I am a tiny bit (as if) late with this post. I had photos taken a few months ago when the blooms were all open and looking beautiful. Today not even stems are left, and the plant is growing away.
But things happen, laptop breaks, and then a general lack of will hits, and this gets postponed to the right time.
Now is the right time!
Echeveria runyonni 'Topsy Turvy'
I am also sure I have shown this one blooming a few times already, but this time I decided to reuse my larger clay pots to make a community pot with this one to be the queen in it. My previous community pots had a mix of colours and types. Here I decided to keep the blue plants, but in different sizes and leaf shapes. And I am loving it! :)
The leaves, flowers, stems... everything has a very thin layer of the protective white dust. That's what makes it blue or grey. When that dust is washed off, the plant is more green and looks.
The remaining two plants are alike, and this was the reason I decided to keep the three together.
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There are two of those in the pot and each grew a few stems. For the first time, I had so many flowers at the same time! It looked pretty amazing, even though the flowers are not showstoppers. It is still a pretty cool thing to see and means the plant is doing ok.
Lovely, fiery petals!
But enough flowers (though I could take more photos... it is quite a photogenic one).
It is one of the oldest echeverias I have. It looks so short here because I tend to renew it when it gets out of control or the bottom/roots rot. It's a matter of cutting the head off and planting it in fresh soil. It is not a fussy one at all! And so easy to propagate from a leaf cutting.
Then we have Grapto-something... I can never remember which is which. I like the plant a lot and I added a few cuttings to the mix. I have another pot just with this plant, and I am waiting for it to bloom.
And last but not least, one little rosette of Echeveria Cubic Frost. It is the small leaves with pointy tips in the middle 👇. It is more purple than the remaining two, but it matches the mix.
I struggle with this one a bit. I have 4 of them in different pots, and none of them seem to grow very well. It also has flippen leaves like the Runyonni, but it will never be as big as the cousin (this one can grow pretty big!). The leaves have such nice shape that I would really like it to like it here :p
I will not give up. I will figure out eventually what she wants.
And that's the pot.
I would love to see all three types blooming at the same time eventually.
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Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
