Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii flowers coming soon

I was so looking forward to see these flowers but I'll have to wait a little bit longer because I'm going away for the weekend. I don't know when the buds are going to open and how long the flowers last but there are a couple more branches with possible flowers, so sooner or later... ;)
Credits for growing such a beautiful plant go to Mr. Kleinmichel from Atomic Plant Nursery. 

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  1. Little bit jealous of that one. Have a great weekend. See ya on the flipside! LOL! LT

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    1. Thanks! :)
      Who knows maybe the flowers will wait til I'm back. It takes them ages to develop, it seems.

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    2. Some of mine only opened afternoon and only if they had some bright light/sun. So you may miss it if not attentive to this. You know you can get seeds from it a week or so later!

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    3. The temperature is high but there's not that much sunshine lately. Do they bloom for several days or just one? Open-close-open-close like lithops? And you don't need a second plant to pollinate? That's interesing. :) I'll watch out for this :)

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  2. This is a lovely little plant with a great caudex! I read somewhere about Avonias looking "like white worms", but that's not true, it's really beautiful.

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    1. True! Even those that don't have a caudex like the quinarias are very beautiful, snowwhite and with really cute flowers :)
      Having seen all the pics online I'd so like to see these flowers.. :)

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