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Three perfect heads
This lesliei v. minor 'Witblom' C6A x 'Fred's Redhead' crossing I got at a succulent expo in Tokyo 2010 is an example of a plant that can survive and even get in a great shape after going through a...
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gracili kids update
Sown in 2009 these gracilidelineata seedlings finally all present a long fissure of an adult plant. It took them four years. Everytime I see my seedlings from 2008, 2009 or 2010 I can't believe I got...
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summer regeneration
Can someone tell me why some lithops can regenerate twice a year so perfectly, quickly and into a nice shape, while others can't even manage to change their leaves once without problems? These...
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Sulphurea's flower
This one has developed so fast that the opening of the flower was a surprise. :) Currently the plant is sharing its pot with three L. localis. Snapped the picture late in the evening a couple of days ago.
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Crassula ausensis ssp. titanopsis
Sunny days are definitely over. It's rainy and dark outside the window but after the recent heat wave all the plants seem to catch a breath and look refreshed. The trick is to watch them closely now...
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Repotting the Neohenricia (4 pics)
It was about time. My Neohenricia sibbettii, once so cute and tiny, has outgrown its pot a while ago, going overboard with its branches (in 15 months or so). Another sign that a plant desparately needs...
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Stomatium seedlings still grow like crazy
Do you believe these guys? Sown in May, these two Stomatium trifarium seedlings, which I no longer can tell apart, are about to outgrow their pot. Amazing plants!I've sown some more recently, this time...
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Any takers? part 3
With so little room and so many wishes I found myself growing Mesembs insufficiently. I have way too many seedlings of the same kind that occupy too many pots. First the fulviceps 'Aurea' must go. I...
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Strange thing about Avonia
My Avonia quinaria ssp alstonii continues to surprise. Now explain this to me. From what I read everywhere Avonia quinaria is the only Anacampseros species that is not self-fertile hence needs a...
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Crassula 'Coralita' (2 pics)
Here comes No. 2 of my recent purchases of compact-type Crassulas - C. 'Coralita'. I didn't know it before but Bob informed me that this is a hybrid cultivar from a crossing between C. perfoliata v....
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Aloinopsis rubrolineata (4 pics)
I recently got this older plant from an obviously very skilled grower in the UK and I'm really excited to grow it from now on. Such a majestic tree it is! I only have small pots to offer at the moment...
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Frithia kids update
It's time to update you on my Frithia humilis seedlings (sown in June 2012). Over the summer, in which we have had hot t° and lots of sun for a prolonged peroid of time, the seedlings stopped growing...
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Acclimation
I just realized that I haven't yet addressed the acclimation issue here directly but it is something all of us have good or not so good experiences with. Obviously not every Lithops or other succulent...
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Who am I? (2 pics)
Can you believe it's not a Mesemb?This is the last of my recent Crassula purchases - Crassula mesembryanthemopsis. What a beauty!! The photo doesn't do it justice (click for xxl).This plant came from a...
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New Avonia Adventures
You remember two weeks ago I told you that my Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii has grown 3 seed pods without being pollinated or even having a suitable partner. I collected approximately 50 seeds that...
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Gibbaeum geminum
Time to introduce new plants to you and to this blog.I've had these two Gibbaeum geminum for a couple of months and they seem to feel fine so far. They grow very slowly but react to water quite well....
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White flower
It was a relatively sunny weekend and another lithops flower opened :)The unidentified lithops might be salicola or julii greenie and the flower has a sweet honey fragrance (I always smell lithops...
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Transplanting Aloinopsis seedlings
It's gotten too cramped in my pot with young mesemb seedlings so I've transplanted the biggest - Aloinopsis malherbei - away from the others yesterday. This is their first root check. :) The second...
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