Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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I don't grow opuntias in my yard because they're so treacherous but they are also stunning!

#losangeles #la #streetsucculents #cactus #opuntia #bloomscrolling #flowers #floweringplants

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Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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This looks like a lawn but the entire thing is a mat of minuscule mesembryanthemums like in the second picture. I don't know the species but these are slow growing and not free flowering but for a couple weeks in spring they're covered with tiny pink and white pinstriped blooms shown in the third picture (that's a different plant same species)

#losangeles #la #mesembryanthemums #bloomscrolling #floweringplants #succulents #streetsucculents

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Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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I saw this monster pile of aeonium on my walk just now near 52nd Street and Hoover. It's at least eight feet across the long way and more than two feet high. How long did it take this thing to grow??

#aeonium #succulents #streetsucculents #losangeles #la #hooverstreet #52ndstreet

Last updated 1 year ago

Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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Does anyone know what this mesembryanthemum is? The delicate candy-pin-striped petals blow my mind!

#flowers #floweringplants #mesembryanthemums #streetsucculents #losangeles #pinstripes #succulents

Last updated 2 years ago

Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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Really spiny columnar opuntia cactus in an alley in LA.

#cactus #opuntia #streetsucculents #losangeles #la

Last updated 2 years ago

Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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I'm not sure what this is, some kind of lily probably, but it looks like it's going to be amazing! 51st St and Budlong in Los Angeles.








#losangeles #lilies #budlongave #51ststreet #streetsucculents #flowers #floweringplants #saturdaysighting

Last updated 2 years ago

Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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This big-ass succulent near 50th Street and Kansas Ave in Los Angeles looks like a cactus but it's actually some kind of Euphorbia. It's possible to see this any time because euphorbias don't have spines like cactuses, but the difference is especially clear when they're flowering, which this sweetie pie is doing and how!

Euphorbia flowers are really distinct and so are cactus flowers and they look nothing like each other. And there were so many bees!.









#streetsucculents #losangeles #euphorbia #cactus #ConvergentEvolution #50thstreet #kansasavenue #flowers #floweringplants

Last updated 2 years ago

Adrian Riskin · @AdrianRiskin
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