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Getting better: Titanopsis calcarea
This was probably the worst case. One day this beautiful plant just decided to die. First it dried off all the new leaves so that the growing points looked like nothing will ever grow out of them...
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Getting better: Prepodesma orpenii
If you remember I bought this plant with some kind of a leaf damage. Now it completely changed its appearance and is "wearing" only the new leaves while the old ones have slowly dried off. It is now...
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Titanopsis seedlings update
My first experience growing non-lithops Mesembs from seed was growing Delosperma and Frithia. I don't have much room here but just couldn't resist sowing some more. Looks like I'll be posting a lot of...
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New: Delosperma sphalmantoides (3 pics)
I actually would have loved to grow this species from seed but, given a chance, who could resist. Being so fond of the D. cooperii I've been looking around for a dwarf version to grow on the window...
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Apropos Neohenricia (2 pics)
I was looking for a post to link to Neohenricia sibbettii for my last entry and as I saw an almost a year old picture of my plant I was pretty surprised to see how it has grown. Check this out:NowJune...
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Stomatium's baby pictures
Among other things I'm currently watching two Stomatium trifarium kids grow from seed. I do have an adult plant but it's gotten huge and weird. Anyway, here are the bunnies. The see-through dots are...
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L. bromfieldii 'Sulphurea' (3 pics)
The Sulphureas are currently the stars of my lithops collection. Got them more than two years ago and now they've all turned two-headed. The color is pretty intense this time of the year but they do...
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Nananthus transvaalensis (2 pics)
My new plants have arrived! Well, really new are only two, one of which is this Nananthus. I'm still trying to get familiar with more non-lithops mesembs, you know. Not a surprise but still a great...
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Update on the Aureas (4 pics)
It is the third sunny day in a row. Even though the wind outside is pretty cold the plants inside only notice the long awaited sun. Most of my bigger fulvi greenies have turned two-headed this year and...
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Late Lithops (3 pics)
While most of the lithops have finally regenerated and started growing I still have several that don't make much progress. They seem to be stuck at some stage and won't go forward with it. I'm...
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Frithia humilis (2 pics)
I've been reporting on these Frithia humilis seedlings since they first hatched in June 2012 (scroll down here for all the cute baby pics). I still have all nine of them so that I must be doing it...
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Aloinopsis rubrolineata these days
It's such a wonderful plant. It grows leaves all the time keeping me at ease (I always get worried when there hasn't been any growth for a while). I really love the texture of its juicy leaves, so...
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Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri
Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri is new on my windowsill. Yes, I'm going through Aloinopsis and Titanopsis, they are just too pretty on pictures online. Looking forward to watching this one grow. I think...
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This year's Lithops portraits: dorotheae (2 pics)
Even after years growing these plants you still can't figure them out sometimes. I've had two dorotheae C300 specimens looking very similar in their size and overall health. One has regenerated in an...
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This year's Lithops portraits: Ventergreens (3 pics)
I was really happy the Ventergreens have regenerated safely. I bought these plants from Yasuhiko Shimada back when I was living and studying in Japan and they were pretty expensive. I just had to have...
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Neohenricia's tiny flowers coming up
Only several sunny days and it's mostly cold and dark again. Good thing Neohenricia sibbettii doesn't need sunlight to open its flowers. I've counted 5 flower buds so far, most of them growing out of...
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Stomatium seedlings update
I had to transplant these two Stomatium seedlings away from the little Titanopsis because back in their common pot it was a battle for resources the latter couldn't win. I didn't expect them to grow...
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Stomatium surgery (4 pics)
I've mentioned in the previous post that I've performed a surgery on my older Stomatium plant, mother of the seedlings I'm growing. As a result of wrong care over the winter (occasional watering) the...
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Cheiridopsis candidissima
These Cheiridopsis are new tenants on my windowsill. Thanks to Bob Stewart for pointing out that their proper new name is Ch. denticulata. :) I'm always very excited to grow new Mesembs so I'm looking...
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