Flowers for Friday – red and yellow succulent – cephalophyllum ice plant!
Like last week, I don’t know the name of these either. But I do like them. A few years ago, we saw them in purple and they are on a collage that I made of flowers that hangs on the fridge. Since then, whenever we have visited Wildseed Farms, I’ve seen them in yellow. This is the first that I’ve seen both yellow and red.
I like the chubby leaves of the plant. That is how I know it is a succulent of some type. I also like the pom-pom frillyness of the flowers.
I hope you have a good weekend. HB and I are slated to go out to the best fish and chips restaurant in the Twin Cities (at least we think it is the best). It is a British pub that has outdoor seating and lawn bowling on a rooftop, grassy deck. I’m not sure if the lawn bowling will be started at this time of year or if it will be warm enough to sit outside, but it is nice to know that the possibility exists.
Texas Seestor says:
Very pretty! And your pictures capture the chubbiness of the leaves really well.
We have the one with the purple flowers in our cactus garden.
Unless someone else comes up with the name, I may challenge myself to find it sometime over the weekend. : )
Happy weekend everyone!
Squirl says:
I don’t know the name of these flowers, either. Maybe Texas Seestor will come to the rescue again. But they’re lovely.
Have a great weekend!
Danielle says:
Oh, by the way, I got my knees all wet taking that second photo, because I knelt down on the gravel path and didn’t realize that with the recent rain it would be wet.
The sacrifices! (waves hand across forehead in an “I’ve got the vapors” manner)
Go Texas Seestor, GO!
Texas Seestor says:
While searching for the name of that plant…oh my God…did you KNOW HOW MANY succulents there are in the world? Too many, that’s how many…
Anyway, back to purpose of my email. While I was searching, I came across this website.
http://www.ruthbancroftgarden.org/pages/gallery.html
Take a look at the photo gallery. Thought some of the pictures were pretty neat.
Danielle says:
So, Texas Seestor and I just got off of the phone from our weekly chat and we think we are on the right track.
I spotted a cephalophylum anemoniflorum in the February set of photos at the Ruth Bancroft site.
http://tinyurl.com/yu4m3g
I would say that it is pretty close. Texas Seestor was also thinking it was in the cephalophylum class, but she was thrown off by the info that it naturally grows in New Zealand, Australia and Africa.
Looking at the photo in the tiny url, I would say that it looks a bit different from the one I took the picture of by having
a. white flowers
b. the leaves look a bit longer and more spaced out and generally not as branched as the plant in my photo
But I think we are on the right track!
Danielle says:
oops. It has 2 L’s.
cephalophyllum anemoniflorum
Danielle says:
Could it be a cephalophyllum ice plant? I just tried Google images for cephalophyllum and found that option….
Texas Seestor says:
I just looked in Google images (didn’t even realize that type of search existed…shows how much I pay attention…) and I think cephalophyllum ice plant may be it or at least pretty darn close. I wonder if there are different names for the different colors (red vs. yellow vs. pinkish-purple)?
Unless someone comes up with a better name, I think we should declare victory…cephalophyllum ice plant it is. Hmmm…..or else concede that the world of succulents is just too big to even comprehend. : )
Danielle says:
Victory!
I have added to the title of the post accordingly.
And see, now you’ve found a new way to search.
Squirl says:
Wow! Great job, you guys! Now that I Google it and look at the purple, I’ve seen this before. Thanks, it was really bugging me, this not knowing…
justin says:
please post more pictures of girlie-girl.
best cat ever!
Anonymous says:
I have never seen this kind of flowers before, it is so beautiful. Do you have any idea where can I buy it? Can I plant them in the garden?