthophytum teofilo-otonense

Orthophytum elegans

Orthophytum jacaraciense

Orthophytum vidaliorum

Orthophytum guaratingense

Orthophytum pseudostoloniferum

Orthophytum roseum

Orthophytum erigens

Orthophytum buranhense

Orthophytum ulei

Orthophytum rafaelii

Orthophytum argentum

UPDATE 7/27/14

I put this list on Facebook back in April and received this reply  

April 30 2014

 "Sascha Heller

Correctly. there is a conspicuous differentiation in Orthophytum. And there is also a close link to Cryptanthus. Currently some Colleagues and I are working on a taxonomical improvement. There will be a few new genera coming up,"

 I don't know if that’s a good thing or not.

Maybe they will look at Hechtia's as well. Their are some that flower on a stem and some that don't

UPDATE 6/1/2017

Sincoraea

Species

1. albopictum
2. amoena
3. burle-marxii
4. hatschbachii
5. heleniceae
6. humilis
7. mucugensis
8. navioides
9. ophiuroides
10. rafaelii
11. ulei

Orthophytum saxicola variegated

I think this is the best looking Orthophytum I have seen and only about 4 inches across. This is a hard to find plant for some reason. It was a easy plant to find 20 or 30 years ago. That was before it had name. If I remember correctly it was call It or ti.

Over Stock

It seem I have way more plants what I can't sell or gave away.

What to do with all the extra plants?

Well the only way I know of is to pitch, chuck, throw or just fling them out.

It's fall and winter is on it's way.
Then...........
Spring time starts with a new growing season with more plants to pot up, with some to keep and some to move out one more time.

 The 1st on the list to pitch are the Hechtia's. No one wants a big bad plant that will draw blood just looking at it. I might keep a few but most are going.

Hechtia's

Next Deuterocohnia's I have few that are also to big and like Hechtia's they are also to "big bad plant that will draw blood just looking at it". The smaller Deuterocohnia's it seems I can't keep alive.


Deuterocohnia's

After that comes any plant I'm not all that happy with.
Maybe some Orthophytum, I have to many offsets on some.

Orthophytum

Some times you get a plant and it just doen't do what you hope it would do. So if I find any out they go.




 

Orthophytum foliosum silver

Orthophytum foliosum silver a easy to grow and fast. Produces lots of offsets on stolens.
I like the color of this Orthophytum nice and silver looking. I'm not showing the flower heads because I broke it off, sh_t happens.

Orthophytum foliosum silver in a 12 inch pot

 Can you see the roots?

Small Orthophytum's

Orthophytum vagans

Orthophytum 'Brittle Star'
Orthophytum conquistense

I don't know why but their is some thing I like about the small Orthophytum's. Some are clumping and some send out stolons. I have no idea how many small Orthophytum there are I only have about 7 or so.

Orthophytum maracasense variegated

I have the variegated (bottem 2 photo's) and the non-variegated (top photo) form of this plant, but I started to grow the variegated form in a large 10 inch pot just to see if it will get as large as some will do if in a big pot. As you can see from the photo it will. The largest pot I use to grow them was a 6 inch pot but most of the time it was 4 or 5 inch pot.

I think most people grow there plants in to small of a pot which will slow down how large the plants will get. They should try to grow them in larger pot with more drainage material, I use one part peat and 3 parts peal-lite and sometimes I will add some volcanic rock if it is a big pot.

The non-variegated form is in a 6 inch pot, I might try to grow it in a larger pot next summer.

Orthophytum 'Stardust'

Orthophytum lemei X gurkenii

This Orthophytum when in flower get so big and heavy in falls over well before the pups start to show up.

I get alot of my plants from Tropiflora and this is what they say in one of the Cargo Report's sbout this plant

"Orthophytum ‘Stardust’ A very handsome cross of gurkenii x lemei by Michael Kiehl. Wide brownish leaves are heavily scurf-covered, giving the plant a silvery or slightly pinkish color. The inflorescence is a tall scape with short, burr-like branches made up of short, stiff, reddish colored bracts and white flowers."

This plant did not come from Tropiflora and I don't remember were I got it. My tag reads: Orthophytum lemei x gurkenii. When you see a cross like this one where gurkenii x lemei, gurkenii would be the seed plant but this lemei x gurkenii were lemei would be the seed plant.

This plant is in a 8 inch pot.

Orthophytum glabrum

Anyone see Orthophytum glabrum do this? Or is it some thing else?

The photo on top is the way Orthophytum glabrum always flower but the photo below it shows what this is doing. I a few pots of what I though was Orthophytum glabrum but it might be something else.