I've been prevented from writing new posts by a wild animal that confiscated by laptop :D
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Not really. She is being fantastic! :)
What really bothers me is this terrible weather we are having this year. We haven't had any spring and still no summer. It just rains all the time. My plants are lucky if they get one hour of sunlight a day. I'm being very careful with waterings but several lithops are stretching nevertheless. I wonder what makes them do that exactly. If it's dark and they've been watered shouldn't they all stretch?
In this L. schwantesii container you can see that one plant is growing too long while others stay flat.
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In this L. lesliei v. hornii (C15) container, one head (!) of a plant is stretching while the other does not. What makes it do that?
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L. karasmontana likes to stretch no matter what, no surprises there. It is quite small and the shape will correct itself next year.
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What I find strange is that another L. karasmontana (v. aiaisensis C224) in a nearby pot is as flat as it can be.
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So what triggers it really? Unlucky watering timing? Or is there something more to it?
In other news, my Frithia pulchra has grown flowers again this year. Unfortunately I still have not seen them fully open because, as I said, there is no sunlight. They open just a little without it, and then close again...
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Catching Anacampseros flowers proves to be difficult as well. I keep missing them! It's so annoying. I've missed the biggest and prettiest ones so far.
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I'm complaining a lot today XD
Not really. She is being fantastic! :)
What really bothers me is this terrible weather we are having this year. We haven't had any spring and still no summer. It just rains all the time. My plants are lucky if they get one hour of sunlight a day. I'm being very careful with waterings but several lithops are stretching nevertheless. I wonder what makes them do that exactly. If it's dark and they've been watered shouldn't they all stretch?
In this L. schwantesii container you can see that one plant is growing too long while others stay flat.
In this L. lesliei v. hornii (C15) container, one head (!) of a plant is stretching while the other does not. What makes it do that?
L. karasmontana likes to stretch no matter what, no surprises there. It is quite small and the shape will correct itself next year.
What I find strange is that another L. karasmontana (v. aiaisensis C224) in a nearby pot is as flat as it can be.
So what triggers it really? Unlucky watering timing? Or is there something more to it?
In other news, my Frithia pulchra has grown flowers again this year. Unfortunately I still have not seen them fully open because, as I said, there is no sunlight. They open just a little without it, and then close again...
Catching Anacampseros flowers proves to be difficult as well. I keep missing them! It's so annoying. I've missed the biggest and prettiest ones so far.
I'm complaining a lot today XD