Today my mother emailed me photos of her epiphyllum in flower. Hopefully you’ll agree with me that this particular variety is simply stunning.
I’m just back from the Spring Show of the Bromeliad Society of NSW (www.bromsocnsw.org.au) and as expected I’ve been bitten by the bromeliad bug again. Whilst enviously eyeing off the prizewinning Tillandsia tectorum and T. duratii I had to contend myself with purchasing less exotic tillandsia types as the others had already all sold. I never seem to learn when it comes to these flower society shows. You need to be there on the first day jostling for pole position before it opens if you want to buy any of the unusual varieties. Honestly its more competitive than the post-Christmas sales.
I’ve recently rediscovered this great plant. You may know them as Cape Primrose but I know them as Streptocarpus hybrids - the results of plant breeders crossing various species to develop a better plant. About 5 years ago I discovered this plant for the first time and loved it at first sight. The story of its demise is explained later on but when I came across it again more recently I simply had to buy one straightaway.
Lithops are small succulents which grow in the harsh dry regions of South Africa. They are commonly known as Living Stones and its pretty obvious why when you see how easily they can blend in with sand and pebbles. My love for them first started when I was around 12 -13 years old. Anything weird caught my attention and lithops were right up there. Actually now that I think about it pretty much any plant I hadn’t seen before caught my attention and was quickly added to my wish list.
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