May 2011 ~ Fashionista

YS de Boer

Mr. Shimada's de Boer are again slightly different.

Chocolaty de Boer and nobly pale C300. Dorotheae de Boer are from the Succulent Expo in Tokyo 2010 .

Yasuhiko Shimada's bromfieldii 'White Nymph' The plants look just like C279 but have white flowers. I very much hope to see them...

Remember the sulphureas ? They've turned out to be quite moody. As briefly mentioned before, we've had summer temperatures and lots ...

No, these are not the remains of an old leaf, this is the 4th head. Its other half is way down by the roots for some reason. :)

... don't sow if it's too hot and sunny, lithops don't like it very much. I was already getting worried as the Green Horn and Ve...

I could no longer watch the young lesliei v. mariae squash each other so I've put 6 of them in a separate container. The others should ...

Last year in Japan I bought two karasmontana 'Top Red' plants. Back then I was wondering why they differ so much in their looks but...

Can you believe it? Another great find in the local garden center. In a very good condition, too ;)