Aeonium Mardi Gras

Stunning beauty wearing shiny raindrops like a dress 🩵🧡🩵

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Not going dormant. Still quite active.

Stunning colours! I’ve seen this one for sale occasionally in the uk, and I’ve been tempted! They can be expensive though 🙄

Beautiful colours 😍

Thanks a lot @richard.spicer.7906 I agree that some red or pink Aeoniums are very dear🥲 however, Mardi Gras dropped in price about a year ago, eg., AUD$15 per sapling.

That sounds a good price. Just checked online and (if I convert to Aus dollars) they are averaging about AUD$35 at the moment in UK

@richard.spicer.7906 if you wait for another year (I know it's looong 😖), the same thing might have happened as here...Mardi Gras was very expensive a few years ago. Keep your fingers crossed😘

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Here's an update after "unlocking" those closed rosettes. It seems that they're very happy, enjoying today's full sun 🌞🌞🌞

This rosette tightly curls up and haven't opened up at least for a few weeks. I thought maybe a bug or caterpillar would be inside, but the curled part seems empty. The curled part is also very hard. What's happening to this rosette?

I’m guessing a disease got to it. Something similar to a rose when it gets a witches broom, a deformity. That how the monstrose Cacti get their strange formation. 🌞

@sunlovin thank you for your advice! Do you think it's ok to leave as is or better to chop?

The second pot has been growing well👍 this one's twins 😀😀

Slowly growing. One of the rossets curls up, rather than opens up, as if a bug is living inside. The clump is so hard so I can't open it🤔

Thank you @gjones I've got it just a few days ago. I wanted to add a RED variety to my Aeonium collection ❤️

@gjones around 11 types, a few plants per type. I'd like to have Sunburst, too💚💚💚 Many Aeonium plants grow into a medium to large size, so even a few of them can make us happy when they display colours BIG❤️