WHAT'S LOOKING EXOTIC IN 2018

Permanent planting?

Small but that's not a crime! I should have a spare rosette later on.

 

Echinopsis..............
Echinopsis by longk48, on Flickr

Echinopsis by longk48, on Flickr

 

More buds and 'huge' flowers on the Tillandsia usneoides!!

 

still nothing on mine

 

Ipomea quamoclit from seed collected from last years plants...............
Ipomea quamoclit by longk48, on Flickr

Ipomea quamoclit by longk48, on Flickr

 

Are you sure?

 

Just had to share this somewhere with you folks. love it.

 

Mandeville

 

What a lovely bright red. Mine is much darker ... prefer yours.

 

Maybe the two would look good together.

 

Kalanchoe x houghtonii is busy making babies..............
Kalanchoe x houghtonii by longk48, on Flickr

Sprekelia formosissima............
Sprekelia formosissima by longk48, on Flickr

I know that they're Brugs for lazy gits but Datura wrightii outdoes them for scent every time..........
Datura wrightii by longk48, on Flickr

Graptopetalum bellum...........
Graptopetalum bellum by longk48, on Flickr

 

I did notice your Colocasias in another post @JWK , forgot to comment

I've got one of those Beschornerias, mine is flowering also, bit of a let down in my book.

 

Nice one JWK. Mine got nicked from outside the house!

If you need the space Pete

This only took five years from seed to bloom - Dietes bicolor...............
Dietes bicolor by longk48, on Flickr

Parodia mamulosa.............
Parodia mamulosa by longk48, on Flickr

It is very fast growing as I only bought it last year in a 5cm pot. It's now in a 15cm pot..........
Parodia mamulosa by longk48, on Flickr

 

LongK, that Ipomea quamoclit is one of my favorites - such a shame its only an annual.
Such a funny little flower on Calathea.


Jatropha podagrica. This lost all its leaves over the winter, inspite of a minimum temperature of 18C. But it has bounced back.


Zephrantes carinata