Spring, Summer and...other things

A nice clump of blooming moss in a nice pot of sempervivum.

Winter growers are especially gorgeous in spring although that has less to do with their natural rhythm than the overlap between the conditions in habitat and the conditions in my unheated basement. But there were other things, too--this, that and the other stuff that folded all the way into summer. Also, there is cucumber, lettuce and, well, porn.

Here are a few shots and yes--we're still doing this with the phone camera.

Haworthia obtusa, Yamada Black

Haworthia obtusa, Black Obtusa

Aeonium tabuliforme

Conophytum pellucidum var neohallii, Are those fruits? They look like fruits. There could be seeds!

Smorgasborg of adromischus cuttings. Too pretty to disassemble.

Sulcorebutia rauschii violaceidermis, upstairs against north-facing glass doors

Sulcorebutia rauschii violaceidermis, in the basement under lights 

Cheiridopsis peculiaris

Pelargonium appendiculatum, blooming for the first time!

Pelargonium appendiculatum, a week later. These seeds have been sown although it wasn't obvious until I zoomed in to this photo that the pod might already have been empty? Check out that dispersal strategy, though! This baby evolved to fly far and away, fluff and spiral. 

Probably dill? No one has a clue how it got into the yard and why it is growing where it is growing. 

Potato! 

Because we are growing lettuce now, this year's mantis count was even more critical than the cursory spring inventory. A lot of them had to be moved around the yard.

Turkenlois poppy. This is now four years old. 

Another unexplained presence in the yard. wtf. 

Lettuce porn