a sea of flowers

I've been to the Kakteen Haage nursery again last week not realising that the cacti would be in bloom! It's an incredible sight. Of course I've checked lithops and other succulents as well but how can you go past that? Anyway, I've taken a lot of pictures of the beautiful flowers so I'll let the photos and plants speak for themselves. :)

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Kakteen Haage 2

A couple of days ago I've been to the Kakteen-Haage nursery in Erfurt again. Less photos, more purchases this time. :)
As you can see on the photo below, the lithops section was full. It had all different kinds of them to choose from. I was intrigued by so many but had to restrain myself (lithops are an expensive hobby!). Saw a lot of cultivars, aucampiae 'Betty's Beryl'/'Storm's Snowcap', lesliei 'albiflora'/'albinica', bromfieldii 'Sulphurea', terricolor 'Aurea' etc. etc. as well as rarely available herrei, francisci, geyeri, werneri, verruculosa and comptonii. I was very surprised to find julii 'Kikushōgyoku' I've been looking for everywhere (photos later). If you're somewhere near I'd really recommend to stop by there now because they've clearly updated their assortment recently i.e. put younger plants out for sale.
Anyway, I haven't taken any lithops pictures (they were too many) but there are pictures of conophytum under the cut. Click "read more" ;) (also see more photos from Kakteen-Haage)

Kakteen Haage

Sorry for not writing for so long. I'm still around, as well as the plants. They haven't been watered since some time preparing for winter and are wrinkly and weird now, even though some are still pushing flowers.

Meanwhile I've visited the oldest cactus nursery in Europe - "Kakteen Haage" in Erfurt which made me wish I had more room in my appartment and less room in my wallet. I've only bought four lithops there and will show them later along with other new tenants.

There are several greenhouses in the nursery with lots and lots of cacti. My knowledge of those is quite limited so please check out the pictures. 

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