Newly emerging foliage of Sinningia speciosa ‘Violacea’.
Tag: syngoniums
Spring means oak catkins on everything. The front yard is buried in tree jizz, and even the container plants aren’t safe. But the actual point of this post is that graptoveria ‘Debbie’ and Echeveria pulidonis complement each other perfectly, and if they both survive the summer Trials, I’ll move them into a container together.
Some south Texas cemetery aesthetic for ya.
Top row, l-r: Echeveria purpusorum, E. compressicaulis. Middle: E. setosa var. deminuta. Bottom, l-r: E. lilacina, E. pulidonis.
Inflorescence of Veltheimia bracteata.
Trachyandra saltii. Its charismatic cousin T. tortilis seems to get more publicity, but it’s got a peculiar charm of its own.
My favorite phal is blooming again. No label on this guy, but I believe it’s Dtps. Leopard Prince.
This is the other rose I bought Saturday, ‘Le Petit Prince’. It’s a large, silvery lavender pink flower with a strong citrus fragrance.
The flowers of ‘Alfred Sisley’ change over time; they open yellow and coral, and then gradually fade to pink and white.
It was pouring down rain for most of this morning, so I got some indoor plant pics instead. Here’s ‘Happy Harold’, which regained a lot of variegation on its new growth this winter, and ‘Harmony’s News Flash’.
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