Well, this is a surprise. I didn't think it would flower in the summer, unless it can do that at different times a year. Winter was my g...
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Fulvi update
Aaaah so pretty!! .... and then it got weird. An overachiever? :) (Fulviceps flowers tend to do that)
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Fulvi flower
Yesterday evening the Aurea flower has finally opened. :)
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Titanopsis are amazing
... and have minds of their own. I've set my two calcareas apart at last. As they were each put in their own container the smaller plant...
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Calcareas need new pots to live in
I've had these Titanopsis calcarea for a year and they seem to like it a lot here. If you take these two plants together, they've de...
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Primosii after watering
It warms up my heart to see how plants react to water - spread their leaves and get new ones. Recently watered Titanopsis primosii is reall...
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Frithia seedlings
My Frithia didn't make it after all. Something in the care was wrong for it, pumice, water. I've gathered it's seeds from a seed...
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Rabiea is taking over
The Rabiea albipuncta is really expanding in all directions. In its winter state it could still fit inside the borders of the pot, now it...
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Prepodesma is growing
The Prepodesma orpenii has finally managed the two stages of settling in. The leaves are firm and wrinkle-less, showing some fresh green at...
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Aloinopsis villetii
Another proud representative of the Aloinopsis kind. It seems to have the leaves of the Titanopsis calcarea shape and the color of Titanopsi...
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Aloinopsis malherbei
Time to show you the new guys! I got two Aloinopsis plants together with the Prepodesma a couple of weeks ago. This one is Aloinopsis malhe...
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Sempervivum
Lithops and other mesembs aren't the only ones living on my windowsill. This lovely vivid green Sempervivum is such a grateful plant. It...
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aurea update
I'll be posting about other mesembs later but first a quick update on the fulvi flower. :)
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first lithops flower 2012
I was kinda expecting this from my early bird gesinae again but this year's surprise belongs to one of the fulviceps 'Aurea' ! ...
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Neohenricia sibbettii
Having very little room I'm trying to only buy small plants nowadays. I thought Neohenricia sibbettii were tiny bushes but it was actua...
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venteri in the sun
You might have noticed the nice and large (and ever spreading) Crassula rupestris that has found it's place between the lithops trays. ...
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Fred's Redhead
I haven't shown you these seedlings for a while. They are around 16 months old now and quite indipendent in their growth phases. Some ha...
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Prepodesma orpenii
The flowers have just opened. It's 8 o'clock in the evening, how amazing is that? This plant is almost night-flowering. :) I've ...
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Delosperma bunnies
Sorry for all the non-lithops posts but you know winter and summer are those times when just nothing happens, regeneration is over, no flowe...
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windowsill update
Remember how this tray looked a month ago ? Now it's almost full with the new plants. I'm trying to use all the corners, even the sp...
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Avonia quinaria
Today I've finally received the two plants I've been admiring for so long - thanks Atomic Plant Nursery :) - Avonia quinaria ssp. al...
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quick update
The dotty dorotheae has a new mate (and I'm very curious to see their offsprings one day).
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more dorotheae
Here comes the rest of them. The "dotty" C300 has lost it's mate but I'm going to look out for a suitable partner.
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consequences of overwatering
Bad news. I just can't seem to figure out how to water the Frithia humilis I have. :( And the plant doesn't give me any chance to. A...
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Haworthia limifolia
This is one strange looking, strange growing, car tire resembling plant. :) It's been flowering for a while now but it's not that ea...
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