A young crested and variegated Blue Myrtle cactus. I love crested versions of this cactus since they grow into such unique and sculptural shapes. ๐ฑ #cactus #succulent #variegated #crestedcactus
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A young crested and variegated Blue Myrtle cactus. I love crested versions of this cactus since they grow into such unique and sculptural shapes. ๐ฑ #cactus #succulent #variegated #crestedcactus
Could the flower color be related to age of the plant? Mine is still fairly young.
They're so tiny, it's hard to get a good photo.
๐ฑI don't remember planting a a Honka but here it isโฃ๏ธ๐ I love it #gardening #gardensky #Bloomscrolling
Our airplane plant decided to sprout its red canopy a bit early this year. Happy Labor Day friends! #bloomscrolling #succulents ๐ฑ
Thank you!
๐ท #BlueSkyMonday #MacroMonday #MinimalMonday
It also does well in Mediterranean climates with dry summers.
While most of my other Aeoniums have gone dormant from summer heat, this one seems unfazed. Afternoon shade doesn't hurt. ๐ฑ #Aeonium #succulents #gardeningfeed #Plantsky
Here's my entry into #Shiny for #BlueSkyArtShow ๐ We had a thunderstorm move through Denver during sunset & I saw raindrops dripping on a steel railing. I immediately ran for my camera & tripod as fast as my wheelchair moves lol #Nature #Macro #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Photography
#Shiny water on Colpoy's Bay, Ontario shortly before sunrise courtesy of a long to show cloud movement. Posted for the #BlueSkyArtShow. #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #PhotoHour #StormHour #photography #landscape #clouds #longexposure
As someone with a fear of heights, I would NOT climb those stand-alone circular stairs again! That said, the view was very good. ๐ณ
My wife was looking for a crested aeonium and found this one recently at a succulent show. It's looking good after settling in to its new pot. ๐ฑ #aeonium #succulent #plantsky
Paris #IronworkThursday #AdoorableThursday #Photography #Landscape #PhotographersOfBlueSky #EastCoastKin #Doors
A dwarf aloe showing summer color during the golden hour yesterday. It's in full sun and with a large pup. #Aloe #succulents #Plantsky #SummerColor
Even the fiercest cactus needs a friend ๐
A smorgasbord of late summer bits and bobs. Autumn is creeping in around the edges of the garden. The light has shifted, thereโs a slight chill in the dawn air. Will autumn arrive early, Iโm wondering ๐๐งก #bloomscrolling #flowers #gardening #cottagegarden #nature
Those are gorgeous. I have a second plant I keep mostly green like yours. This one lives outside in full sun so gets very red and yellow.
Thanks ๐
Thanks Margot!
I'm enjoying the bright summer colors on this "String of buttons" (Crassula perforata). #succulent #gardeningfeed #plantsky
Uh oh. I was hoping this one would be good.
A moody #Skyline for the #BlueskyArtShow. Pacifica California #photography
An early afternoon shot of a healthy Aloe vera in the new aloe garden. Getting only dappled sun in the afternoon will keep them very green but may also impact growth. On the right is an Aloe Speciosa that's finally rooting. ๐ฑ #Aloe #gardeningfeed #succulent #Gardensky
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Thanks! I think our tags may have gotten mixed up. I forgot they don't flower until the cephalium develops.
Phase one of my new Aloe garden started in April with planting some young Aloe specimen plants and a few smaller accent plants (including non aloes). This Coral Aloe has done well acclimating so far. As has the Aloe Vera behind it. ๐ฑ #Aloe #gardening #succulents #plantsky #gardeningfeed
๐ฑ๐ฟ #flowers #bloomscrolling #flowerfeed #dailyflowers #gardening
A Melocactus with magenta flowers. ๐ต๐ฉท #Melocactus #flowers #cactus #succulent
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ The other day I noticed that one of the lithops was blooming!! It's so cute!! โบ๏ธโบ๏ธโบ๏ธ๐ผ๐ผ๐ผ(I can't remember if I posted it or not ๐ ๐ ) #succulents #lithops
Aug 18. Cactus a day (more or less). Detalle del dรญa (mรกs o menos). Y mรกs. #cactus #photography #details #Spain #Xรกtiva
Me too! We lost our big one last year and are starting over.
A closeup of plantlets on a Mother of Millions succulent. These little plants can grow roots while still attached to the mother and then start growing quickly after falling to the ground. ๐ฑ #Kalanchoe #succulents #MacroMonday
Looking up at a bee that's looking right back. Its abdomen an amber glow in the sun and its antenna a deep blue from the sky. #BlueskyMonday #bees #nature #photography
"Desert Bones" - I like the desert, especially its flora. This old cactus once stood tall like its other living relatives in the background. #desert #landscape #landscpaephotography #arizona #tucson #cactus #saguaro
An African Iris. #flowers #gardeningfeed #sundayyellow
Hereโs a photo of my cat trying to catch a bubble. Youโre welcome.
A lovely example of a Fan Aloe at the Ruth Bancroft Gardens for the #BlueSkyArtShow #succulents #pieces
Gorgeous colors, Rick!
Great, thanks Andrea! The seller is one of the masters at our club and doubt he uses systemics. He used it for seed production and said it's about 20 years old although he wasn't the original owner.
Starting to get a lot of dahlias blooming. #bloomscrolling #gardening
I just bought an old melocactus from a member of my cactus club. It has pink fruit but am reluctant to eat one after reading it may be risky if a previous owner used chemicals. Is that true?
This is my favorite yucca tree at the Ruth Bancroft Garden. I've photographed it many times, but during yesterdays visit, I think I finally captured its incredible beauty (with an assist from the sun). ๐ฑ๐๐ธ #Yucca #DesertPlants #succulent #photography
I wonโt miss summer heat, but Iโll truly miss this #EastCoastKin #photography #BloomScrolling #BeeScrolling
I can see why!
๐ฑBlack and Gold Bumblebee perched upon a Purple Coneflower, surrounded by pale blue Sea Holly, some Wild Bergamot, some Scarlet Bergamot and more Purple Coneflowers.
Just beautiful!
This adorable little cactus is one of my wife's many gymnocalyciums. I love the shiny body and the yellow spines. Also, it really looks like a green bell pepper. ๐ฑ #cactus #flowers #succulent #notabellpepper
Burin, Newfoundland Canada #photography #Newfoundland #Canada #landscapephotography
A red admiral butterfly, looking particularly bright and fresh, on dahlia 'Bishop of Oxford' ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ท #InsectThursday #Bloomscrolling #UKWildlife #Flowers #BugSky
Well said. ๐
There were a lot of ๐'s today. They apparently really enjoy Crape Myrtle blooms. #bees
And I've never had a lithops flower. Congrats on yours!
Good morning! A Prickly Pear flower. ๐ฑ๐ต #cactus #gardensky #succulents
A Mexican Fire Barrel (Ferocactus pilosus) at the Tucson botanical garden. On a very rainy day in October. ๐ต #cactus #succulents #bigspines #desertplants
Box Tree Forest. #ThickTrunkTuesday #trees #photography #Oak
"Course correction" - California Nursery Historical Park. #PalmTreeSunday #Nature #photography #neverquit
โResilienceโ - White Sands, New Mexico #landscapephotography #landscape #nationalparks #photography #nature
Bee on a Blanket Flower (Gaillardia species) ๐ #ColorADay #OrangeSun #StunDay #EastCoastKin #WestCoastKin #Flower #Bees #Gardening #Oregon #PNW #Nature #Photography
Beautiful!
Adobe and agave. An old adobe built in 1842 and an old agave with an impressive bloom. #Agave #Adobe #photography #OldCalifornia
Very cool!
Same. I probably get there twice a year, but still need to set up a tour of the greenhouse with their epic mother plants.
An impressive Mexican Giant Cardon on the property of Poots Cactus Nursery in Ripon, California. They can get up to 60 feet tall and is the world's largest #cactus species. ๐ต
The same could be said about much of Silicon Valley.
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I saw a documentary that suggested the earth's population would need to be below about 2 billion people to sustain this level of consumerism/pollution. Assuming climate change wasn't already a runaway freight train. 100 million sounds more realistic at this point.
This has been my pet theory for awhile. Problem for them is that it may be too late to stop it if AI is not fast enough. I guess their backup plan for the uber elite is Mars.
Stephen Miller and Russell Vought are likely directing policy.
Should have said the Table of Contents menu!
Maschere veneziane: mistero e colore! ๐ญ Nate secoli fa, da Bauta ad Arlecchino, trasformano il Carnevale di Venezia in un sogno magico, dove tutti si mescolano in un vortice di festa!
In shadow ๐ค๐ค๐ค #flowers #photography #nature
Donโt forget to stop and smell the flowers #photography
Amazing color!
Stunning!
Love the website! Especially the categories in the menu section. Will be using it often.
Yep. Definitely real.
Astrophytum "Super Kabuto" ๐ฑ๐ต #Cactus #flower #bloomscrolling
Thanks!
Something tells me the maga red hats will be satisfied with her standard.
My Crape myrtle trees are in full bloom. On the left is a "Natchez" and a "Muskogee" on the right. #CrapeMyrtle #trees #gardening #plantsky
I only have a few succulents that are mostly red. I think that's why they catch my eye every time. Here are a few from this week. #succulents #cactus #macro #red #plantsky #gardeningfeed
Exactly. They got nothing.
I love when the celosia starts changing color. #gardening #bloomscrolling #photography
That is so cool.
Brand new to me and just opened this evening, (after weathering Storm Floris with considerable aplomb) - dahlia 'Tartan' ๐ฑ๐ท #Bloomscrolling #DailyDahlia #Flowers #UKGardening
This interesting little succulent is a Euphorbia susannae. It lives outdoors year-round in my 9b garden, but they do well indoors too (in the right spot). Native to the Western Cape province in South Africa. #Euphorbia #plantsky #succulents #gardening
Our fellow citizens celebrating concentration camps in America.
New Aloe flowers starting to open. #Aloe #flowers #succulent #gardeningfeed
Auroral substorm above the Arctic Circle in Alaska
The detail on the bees wings is amazing.
Berry blue
The dramatic Echeveria "Black Prince." For me, it's the shape of the leaves and the deep green color. Oh, and the gorgeous pups it produces. ๐ฑ #Echeveria #succulents #plants #gardeningfeed #plantsky
#ToucanoftheDay Keel-billed Toucan at @casabentbill.bsky.social #CostaRica #birds #nature
It's also the MAGA clergy. They're corrupt.
Sun/Cloudrise 8-2-2025 #photography #TwinLakes #sunrise #clouds #colors #nature #iphonephotography #landscape #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #naturephotography
For Thankful Thursday ๐ฑ The almost infinte variety of reseeded zinnia colors ๐คฉ
Amazing photo.
La Maison Franรงaise magazine, June 1971
