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Lithops experiment part 7
Hi guys! I heard you are wondering about what happened to the L. pseudotruncatella from the "Lithops experiment". Let me show you in this last installment of the series.It has been exactly 2 years and...
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More current flowers (4 pics)
More flowers have opened this weekend. After a long working week what can be better? :) Plants are great! And here's another chance for this grower to take some sorta-artistic photos of Anacampseros...
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The luxury of sunlight (6 pics)
What a difference it makes when there is lots and lots of sunlight for weeks! This must be what growers with greenhouses are getting all the time. Sure on the windowsill there are still fewer sunlight...
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Anacampseros flowers (10 pics)
And again - Anacampseros flowers! Sorry guys, it's their season :)Unexpectedly, several of my 2 years old An. vanthielii seedlings have recently flowered. Well synchronized, too! The flowers are flashy...
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Cactus & Succulent Market in Essen 2017 (11 pics)
Yesterday I went to this year's Cactus & Succulent Market in Essen. No, "I went" sounds too casual. It was a 10 hour train ride, thanks to the terrible service of the Deutsche Bahn. In the end I...
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Desert flowers (8 pics)
We're having a real Summer here. Yesterday on the windowsill the temperature went up to 43°C and the plants are loving it!One of the Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii plants has opened 2 flowers and I...
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Random seedlings report (13 pics)
It's always fun to grow plants from seed. Even if you know approximately what to expect you never know what their growth pattern will be or how the seedlings will turn out in the end. It is even more...
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New lithops 2017 - Part 1 (14 pics)
This year I feel like focusing more on lithops again. Needless to say, it means new acquisitions and more sowing later this year. Do I still have room for that? I do. How?! I am just as surprised as...
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Breaking news (2 pics)
This just in. The first lithops flower of the season!Quite early. But L. gesinae v. annae (C078) always is. I had one blooming in June once. The precious little sun 💗Also, one of the Delosperma cooperi...
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New lithops 2017 - Part 2 (13 pics)
To continue with the report on the new lithops acquisitions, here are some other newcomers.Within L. olivacea there are the green L. olivacea v. olivacea species and the pink-ish L. olivacea v....
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Delosperma's radical pruning (13 pics)
Brace yourselves! This is not for faint-hearted!I have grown two Delosperma cooperi plants from seed in 2012 and when they were big enough the opportunity presented itself to grow them as little bonsai...
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Sunday flowers to lighten the mood (7 pics)
I wanted to post something on Crassula cuttings but in the end decided in favor of a flower post. Just some light Sunday afternoon entertainment :)Lithops gracilidelineata I grew from seed has opened...
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Flowers in August (12 pics)
It's been too long! I've been mostly ignoring my plants this past month and consequently the blog. But I was still taking photos of the flowers whenever I could catch them. They are a rarity on the...
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Other news (8 pics)
So what else was going on on my windowsill in August?Well, the most amazing and surprising thing was the awakening of Monilaria scutata seedlings! I couldn't believe they are alive after all this time....
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Focusing on the positive (8 pics)
It's been a while. I'm still here, just trying to sort some things out in my life and get a clearer view on it. It's not easy.What else is not easy? Growing plants bug-free and healthy in an...
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Random winterly observations (7 pics)
My windowsill is so depressing in winter.I mean it. Forget the conophytums - even winter-growers look weak and sad, as if they had given up and decided to go back to sleep right after waking up. And it...
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Other developments (12 pics)
There are other things I noticed on the windowsill recently.For example, I was very surprised to find a seed pod on my Argyroderma crateriforme. The plant flowered out of two heads this year: one...
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Happy New Year!
Happy New Year everybody!! I have just looked at my resolutions for 2017 and, weeeell, I could say I pulled some things through (it's a stretch). I went down 7 kilos last year (5 of which I've put on...
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Spring is on its way, they feel it (9 pics)
Finally, after months of darkness, we've had 2 weeks of sun (and temperatures below freezing). It is amazing how only 2 sunny weeks can transform lithops and give other plants a boost. After all the...
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Anacampseros tray (14 pics)
I can not believe it's been 2 years since I had my big sowing of Anacampseros. Around the same time I got the majority of the adult plants, even though I've been growing several Anacampseros and...
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