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Late August bloomers
Category: On my windowsill | Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:45 am After a closer look at some of my plants I've fond some buds developing in at least two of my more difficult plants. Yes, there are always buds in some of my Gymnocalycium, but they produce flowers every year. Two of them; Gymnocalycium anisitsii ssp. anisitsii and Gymnocalycium anisitsii ssp. damsii pushing white or pinkish white flowers all summer, but somehow I get use to them. On of my really cute cactus is Aztekium ritteri. It's only 1,5 cm (0,59") wide but really old anyway. Yes, it has flowered before, but I am happy every time it happens. And this time it looks like it will produce two flowers at the same time, for the first time ever! The other one that I think of a difficult window plant is Parodia horstii. Yes, "it's not so difficult", some of you say, but for me it just don't want to flower. It flowered once when I just bought it, but that's all. It's a big plant; around 15 cm (6") wide. Now it seems like it start to develop at least 4 buds! This weekend I will keep my eyes open and maybe take some pictures. And of course, Keeping my fingers crossed! Last edited: Thu Aug 27, 2009 8:20 am This blog entry has been viewed 381 times
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Sóller botanical garden
Category: Parks and gardens | Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:39 am Next park to visit in Majorca was Sóller botanical garden (or JardàBotànic de Sóller). It was not as sunny as when I visit Botanicactus, and some rain came down part of the time. But it felt more tropical with all the clouds up in the mountains. This is the Main Entrance and I arrived 2 minutes before it opened... 
The main path trough the garden, with some flowering blue Wisteria sinensis on the left. 
Two very cute small flowers was hiding in the shadow; Bee orchids. Ophrys speculum 
Some species resemblance to the furry bodies of bees and other insects. Ophrys fusca 
The also have a part with a lot of cacti, the favorite part of the park for me :) 
A lot of buds in this Ferocactus glaucescens!! 
After a wile I had to take a stroll in the rest of the park :D Euphorbia atropurpurea 
This species was flowering all over the island. Nauplius sericeus 
Another succulent. This is a dry and hot island in the summer. Euphorbia rigida 
At the end of the garden there where a pond with water. Well, you have to walk the stairs to see it :) 
Another pond in a corner of the park. 
It's not a big garden, not as big as Botanicactus, but it's nice to have visit it... Last edited: Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:42 am This blog entry has been viewed 996 times
Botanicactus part 2
Category: Parks and gardens | Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 7:41 am I decided to make a part 2 for this park and show some more pictures. This is the main gate to the park, after the ticket boot. 
A nice flowering Aloe ferox. 
Aloe plicatilis. 
A overview of one part. 
A view of the lake from another side. 
The stairs up to the Cycads hill. 
A big clump of Ferocactus robusta. 
Another clump, this time Euphorbia resinifera. 
A nice Opuntia galapageia with a trunk full of spines. 
Another overview of the park. 
A walking path. 
It's a nice park if you like succulents, especially cacti :) This blog entry has been viewed 1273 times
Botanicactus
Category: Parks and gardens | Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:37 am A week in April I made a trip to Majorca. It was springtime there already, well, almost early summer i guess. The first park to visit was Botanicactus. This is a private park filled with a great number of succulents. 
It was a wonderful and sunny day to walk around and look at flowering Aloe and a few flowering cacti. At one end of the park is a big man made lake with some messembs around. 
I saw a lilic glow from the other side of that lake and took a walk over there; it was a big field of Carpobrotus acinaciformis. 
I spend many hours in that park and it was just my empty stomach that made me leave finally :) This blog entry has been viewed 480 times
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