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Conophytum pellucidum flowers (2 pics)
I've got to get more C. pellucidum plants. The flowers are stunning! See-through leaves and huge white flowers ♥
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Delosperma bonsai 1/2 (5 pics)
I have two Delosperma plants I grew from seed back in 2012 and am now trying to form into bonsais. Surprisingly it works really well. I was expecting them to grow uncontrollably but they keep their...
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Delosperma bonsai 2/2 (6 pics)
So, here's the other one :)I think I find the shape of this Delosperma even more interesting. It grows small leaf-batches of a darker color and often develops curious 3-leaf-sets. At the moment I could...
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Spheroid flowers (4 pics)
I was working overtime a lot lately thus missing all the flowers that were coming up. Not yesterday though!The L. fulviceps flower opened pretty late and it was getting dark already. The photos have...
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Antimima starting to grow (3 pics)
So far I've only had one Antimima plant (fenestrata) and, it seems, to see any kind of development in its growth you have to take last year's photos and compare. Basically, it's a good thing. It means...
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Shiny lithops flowers (2 pics)
I find it really hard to capture lithops flowers because the most beautiful part is the silky shine. It is tricky to catch it on camera. Fortunately by flowering in the afternoon the plants give us the...
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More spheroid flowers (5 pics)
Conophytum flowers truly give variety to my windowsill. I'm so used to yellow and white flowers it's totally strange to see other colors. C. ectypum ssp. sulcatum is enjoying the rare sunlight.C....
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Even more spheroid flowers (7 pics)
This past weekend I could finally enjoy the lithops flowers and take some pictures. You're probably fed up with my attempts of setting up lithops flowers in a romantic but dark atmosphere but I like...
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Chasmatophyllum musculinum's singular beauty! (2 pics)
These two plants catch my attention every time I'm at my windowsill and the sun in shining. With such beautiful leaves who needs flowers? :)These two Chasmatophyllum musculinum plants are this Summer's...
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The last lithops flower and a butterfly (2 pics)
Well, looks like this is the last lithops flower this year. There weren't many but I'm happy with any I can get. The next excitement is watching the winter growers waking up and maybe even flower as...
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Lithops experiment part 4 (2 pics)
I thought I'll update you on the lithops rescue mission.As you might remember these plants were seriously overfed while not receiving enough light (bottom shelf inside a hardware store) and I would...
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Lithops don't waste time (5 pics)
Winter has started very early this year. It's gloomy and cold. The plants feel it and react to it: winter growers waking up, seeds germinating eagerly, and lithops are already recycling their...
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Thirsty lithops (6 pics)
I'm posting some pictures of thirsty lithops on demand :)I have just taken them so these are examples of thirsty lithops that do NOT need to be watered. It's November and this is how they should look...
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Lithops experiment part 5 (4 pics)
Continuing the series about three overgrown lithops and an attempt to save them and get them into proper shape, here is the most recent development.The lithops were shrinking as expected, however I...
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Beautiful ugliness (2 pics)
This is what I want to see when I look at my lithops in winter and L. bromfieldii never disappoint :)
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Carefree seedlings (3 pics)
Recently I feel like I lost my touch with seedlings and I think that's because I don't have time to care for them these days as I had before (also, I've been trying to use up all old seeds I have and...
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Titanopsis calcarea: First flower (2 pics)
So, looks like I've raised this one to adulthood :)There was a flower on another seedling of this bunch but I either missed it or it never opened so I'll consider this one as the first. It seems like a...
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L. schwantesii's new faces (6 pics)
I really don't like taking pictures in this cold, dark winter light but all of the L. schwantesii are showing their beautiful new faces these days and I just had to take a couple of close-ups. L....
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Anacampseros obsession (11 pics)
You've probably noticed that I've developed a keen interest in Anacampseros recently. Not sure what triggered it but after having grown several plants (adults and babies) for a couple of years now I...
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Anacampseros obsession part 2 (8 pics)
I was waiting for the sun to come out to take more pictures of the Anacampseros bunch but it's not happening and who knows when we'll see the sunlight next, if at all. Two days ago it was snowing in...
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