'Lalique'

'King of Siam'

'Sparkle'

'Beyond Beauty'

'Flirtation'

'Kiwi Sweetheart'

'Tequila Sunrise'

'Gandhi'

'Challenger'

2012

A bloom on the same plant in 2013
 

'Meda'

'Doris Pittman'

'Ole Pal'

'Lavender Marshmallow'

'Oriental Dancer'

'Vern Hettinger'

'Reflected Glory'

'Elegant Lady'

'King of Siam'

'Slightly Sassy'

'Siboney'

I really love this Watts hybrid that is blooming for me for the first time. 'Siboney' is the name of a delightful latin american song that you can listen to on Youtube (Connie Francis).

I got to looking up the meaning of the name, and found this:

"Siboney" is another spelling of the word "Ciboney". It is a word of the Arawakan language spoken by some Caribbean indigenous people. "Cibo" means "precious stone" and "ney" means "people", so "Ciboney" means "people of the precious stone (or pearl)".

The Ciboney were pre-Columbian indigenous inhabitants of the Greater Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Allegedly they also lived on some of the Lesser Antilles. It has been proposed that they spoke an Arawakan language and that they originated from the Guajira Department of Colombia, but the fact is that their linguistic affiliations and their origins are unknown.

'Eternity'

W

Was mis-marked as 'E.V. Latimer'!!

'Three Oranges'

'Tele'

'Aixtra'

As enchanting as a fairy tale! I bought a cutting at the last EpiCon in 2010, not knowing what to expect. I had never heard of this hybrid, it originates with Haage cactus nursery in Germany.

 This is a real beauty! A keeper, that's for sure.

'Novena'