Dorstenia

Dorstenia a funny little plant with funnier looking flowers.

Wikipedia has this to say about Dorstenia:

Dorstenia is a genus of about 105 species in the Moraceae plant family. Most species are Neotropical or Afrotropical, with a single species in India, Sri Lanka and the island of Socotra (Yemen). Dorstenia is named in honor of the German physician and botanist Theodor Dorsten (1492 - 1552).

I think I have about 4  at the most.

Of the 4 I have 3 I have no idea that the names are.

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They don't like temps below 40.



Dorstenia carnulosa

   Dorstenia carnulosa didn't like me, it didn't look that good when I got it . It's gone.

Dorstenia lanceolata

Dorstenia lanceolata

Dorstenia lanceolata did not like me and didn't last long.

Dorstenia crispa v lancifolia

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Some of the Dorstenia in the photo's don't like a lot of water and can go dry for a short time.

Who Is looking for rain?

We have been getting 1 - 1/2 inch of rain a day for the last 4 or 5 days now.

Not all the plants like that much water.

This was my only and best ever Dyckia 'Yellow Glow'.

Euphorbia lophogona

This Euphorbia is getting to be a little bit of a weed, It seems to like my yard.

It's growing on a small burm.

 All most 30 inchs tall.

 By the driveway

 In a hanging basket

It all started from this guy in a pot. Not as large as the one growing in the soil.

If I look around a little more, there might be more of them.

Some do look better(better color on the leafs) then others or they could be hybrids. I do have other Euphorbia nearby.

Deuterocohnia longipetala

This is the 1st time I ever had any seed from any Deuterocohnia.
Do you need two different plants to get seed?

 I wonder what it is crossed with.

This plant is not by any other Deuterocohnia but Dyckia's are all around it, so could it be pollinated by a dyckia?

I do have a Deuterocohnia about 20 feet away on the other side a 6 ft high fence.

This is it.

It has been in flower for a looooong time this summer.

For Sale

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I have to many Dyckia dawsonii's.

So I going to have a sale on them.

 If you would like one or more (up to 10) let my know.

 All plant are in 6 inch pot and look like the ones in the photo.

 I will send you a invoice from PayPal.

Cost of each one would by $9  or 2 for $15 plus shipping.  Domestic  shipments only.

I would think shipping should cost about $7 for 1 plant to most of the USA.

If you want more then 1 plant let me know and I will check on shipping cost.

Sorry international shipments would cost to much for just this plant.

Sale ends July 23, 2021.

weather report

The weather report not looking to good this coming week.

Dyckia neiderleinii

I have a plant with a label that reads Dyckia neiderleinii that I got at Michael's Bromeliads but is it?

I did ask him about it and he said it was. Butttt I still have doubts.

It sure has alot goiing on. 3 flower stems and I don't know that else is coming a offset or a 4th flower stem.

Stem with seeds.

Anyone with ideas?????????????



Looks like one more flower stem.



Seeds

Time with the little ones

Been kind of occupied  baby-sitting my 2 granddaughter the last few weeks. They sure keep you busy.  

The little one is 2 and the bigger one is 5.

I'm getting to old for this kind of work out.

Maybe this will take some steam out of them?

 Nope

You Tube

I don't know if you go to You Tube, but its a great place to find out stuff  you don't know. Yep you can get bad information but you can get a lot of useful information as well. I use it a lot. 

If you have not seen any of my videos you might want to take a look.

https://www.youtube.com/user/turtle34205?feature=mhee

Google Earth

Did you ever use Google Earth to look at your house?
I did, the frist time I looked we had Chrismas decorations up.
Now it show the one day I did a big clean up.
Take a look.

Dyckia species

When I started to collect dyckia's maybe 15 years ago. There where not to many species in cultivation. 

But now-a-days more and more species are making there way in to the hands of collectors. 

Dyckia linearifolia



I see new species on ebay all the time. Thank goodness for ebay and a few collectors that are able to get and share these plants.



Dyckia pulquinensis

You can say a lot about ebay, some people don't like it for what-ever reason and some like me love it. With out ebay these new dyckia's would only be for sale at local sales if at all.

Dyckia goiana



Dyckia linearifolia

A new dyckia for me. Just got this off ebay a new sp. 

A nice looking thin white/green leaf. I took it out of the box and dropped (DAM) it breaking a few leaves.

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?

Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii

This is a up-date.

Way back in November 5, 2011 I got 2 very rare Cryptanthus Cryptanthus leopoldo-horstii
at the  Plant Auction at the 12th Annual International Cryptanthus Society Show

 Photo taken November 10, 2011 wide leaf clone

 Photo taken November 10, 2011

Photo taken June 29 2012

Now I know why this Cryptanthus is so rare. It's Very slow.

I was hoping for offsets by now. 

Maybe its slow because of the way I grow it. I don't want it to rot, so I careful with the water. Plus they were not very well rooted to start with. I do think they look better with more silver on them.

In the background is Cryptanthus warasii.

Old Items

Old Items on this blog seen to have dropped the photos.

So if your looking at some old blog listing and the photos are gone just let me know and I'll try to find the photos that go with it.

Hechtia glauca

This is one of the most succulent of the Hechtia, but is a slow grower.

UPDATE: 7/31/2012

At one time I thought it was a slow grower but if you grow it the correct way it's not a slow grower after all.

The soil mix was the key in this plant. You go and buy a plant bring it home, so you think it's going to do the same for that it did from the place you got from.

Not always.

The way I tried to grow it was not the same way.
So it didn't do much for me.
Once I re-potted it in my soil mix it started to do a whole lot better.

Leaves thick, fat, recurved and have spiny hooks along the leaf margins.
Leaves get up to 18" across.
Leaves are a yellow-green with a turquoisey cast on them (thin dusting) giving it a bit of blue color in the right light. Drought tolerant, but appreciates water.

From: Michoacan, Mexico

Dyckia goiana sp. goiana

 This dyckia has the tallest flower stem of any dyckia I have, with a flower stem over 4 feet tall.
I know it's a little hard to see it all in one photo but it was the only way to get it all in one photo.

 Some what slow to make offsets  and doesn't make alot of them.

 Flowers are orange but the orange is so bright they almost look kind of orange red.

They don't open up that much.