Moving to a new apartment!

Dear readers, I have neither been updating the blog for a while nor replying to your emails but I'm here and I'm well and I'm go...

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Recent flowers (8 pics)

I'm sorry I haven't been around for a while. It's been busy and stressful lately, I barely could look at my plants at all and I ...

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More flowers (2 pics)

The flowering continues! There are several 'Sulphurea' flowers opened at the same time this year so I'm going to pollinate. The ...

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Aloinopsis malherbei fails to flower (3 pics)

Do you have any advise or explanation? I can't figure out what these guys are missing. They've been starting flowers, then drying th...

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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 ...

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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...

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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'...

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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 s...

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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 ...

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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 s...

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Adenium (7 pics)

Check out these butts! :D I have sown these Adeniums in 2008 or 2009, sometime before I went to study in Japan, and never picked them up fro...

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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 th...

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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). ...

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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 propagate...

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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 ...

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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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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...

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