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    That'll be the one!
    Mine is now blooming.............
    [​IMG]Echeveria setosa by longk48, on Flickr

    It's a big plant that is about 20cm across. At least two more flower stems and what looks like three offsets too...........
    [​IMG]Echeveria setosa by longk48, on Flickr

    Unusually its flowers are borne on branched flower stems...........
    [​IMG]Echeveria setosa by longk48, on Flickr
     
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      Beautiful looking plants as always...I've never seen none of these up the garden centres only the odd Cactus :scratch:
       
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        pete Growing a bit of this and a bit of that....

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        Your going to the wrong garden centres gail:biggrin:

        Mine has a couple of flower spikes also @longk , didn't realise the rosettes could get that wide.
        I'm guessing by it's hairy nature that it wont like wet weather, but it's outside with the others for the time being.:smile:
         
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          Or supermarkets! Mine was about £1.50 in Lidl last year.

          The lower leaves will turn to mush but up higher where the air can circulate they're fine. Totally cold hardy last winter.
           
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            Pete I have to go to where i'm allowed mate :loll:
            Never knew that longk... hubby is always in them looking at tools :whistle:
             
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              I did buy three in Morrisons.
              Really cheap, came with ceramic outer pots, cant work out how they can sell them for stupid prices.
               
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                I get it with some of the succulents, especially Echeveria, as so many of them reproduce easily from just a leaf. But how do they knock the cacti out equally as cheap?
                 
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                    The Echeveria cante which was sent to me by @pete (:blue thumb:) a few years ago has started to bloom................
                    [​IMG]Echeveria cante by longk48, on Flickr

                    [​IMG]Echeveria cante by longk48, on Flickr

                    A photo of the whole plant to show off the ghostly bloom that the foliage has. I put my size 9 in there to give a idea of scale............
                    [​IMG]Echeveria cante by longk48, on Flickr
                     
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                      Lovely plants mate and so healthy :love30:
                       
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                        Have to get E. Cante longk; it is a beauty...does it need to be out of direct sunshine?
                        I will be passing Surreal Succulents tomorrow so will see if they have that one.
                        I have a few echeverias and aeoniums but must have more :)
                         
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                          Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but my E. cante just grows pups, only had one flower spike a couple of years ago and that never opened properly.
                          Haven't got a clean sized 9 so used a 330ml bottle.:biggrin:
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                            I'm going to plant up some bigger pots next year, hopefully, kind of overcrowded them this year.
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                            Need to get more Aeoniums.
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                              Very nice pete it looks very attractive :dbgrtmb:
                               
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                                Pete, it looks like the effects of water in the centre there...?? The few echeverias I have are never watered; aeoniums, however, are watered :)
                                Mine are in single pots and quite large; they grow much more quickly too then in my experience:)
                                You have some nice varieties there .....individually potted I bet they will look even better
                                 
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