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Bob loves succulents

@boblovessucculents.bsky.social

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Succulent and cactus gardener. Also, a fan of art, science, democracy, retirement and my dog.📍 Bay Area

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 4h

I got it at Home Depot and it's been a prolific bloomer. Highly recommend.

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 5h

Nice! Yours sounds happy alright. This one has only flowered in the spring months so was pleasantly surprised to see a flower.

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 6h

A flower in late October? This four year old Echinopsis "torch cactus" is full of surprises.

#Cactus #succulent #gardeningfeed #plantsky

A Echinopsis "torch cactus" hybrid growing in a succulent garden. It's been in the ground almost three years and has developed a large main stem and 10 smaller stems.

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 1d

Possibly, but you're so right. This one lives mostly on rainwater.

Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 2d

They do get mostly black later, but the red lasts for weeks.

Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 2d

A "Black Rose" Aeonium waking up from summer dormancy. I love the red color this time of year. 🌱

#Aeonium #Succulents #gardensky

A small group of Black Rose aeoniums starting to open with cooler fall temps. They have round florets with reddish purple leaves. They're on tall white stalks. A large blue green Agave americana is in the background.

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 2d

🌅 sunrise, Monterey Bay

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 3d

No matter what the final explanation is, their marketing worked since we're still talking about them!

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Robot Impurity Photography @robotimpurity.bsky.social · 4d

Showing off that crest!

📍Saguaro National Park (east), Arizona (2025)

#crestedSaguaro #cactus #nature #photography #protectourparks

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 3d

Here's another mature and impressive succulent from the private garden tour. A six foot tall Aloe ferox with its older leaves left intact to protect the stem from the sun. 🌱

#Alie #succulent #desertgarden

A large Cape Aloe (Aloe ferox) in a private garden. It has large and thick branches pointing upward. The lower, older leaves are pointing down as they age.

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 3d

My cactus and succulent club recently toured the private garden of one of our members. He had several of these 30-40 year old Ferocactus. What an amazing plant! 🌵

#Cactus #Succulents #flowers

A large Ferocactus. Possibly a F. Wislizeni. It is 3-4' talk with rows id deep ridges covered in spines. The top is covered in spent flower buds with several open orange, yellow and red flowers.

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 3d

Please call them and report back. 😁

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JulieW67 @juliew67.bsky.social · 8d

#BlueskyArtShow #Glow
A golden dandelion

A close up photo of a dandelion seed head.
A single green stem with hundreds of thinner stems radiating out in a fluffy circle.
Behind is a golden sunset that is illuminating the dandelion

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 4d

A wet but still fuzzy Echeveria setosa with pup 🌱

#Echeveria #succulent #plantsky

A mature Echeveria setosa var. minor with a dense cluster of thick leaves in a round snake's the leaves are covered in a soft white fuzzy "hair." There is a pup at the base that is blue green.

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Endless @extraunknown.bsky.social · 7d

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Jacqueline @justjacque.bsky.social · 5d

Flower of the day.

#Flowers
#BloomScrolling
#DailyFlowers

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 6d

This Ghost plant adds some unique color to my succulent rock garden. Graptopetalum paraguayense. 🌱

#Succulents #gardeningfeed #plantsky

A Ghost plant succulent with multiple florets of thick leaves. They are mostly purple, blue and gray. It's in a rock garden with blurred plants in background.

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 7d

Greetings and good morning it’s the Sunday farm rush hour with Letty-Lou, Mo, George & Kate

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Jaycee Crawford / Vision Logic Images @jaycee-visionlogic.bsky.social · 9d

'Dividing Lines' (2025) -- in the Eternal Struggle Between Light & Dark, it All Comes Down to a Faith in Balance & a bit of Well Placed Textures, Tidebrook Preserve, Freeport, ME

It's Finally Friday, Let's #SCAPE!! ✨

#Photography #Landscape
#Monochrome #ClassicMono
#EastCoastKin #JayceeCrawford

the frozen banks of the Harraseeket river -- ice on one side and frozen weed and mud and stone on the other, the edge of the forest cuts down through the sky aligning in a diagonal with the frozen edge of the river dividing visually and tonal weight both parts of the image, in the foreground a large log cuts from right to left providing the delicate act of 'balance'

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 9d

Sounds like a good topic for a future video which I will definitely watch!

Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 9d

Sadly no, but I think it's still adjusting to its new spot in the greenhouse. Good luck catching some from yours!

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 10d

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Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 11d

Don't leave out the Rs who do care but are pathetic cowards.

Bob loves succulents @boblovessucculents.bsky.social · 11d

Birds of a feather.