Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Avonia quinaria

Today I've finally received the two plants I've been admiring for so long - thanks Atomic Plant Nursery :) - Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii and Avonia quinaria ssp. quinaria. These are quite unusual tiny plants with strange silky branches and a caudex. If you google the name you'll see that the most amazing part are the flowers. Especially the white flowering ssp. alstonii has huge flowers compared to the plant itself. I'll watch them closely to figure out what they need and wait for flowers.
(The pancakes in the background are lesliei ssp. burchellii)
Avonia quinaria ssp. quinaria will have pink flowers.
You might call them old potatoes but they really ARE beautiful!

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  1. I would not mind a few of those myself. Contrats, they are really good quality plants.

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    1. Thanks! I've been wanting to have these plants for quite some time :)

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  2. Wow... never seen anything like it. Charming they are.

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    1. Indeed! Very unusual, very tiny. Hope not to screw it up with the care.

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  3. Plants especially cacti and succulents, for example this cool character, are so incredibly strange in their design, for practical and aesthetic reasons of course. This little guy is amazing and he looks more like an animal than a plant, with its tentacles flying in the air. It is amazing how alien and beautiful our own backyard really is!

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    1. We love them for it!
      Well, I hope it doesn't grow legs and run away ;)

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  4. These are lovely little plants, great caudices! Thanks for sharing them.

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    1. The caudex should grow into a "three trunk" with time making the plant look like a bonsai :)

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