September 2013 ~ Fashionista

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Here's just a little something to lighten up our mood :) ☆

Here comes No. 2 of my recent purchases of compact-type Crassulas - C. 'Coralita'. I didn't know it before but Bob informed me ...

My Avonia quinaria ssp. alstonii continues to surprise. Now explain this to me. From what I read everywhere Avonia quinaria is the only Anac...

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...

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...

It was about time. My Neohenricia sibbettii , once so cute and tiny , has outgrown its pot a while ago, going overboard with its branches ...

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 bre...

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. locali...

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 ma...