Blossoming succulents

Hello there! Some of my succulents have blossomed or are about to blossom here at my tiny balcony garden, so I thought I'd share some pics. Isn't spring the best season? :)

 echeveria glauca

unknown echeveria

 echeveria lilacina

  graptopetalum paraguayense

 echeveria setosa

kalanchoe calandiva (well this one can blossom all year round)

 echeveria pulidonis

echeveria purpusorum

echeveria pilosa

aeoniums!

Aeoniums are one of the most ornamental of all the succulents. And they 're my favourite family of succulents:) Even those that don't appreciate succulents seem to like these plants. I thought I'd share mine..They're not many, but I plan on expanding my collection:P They survived the winter cold, now the only thing that is left is to see how they will cope with the summer heat. Hmm..

aeonium zwartkopf

aeonium arboreum

aeonium "bronze medal"

aeonium "blushing beauty"

aeonium kiwi

aeonium mascaense

aeonium leucoblepharum

aeonium "sunburst" (how cool is this!)

 

aeonium davidbramwellii

tillandsia terrarium

New terrarium in the house! I just got the tillandsias I ordered and I thought they would look great in a terrarium. Tillandsias (a.k.a. air plants) are often epiphytic, which means they grow on other plants (without harming them!). The funny thing about them is that they do not need soil to grow because they absorb nutrients from their leaves. I hope the little piece of reindeer moss I included makes it, because I hear it's very sensitive! 

new fancy plants!

My first plant order from ebay finally arrived.. I was anxious to see if the plants would arrive in a good shape, but they seem pretty fine! They have dramatic names too :P

sempervivum "blade of steel"

 sempervivum "blood of winter"

aeonium "blushing beauty"

 aeonium "bronze medal"

sempervivum "tickled pink"

cactus humour

A nice little comic strip I found online.

terrarium madness

Terrariums are glass containers with plants inside. And we are mad about them! :p You can think of them as miniature landscapes.Best type of terrariums? The ones with succulents inside of course! :p You can even make a themed terrarium, using toy animals like snakes, lizards etc. Dinosaurs are my favourites :p We will post a tutorial for terrariums soon (in case you want to make your own). 

This one is my first attempt. Say hello to Patrick :p I had to empty this bowl though, because one of the plants had mealy bugs! Yiaiks!! They ate the plant from the inside..Poor haworthia cooperi..Mealy bugs are these disgusting little fellas:

http://www.google.gr/search?q=mealy+bugs&hl=el&prmd=imvns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=-u30TvzkE8bi8AOD9eCfAQ&ved=0CDUQsAQ&biw=1366&bih=645

I hate them..I really do.They're the only insect enemy succulents have. No other insect can harm them:)

So beware, you must inspect every new plant you buy before you introduce it to your other plants!

I made the following terrarium for Eri.hehe.. I used a snake and a dino as ornaments. I think it is a Parasaurolophus :p 

This is a smaller terrarium. It contains a haworthia zebrina and a sempervivum arachnoideum. Kind of creepy, huh? :p

The last terrarium is the one I made for my mum. Didn't put any snakes in it because it would end in the garbage hah. They wouldn't be the first plants with this fate:p These pebbles are too shiny for my taste, but it looks ok I guess.

echeverias!

Hello there! First post yay! We love echeverias, so I am going to show you my echeveria collection :D One of the most fascinating succulent families in my opinion..I plan to expand it! I identify them on my own, so if you notice any mistakes, please let me know :) 

echeveria lilacina

echeveria pulidonis

echeveria "black prince" (poor echeveria, I must clean it from the water stains:P)

echeveria "magic red" (..I think)

 echeveria affinis

 I am not sure what this is. Any ideas? Kinda looks like echeveria pulidonis, but it's not. Some kind of hybrid maybe?

 echeveria purpusorum

This echeveria looks like a cabbage, doesn't it? It's almost bigger than my head hah..It looks very hardy. The people from the nursery had it outside, completely unprotected from rain and frost.  It is probably echeveria secunda glauca.

 echeveria "perle von nurnberg"

echeveria "topsy-turvy"

I have left my poor babies alone since I am visiting my family for the holidays..I moved some of them inside and I covered the others with frost cloth:P

The temperature has dropped a lot, so they will be stressed..If something happens to them while I am gone, I will go mad, there is no doubt about that:P