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I don't know how to describe this
Twisted spines, fasciation — how is this usually described? Looking at it, I immediately thought of a "spiral" and a "galaxy" — that kind of vibe🤔
Dorstenia Gigas
While it doesn't carry the ruffled-leaf genes, its caudex is quite round, measuring over 6 cm, featuring a short, chubby shape that looks really nice.❤
Pachypodium hybrid, $80, Seed-grown, Caudex7.4 cm
This is a Pachypodium brevicaule x densiflorum.
It is very special; each layer of areoles is quite tight, giving it a layered, fleshy look. The spines are quite rugged. The skin color has a strong metallic sheen. The branching is quite abundant, and it already has three layers of branches! Overall, it is very substantial.
If you are interested, please contact me for a video to see it~
Shipping is $25, air freight from China.
It's really beautiful in the sunset
These are multi-headed Mammillaria humboldtii. I just happened to find the perfect angle to capture them together with the sunset. The soft golden light gently falling on them is absolutely mesmerizing.
They all grew from tiny little offsets and are now over 8 years old. I guess that's the beauty of growing plants—nurturing them from tiny step by step. There are failures along the way, and not many make it to full maturity. But when they finally do, the sense of fulfillment is just unmatched.
A Mammillaria humboldtii with super many "heads"
It's almost 17cm now. It's not grown from seed, but from offsets. Watching it gives me a great sense of satisfaction.
Euphorbia unispina
They look like little monsters with lots of "eyes"~
Euphorbia decepta,Seeds grown, Size 12.3cm, $380
Shipping is $25, and a full video of the plant is available for viewing.
Boswellia aspleniifolia
Their leaves are so unique, super gorgeous~
Pachypodium inopinatum
| Sharing a special Pachypodium inopinatum. All its branches happen to grow in a single plane, looking just like a small mountain range! |
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The root system of a large Euphorbia obesa
This is a 9.5 cm Euphorbia obesa. The root system has already been cleaned. It looks much smaller than expected and is a bit top-heavy.
Ground-planted result!
This is Euphorbia knobelii, grown in the ground for over 4 years, and this caudex is amazing! It measures 9 cm. This one is quite heavy ~
Mini Pachypodium rosulatum subsp. makayense
Only 3.5cm thick, yet it has already bloomed twice!A miniature individual with no side branches and a standard metallic black skin color! So cute! 🥰
Variegated Senna meridionalis
| Bred from “millions of seeds” just to get a few like these. Absolutely gorgeous! Even if it completely defoliates in winter, the variegation won't disappear. Not a seasonal variegation~ |
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Adenia glauca
5-year-old seed-grown seedling, pruned every year, now it's all chubby and so cute.
Aloe compressa var schistophil Seed-grown $30 each + ✈
$25 shipping ✈ Shipped bare-root via air freight from China
F1 hybrid of Euphorbia brevirama and Euphorbia suppressa
This is F1 hybrid. In terms of traits, the short-branch genes of E. suppressa are relatively prominent, while the genes of E. brevirama are mainly reflected in the main body (the central indentation of E. brevirama is quite noticeable).
It is currently two years old, with most of them measuring around 6 cm in size—absolutely adorable! We don't know yet how the branches will grow in the future. We just hope they won't keep forking endlessly like E. brevirama. However, based on their current appearance, they seem to be leaning more towards E. suppressa (fingers crossed!).
Photos 1-4 are of the first-generation hybrids, Photo 5 is E. brevirama, and Photos 6-7 are E. suppressa~
The utterly adorable Dorstenia socotrana
I was curious today to see how big the underground tuber was, so I dug it up. It’s currently 1.5 cm in size—very tiny. However, whilst digging, I knocked off a seed head, which has left me feeling a bit down... X﹏X