A cute titanopsis flower (2 pics) Anonymous 12:24 PM Add Comment Aloinopsis flowers titanopsis A little drop of sunlight on the windowsill :) Here a size comparison. I have more A. rubrolineata pictures. Would it be an overkill to post... Read More
lithops seedlings update (4 pics) Anonymous 1:58 AM Add Comment aucampiae bromfieldii gracilidelineata lesliei seedlings 2009 seedlings 2011 seedlings 2012 Just a quick update on how some of my lithops seedlings are doing these days. :) As you can see seedlings from 2012 are much bigger now and ... Read More
Aaand another one Anonymous 10:40 AM Add Comment Aloinopsis flowers I just got this one recently with a flower bud already so the credit for this lovely flower goes to the previous owner. :) In any case it de... Read More
Cheiridopsis peculiaris Anonymous 1:40 AM Add Comment Cheiridopsis This one sure looks... peculiar! That's probably something everybody thinks when they first see it, including the person who named it. L... Read More
A. rubrolineata all dreamy Anonymous 6:45 AM Add Comment Aloinopsis flowers Another photo of the pretty flower. This time an artistic one of sorts :) Read More
Aloinopsis - finally!! Anonymous 9:03 AM Add Comment Aloinopsis flowers It's quite a large flower! :) Still a little shy though. I will update once it's fully open. Can't believe it's finally happ... Read More
Titanopsis almost ready to shine Anonymous 12:28 PM Add Comment flower buds titanopsis Btw, one of my Titanopsis calcarea plants is growing a flower, too. Let's see how it goes. With my plants I never know if they'll ch... Read More
A. rubrolineata and flowers Anonymous 12:10 PM Add Comment Aloinopsis flower buds I've been complaining a lot about this plant to you over on twitter. Now it's time to show it. This is the one Aloinopsis rubrolinea... Read More
Faucaria and Adromischus today (2 pics) Anonymous 3:20 AM Add Comment Adromischus cuttings Faucaria Now to today's pics - all dark and gloomy and gray. That's what the plants have to put up with these days. This Faucaria I got as a ... Read More
Akadama & Kanuma substrate Anonymous 1:52 AM Add Comment substrate I read about this substrate mix (also, @LeatherSolis uses it whose plants look amazing!) so I've decided to try it, too. Don't get m... Read More
more surprise seed capsules (2 pics) Anonymous 1:16 AM Add Comment fulviceps pseudotruncatella seed capsules These pics were taken a month ago as it was still sunny. The good days. :) Now it rains all the time. It appears that these two lithops have... Read More
Overwintering our Mesembs (5 pics) Anonymous 2:20 AM Add Comment Cheiridopsis fulviceps new pairs of leaves Stomatium This is the time of the year all you northern hemisphere lithops growers have already stopped watering your plants. Basically, the best time... Read More
A couple more flowers (2 pics) Anonymous 9:24 PM Add Comment conophytum flowers At least 4 flowers couldn't fully develop this year. But no need to complain :) At least some could make it. This L. localis for instan... Read More
Too cute Anonymous 9:15 PM Add Comment Aloinopsis seedlings 2013 I had to post this photo. This guy is just the cutest little thing ♥ Read More
A. rubrolineata flower Anonymous 6:52 AM Add Comment Aloinopsis flowers Also, this is happening :) Read More
Transplanting Aloinopsis seedlings Anonymous 3:53 AM Add Comment Aloinopsis seedlings 2013 It's gotten too cramped in my pot with young mesemb seedlings so I've transplanted the biggest - Aloinopsis malherbei - away from t... Read More
White flower Anonymous 11:07 AM Add Comment flowers It was a relatively sunny weekend and another lithops flower opened :) The unidentified lithops might be salicola or julii greenie and the f... Read More
Gibbaeum geminum Anonymous 10:59 AM Add Comment Gibbaeum 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 f... Read More
New Avonia Adventures Anonymous 4:37 AM Add Comment Avonia quinaria seedlings 2013 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 ... Read More
Who am I? (2 pics) Anonymous 9:33 PM Add Comment Crassula Can you believe it's not a Mesemb? This is the last of my recent Crassula purchases - Crassula mesembryanthemopsis. What a beauty!! The ... Read More
Acclimation Anonymous 4:28 AM Add Comment Crassula tips and tricks 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 ... Read More
Frithia kids update Anonymous 12:02 PM Add Comment frithia seedlings 2012 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 s... Read More
Aloinopsis rubrolineata (4 pics) Anonymous 9:21 PM Add Comment Aloinopsis caudiciforms 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 ma... Read More
bromfieldii flower Anonymous 9:32 AM Add Comment bromfieldii flowers Here's just a little something to lighten up our mood :) ☆ Read More
Crassula 'Coralita' (2 pics) Anonymous 11:47 PM Add Comment Crassula Here comes No. 2 of my recent purchases of compact-type Crassulas - C. 'Coralita'. I didn't know it before but Bob informed me ... Read More
Strange thing about Avonia Anonymous 10:07 AM Add Comment abnormalities Avonia quinaria seed capsules seeds My Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii continues to surprise. Now explain this to me. From what I read everywhere Avonia quinaria is the only Anac... Read More
Any takers? part 3 Anonymous 5:59 AM Add Comment cultivars fulviceps sales 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 oc... Read More
Stomatium seedlings still grow like crazy Anonymous 9:21 AM Add Comment seedlings 2013 Stomatium Do you believe these guys? Sown in May, these two Stomatium trifarium seedlings, which I no longer can tell apart, are about to outgrow the... Read More
Repotting the Neohenricia (4 pics) Anonymous 8:41 AM Add Comment Neohenricia sibbettii roots It was about time. My Neohenricia sibbettii , once so cute and tiny , has outgrown its pot a while ago, going overboard with its branches ... Read More