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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 4h

There was a bad smell in the garden yesterday and I was about to blame the bins but then I realised this Arum pictum had started flowering. The flies were loving it #arum #aroids #GardensHour #plantsky #gardensky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This Aeonium had self-seeded into one of our other succulent plants so we dug it up this week. I thought it was an Aeonium spathulatum, but now I'm wondering if it's a hybrid with another species. #aeonium #succulents #plantsky #gardenssky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The Lithops have grown massively in my The Sword In The Living Stone bowl garden. Does King Arthur still fit? #lithops #succulents #mesembs #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The double-headed Lithops still flowering in my living stone garden. Lithops lesliei v. venteri C001, grown from seed. #lithops #succulents #mesembs #gardenshour #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

2 new Bowiea volubilis bulbs growing from a piece of bulb scale #bowiea #succulents #bulbs #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It's been a good month for Aeoniums. They’ve grown a huge amount in September after hardly doing anything for most of the summer. Here are 2 massive Aeonium tabuliforme plants, Aeonium 'Medusa' looking very pink and Aeonium glandulosum. #aeonium #succulents #plantsky #gardensky #GardensHour

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was also pleased to see my Sword In The Living Stone bowl garden appear in the British Cactus and Succulent Society journal this month. I'm hoping to take it to the mesemb show in Manchester next month too #lithops #succulents #mesembs #plantsky #GardensHour

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Another plant flowering on my little living stone bowl garden now, a double-headed one this time. Lithops lesliei v. venteri C001, grown from seed. #lithops #succulents #mesembs #plantsky #GardensHour

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

My Sword In The Living Stone bowl garden appeared in the British Cactus and Succulent Society journal this month #succulents #lithops #mesembs #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Aeonium 'Ink Painting' and Aeonium 'Pink Witch Yellow Middle'. Not a very catchy name is it? #aeonium #succulents #plantsky #gardensky #aeoniums

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

We went to see the Bradford flower carpet today. apparently it's made of 300,000 dahlias from Belgium #bradford #dahlia #dahlias #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A pink jellybean plant that is reverting to green and red in places. Sedum rubrotinctum 'Aurora' #succulents #sedum #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Aeonium 'Medusa' plant offsetting. it's very very pink #aeonium #succulents #plantsky #gardensky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

2 flowers open on my little living stone bowl garden now. Lithops lesliei v. venteri C001, grown from seed. #lithops #succulents #mesembs #plantsky #GardensHour

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We bought this Aeonium glandulosum at the National Cactus and Succulent Show in June but only repot it into a bigger pot recently and suddenly it's pretty massive. It's another species that grows as a single flat rosette. #aeonium #succulents #plantsky #gardensky #GardensHour

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My Chamaecereus luisramirezii plant got a few seedpods after flowering last year. I assume it crossed with a Chamaelobivia hybrid. I planted the seeds this spring and they've grown really fast for cactus seedlings. I wonder what the plants will look like? #Chamaecereus #cactus #plantsky #cacti

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Jovibarba 'Emerald Spring' and belemnites. It's not very green right now is it? #jovibarba #succulents #fossils #plantsky #gardensky #alpines

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

This variegated Aeonium 'Firecracker' got nibbled. I guess I'll get lots of offsets now #aeonium #succulents #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My Titanopsis and ammonites bowl garden now and 2 years ago. Haven't they grown? It hasn't had any flowers yet this autumn but it should start flowering anytime now. #titanopsis #succulents #mesembs #plantsky #fossils

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Living stone garden and hoverfly. Lithops lesliei v. venteri C001, grown from seed. #lithops #succulents #mesembs #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Faucaria paucidens flowering in my mesemb garden. Planted with a Rhinephyllum, Trichodiadema and a Faucaria tuberculosa. #succulents #faucaria #plantsky #GardensHour #mesembs

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Our pond sprung a leak years ago so the only water feature I've had in the garden this year is the mini river in my Winnie The Pooh bowl. I'm thinking up succulent garden ideas for next year and I like the idea of one with a mini lake rather than a piddly little stream. #GardensHour #succulents

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I was going to collect some Frailea seeds but I left it a bit late so I've got seedlings popping up in several plants instead. Frailea perumbilicata spinosior, Frailea angelesii, Frailea buenekeri and Frailea phaeacantha. #cactus #frailea #plantsky #cacti

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I took some cuttings of my variegated Aeonium 'Garnet' plant this week. I left a few heads on, including one that has hardly any green. This plant offsetted heavily because a caterpillar ate its growing point. The last pic shows it in June. #aeonium #succulents #plantsky #gardensky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This one is still thinking about flowering. Frailea buenekeri gemmrichii. Not sure we'll get a sunny day for it tomorrow though #frailea #cactus #plantsky #cacti

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

2 massive yellow flowers open on Faucaria bosscheana albidens today #Faucaria #succulents #mesembs #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

well the Frailea gracillima flowers thought about opening today but didn't quite manage it #frailea #cactus #GardensHour #cacti

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I've got more Frailea plants with big yellow buds but I'm not sure we're going to get a sunny enough day for them to actually open. I've moved them to the front garden where they'll get more sun just in case. Frailea gracillima grown from seed a few years ago. #frailea #cactus #GardensHour #cacti

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I reckon the Faucaria paucidens in my mesemb garden could flower tomorrow. The ones I had in the coldframe had their flowers nibbled by snails so I hope this one survives. Planted with a Rhinephyllum, Trichodiadema and a Faucaria tuberculosa. #succulents #faucaria #plantsky #GardensHour #mesembs

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

It's Cyclamen time. We usually see the first Cyclamen hederifolium flower in July or August, but every plant is going for it now #cyclamen #GardensHour #plantsky #alpines #gardensky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Aeonium 'Big Bang', 'Pink Witch' x 2, and a 'Kilimanjaro'. They are loving all the rain. #aeonium #succulents #GardensHour #plantsky #gardensky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I was excited to see the first Faucaria flower of the year but something's been nibbling it. Faucaria paucidens, grown from seed. #succulents #faucaria #plantsky #gardensky #mesembs

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I've been repotting some seed-grown cactus into their own pots this week. I should have done it ages ago. I should have also taken the picture before the big red flower started to close on the Gymnocalycium baldianum. Better late than never I suppose. #cactus #gymnocalycium #plantsky #cacti

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Aeonium 'Green Witch'. I'm going to end up with about a million cuttings of this one. At least I'm ready for Halloween #aeonium #succulents #GardenersWorld #plantsky #gardensky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

My Calibanus hookeri looks to be getting seeds but I haven't had a male plant flower so I don't know what's going on #succulents #caudiciforms #calibanus #houseplants #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Echeveria 'Pink Vera' again because why not? #succulents #Echeveria

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Echeveria 'Pink Vera' and Pachyveria 'Gold Rose' from the National Cactus and Succulent Show in June. Some of the plants I bought had 2 or 3 in the pot so I've given them all their own pots since then, but the bowl garden never happened. #GardensHour #succulents #echeveria #pachyveria #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I bought some new variegated succulents at the National Cactus and Succulent Show in June to make another pink bowl garden, then didn't dare plant them up because it was always so hot and dry, and now it's September. #GardensHour #succulents #echeveria #gardensky #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I started taking my Winnie The Pooh succulent garden apart this afternoon because the trees were getting so big they're going lopsided. It won 3rd prize at the national cactus & succulent show in June and 1st at the Harlow Carr show in August, but now it's all over. #succulents #plantsky #crassula

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

How about a trailing succulent as an exciting change? Cotyledon pendens, also bought at RHS Bridgewater last weekend #succulents #cotyledon #plantsky #gardensky #houseplants

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

My new Mangave 'Snow Leopard' plant again, bought from the RHS Bridgewater cactus and succulent sale last weekend. I did bash a leaf, but what's it going to do, eat me? #mangave #agave #succulents #GardenersWorld #plantsky

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khaph.bsky.social @khaph.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I bought a Frailea grahliana plant at the weekend then lifted it up and realised it has got a bonus seedling growing at the bottom of the pot #cactus #frailea #freeplants #plantsky #cacti

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