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Another Stomatium alboroseum flower! (3 pics)
Before I come to the topic of this post I'd like to let you know that I have a lot of Anacampseros filamentosa ssp. namaquensis seeds to give away. They are only viable when fresh so don't let them go...
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Aloinopsis luckhoffii babies (2 pics)
I didn't expect my Aloinopsis luckhoffii seedlings to live this long but here they are, almost one year old. They've started developing side shots recently.(Btw, I think my camera is making the plants...
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Naohenricia seed capsule (2 pics)
According to Steven Hammer hybrids between Neohenricia and Stomatium are possible and since both were flowering on my windowsill recently I tried cross-pollinating. At the moment I'm very proud to...
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L. fulviseps 'Aurea' flower (2 pics)
Aaand now they're open. So pretty! I'm going to play a bee :) PS: Hm, just a thought, shouldn't something called "Aurea" actually have yellow/golden flowers? Does the name refer to the green-yellow...
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Avonia & Crassula flowers and random seed capsules (3 pics)
I know I'm astonished myself at the amount of flower pics I'm posting this year. I guess it's the fact that we've been having a proper hot and sunny summer this year. The plants love it!Now the pink...
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Titanopsis calcarea kids
My Titanopsis calcarea seedlings are now 15 months old and branching out. The leaf texture and the overall appearance are everything I hoped for ♡What makes them even more special to me is that they're...
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Frithia humilis kids (2 pics)
If you click the "Frithia" tag at the bottom of this post you can actually see these Frithia humilis seedlings grow from seed. Unbelievable but they are now over 2 years old and I still have all nine...
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Braunsia, Ruschia and Antimima (3 pics)
I've been reading up on some species in Mesembs of the World (strange name for a book about plants that naturally grow in only one part of the world) and Succulent Flora of Southern Africa. Both books...
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L. fulviceps v. lactinea in bloom (2 pics)
Another one opened today. Every little drop of light is reflected in the petals. What a glow!
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Monilaria waking up
Don't know about you but I find these bunny ears simply adorable! :)Monilaria chrysoleuca is waking up from its summer sleep. You can clearly see the two types of leaves at this stage - round ones and...
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Adromischus leaves getting independent (3 pics)
These Adromischus species are quite attractive. Unfortunatelly they are also fragile and slow-growing. And even though they can be propagated by rooting their leaves it can take months until the leaf...
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Delosperma harazianum flower
So pretty!!Got this plant as a present recently so the flower is not my achievement.Seeds are also available (check here for more info).This is my 500th blog post by the way :)
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Delosperma cooperi seedlings today (3 pics)
Do you remember these little kids of mine? They started off as tiny bunnies in June 2012, went throught a beautifully compact phase and then just exploded. Since they got so big I only could grow them...
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Adenium (7 pics)
Check out these butts! :DI have sown these Adeniums in 2008 or 2009, sometime before I went to study in Japan, and never picked them up from my parents after that (no room and all). My mother has been...
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Attempts to grow Muiria hortenseae from seed
I wanted to share this rare sight with you because, well, the seedling could die any day. My attempts to grow Muiria hortenseae from seed so far were all more or less "is it dead yet?" I was sowing...
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Moody Fenestraria seedlings
These Fenestratia rhopalophylla ssp. aurantiaca 'Fireworth' seedlings are now 4 months old and getting touchy. Like teenagers they seem to hate everything I do and grow best when I just leave them...
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Fulvifruits and fulvibuds (4 pics)
Looks like this year is the year for Lithops fulviceps to shine on my windowsill. I was lucky to have two C363 flowering at the same time so that I could pollinate properly and here is the...
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Conophytum (6 pics)
I think I've mentioned that I bought several beautifully grown Conophytum specimen at the C&S market in Essen recently but haven't shown them yet. Now one of the plants is flowering and this is a...
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Lithops flowering season (4 pics)
Looks like my Lithops are heaving an early flowering season. I have 4 flowers at the moment and more coming soon. What a happy sight! :)One of my own L. bromfieldii v. glaudinae seedlings has flowered...
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Adenium's fresh green
On August 20th I've posted this photo of this plant. I've decided not to prune just yet and wait for the spring. I think it was a good decision because this is how it reacted to the recent repotting...
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