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Prepodesma about to bloom in July?
Well, this is strange. Shouldn't Prepodesma orpenii be done with flowering by mid-spring? Or could this already be the result of the valerian flower extract I'm trying out this year? Not that I'm...
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One grateful mesemb, Stomatium (2 pics)
My Stomatium trifarium looks great nowadays, especially from below the leaves where the warts shine through. One day when I have more room I want to grow all different kinds of them from seed. For now...
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Other regeneration problems
Generally speaking there are two problems with regeneration lithops can have. First is being too slow. Second is being too quick and doing to two times in a year. The second one isn't very problematic...
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And more Avonia flowers! (2 pics)
I'm going to flood my blog with them. XD But I don't have a choice, do I? Too pretty.Two more flowers opened (ca. 6 pm), another five to go.
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Aaaand two more flowers :D
Today's photo shooting is all natural. :)No staging with black background or anything. Even though the flowers open after the sun is gone they light up the windowsill themself, it seems.And to give you...
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Prepodesma's late flower
Well, this week I started my new job. :)Â I'm doing something completely different from what I did before and it's all still odd and sometimes frustrating but I hope I can learn quickly. The office is...
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T. calcarea seedlings roots check (4 pics)
These Titanopsis calcarea seedlings are now almost 3 months old. Even though they are so young they already have several leaves and the leaf surface is just as nicely textured as the adults. The roots...
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Marshmallow leaves (3 pics)
What is it? That's right. Delosperma sphalmantoides, a miniature species that grows more neatly than others of its kind and thus allows us to grow it on the windowsill. Even though it's really mini it...
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White Avonia's flower (2 pics)
I'll just quickly post the pics because I really need to go sleep now. Waking up at 5 am every day isn't easy. I was back from work at 7 pm today and found this waiting for me and for the camera. :)...
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Rabiea's revitalization. I want one, too! (3 pics)
It have been three weeks and I'm getting used to working "like an adult". :D Now waiting for the first paycheck! The work is completely new to me, I'm learning everything, a new profession basically,...
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First lithops flower buds this season (2 pics)
Fulviceps is this year's first again! :) Might be even the same plant, I'm not sure. Can't wait to see it bloom!In general though, I can't figure out my fulvi  'Aurea' and their cycle. Look at these...
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Avonia continues to flower
The flowers don't open all at once because they aren't all at the same stage of development. That's even better. This way you can enjoy the "flowering season" longer. Last night two more flowers opened...
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Rubroroseus babies (3 pics)
I'm taking back my previous rant about my L. bromfieldii v. glaudinae 'Rubroroseus' seedlings being neither rubro nor roseus. After the leaf change into first true leaves several of them now show a...
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Breaking news!
This is going to be the event of the year among lithops! :DFinally a plant I've grown from seed is going to flower! Such a miracle. I'm so looking forward to it. Just like I've been looking forward to...
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mesemb seedlings update
My youngest seedlings are doing fine so far. Aloinopsis schooneesii are cute as a button. Aloinopsis malherbei are growing 2nd and 3rd true leaves which finally look much flatter and malherbei-like....
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Own seedlings became two-headed
I was sure I've already shown you this year's photo of these guys but I surprisingly haven't. These two lesliei 'Storms Albinigold' C36B (green body/yellow flowers) are my own seedlings from 2008. Yes,...
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Nicely uniform
These lesliei v. minor C6 are also from my first seedlings bunch back in 2008 and still haven't flowered yet. They make up for it by being so uniform in their color and markings. The one that is...
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C2A: first true leaves
Just had to show you these little aucampiae C2A. Now that most of them changed into their first true leaves (it took them a long time) and have grown a bit since then the markings became more apparent....
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Aurea in bloom
Today's flowers :)In the morning the buds still looked like clenched fists.
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