Really pretty leopard spotting on the leaves, hopefully it'll produce some nice turquoise flowers soon :)
I only ordered a single bulb, however I was given one that had split into 4! Lucky me.
Bulb Bert Zaalberg - an excellent seller
I was the only person there, the mist gave it a great sense of scale. Perfect for echoes.
There was some really nice native woodland further down the valley, lots of really old twisted birch trees and interesting fauna, I saw a bird of prey with its chicks all calling.
I liked the pine forest with the cows in the mist, they certainly didn't like me though. I found a dead wasp's nest there which was interesting.
After scrambling up the hill for a good 500m (200m elevation) which was exhausting, I walked back down through derwent reservoir, fun walk!
From a randomly assorted seed mix. I love the blue hues
C. ratum
C. crateriforme
C. comptonii (really excited about!)
C. obcordellum 'mundum' Gifberg
C. obcordellum something
Aloinopsis rosulatum and C. calculus
Still maintaining its eyes, despite growing a lot!
C. crateriforme
Pretty foliage, the one on the left (2nd picture) refused to grow a second leaf for over a month, but has now finally produced a tiny one. Very dark and glossy leaves
It's about to flower! The bracts are slowly opening after being scrunched up into a fist. It definitely does look like some witchy hands. I'm very excited to get seed off it, I'll try cross pollinating it with a Dorstenia hildebrandtii too.