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New year, new life for lithops - part 1 (12 pics)
These past several days it was sunny at last and lithops are known to react to that. They're not wasting time. All of a sudden new shiny faces started popping up here and there. What was taking months...
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New year, new life for lithops - part 2 (6 pics)
I just felt like posting a small regenerating lithops lesliei selection :)L. lesliei v. minor 'Witblom' C006A x L. lesliei 'Fred's Redhead'L. lesliei ssp. lesliei v. venteri C001L. lesliei ssp. lesliei...
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New year, new life for lithops - part 3 (10 pics)
Continuing with the regeneration pictures here is the next bunch.L. gesinae v. annae C078One has less regenerating to do than the other. The left plants is one of my very first plants, bought as adult...
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Argyroderma crateriforme, put on record (2 pics)
I bought this "senior" plant two years ago and, not having any experience with Argyroderma in general and senior plants in particular, I've been worried about it ever since. Looks like it was not...
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Spring update on Conophytums (13 pics)
Conophytums are still relatively new to me and the yearly life cycle a mystery. The thing with growing in winter is confusing and the best way to find out what to do with them as a grower is careful...
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Delosperma harazianum first to flower (3 pics)
Delosperma harazianum is opening the flowering season again. It has cute little flowers that produce seeds on their own. None of my other Delosperma plants want to flower, except sometimes D....
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Rubroroseus seedlings (5 pics)
I think I remember complaining that these Lithops bromfieldii v. glaudinae 'Rubroroseus' (C393A) seedlings weren't red enough back when they first hatched. Now they are 3,5 years old. And, yes, this is...
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Plant similarities (5 pics)
I wanted to write something clever about how Neohenricia sibbetii and Delosperma sphalmantoides are similar in looks and growing pattern when in fact I just wanted to post a couple of pictures I...
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Cheiridopsis on the windowsill (8 pics)
I have mentioned before that Cheiridopsis grow very well on a windowsill, in my unexperienced experience. They don't make any troubles and, unlike other mesembs, are able to grow to a large size under...
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Cheiridopsis meyeri v. minor or a different genus entirely? (2 pics)
This Cheiridopsis meyeri v. minor (MG 1385.9/SB766) is pretty different from the others. In fact, it is strange to me that someone named it Cheiridopsis at all. Maybe my information is...
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Haworthia limifolia in a little bit of trouble (7 pics)
A couple of days ago I got an inquiry from someone who was worried about their Haworthia limifolia's wellbeing but only today I realized that I actually have a plant matching the description at hand!...
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Haworthia limifolia: Stray observations (3 pics)
Plants can have very different appearances depending on the conditions they grow in. While potting the plant from yesterday's post I wondered at how different it is from its own cutting that has been...
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Much anticipated flower
I have something to be excited about these days. This is my own Titanopsis primosii seedling :)
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Lithops experiment part 6 (2 pics)
Seeing that my last post about the troubled L. pseudotruncatella was back in December it's time to update you on their progress.Yes, they are still quite ugly. My hopes of getting them into good shape...
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Spring update on Conophytums - part 2 (14 pics)
This rainy, cold, dark Sunday morning (hence the dark photos) I thought it'd be nice to post an update on my Conophytums going to sleep. In fact, it is so cold and uncomfortable (we've had -2° last...
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Titamopsis primosii: first flower (3 pics)
Before I write a post on all the showy Delosperma flowers from my balcony I wanted to show you this one which is much more special to me. I grew this Titanopsis primosii from seed and am now very proud...
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Delospermas on the balcony (8 pics)
Well, now I know, Delosparmas really like it on the balcony. All of the below plants have overwintered outside in the cold and are now enjoying direct unfiltered sunlight. No burns and lots of flowers...
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Recent observations on Anacampseros (15 pics)
I'm getting excited about Anacampseros again :DSeeing the seedlings grow and some of the adults with first signs of flower stalks is more than enough to rekindle the fascination. Growing Anacampseros...
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Cheiridopsis on a diet (4 pics)
A months ago I was struggling with the decision whether to keep watering the opportunistic Cheiris or diet them down to one pair of leaves. I decided that the smaller the plant the better, more natural...
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Conophytum herreanthus (4 pics)
Sorry for not posting much, I've been a little preoccupied lately by an acquisition of a rare mesemb of a feline variety :)The weather is terrible here. It's like we've had fall weather since October,...
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