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Monilaria
Still no spring around here... I'll continue posting dark and/or blue-ish pictures then ^^aThis is my very first Monilaria and even though I read about the care and the yearly life cycle of this plant...
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New arrivals: Gibbaeum, Argyroderma and Ebracteola (4 pics)
I was able to free some room with magic (otherwise known as transplantation and clever tray placement) and could get myself more mesembs. I have several pots with seedlings that will need more room...
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L. fulviceps these days (5 pics)
Isn't it pretty? New shiny leaves slowly working through the old ones? :)I'm very happy with how my Lithops fulviceps are regenerating this year.The L. fulviceps v. lactinea are themselves quite large...
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A. schooneesii seedlings 9 months old (2 pics)
Remember my Aloinopsis schooneesii seedlings? Sown in June 2013 they are now slowly getting too big for their pot. They more or less rested over the winter but recently started to grow new leaves one...
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Some two-headed-ness (10 pics)
These days you can feel the spring and the regeneration that took the lithops so long to do before progresses in no time. The new leaves are getting bigger every day and the old ones disappear. Quite...
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Trichodiadema calvatum
Another new plant on the windowsill.I liked the little T. densum so much I wanted another one of the kind. I had to find out the hard way that I'm not used to having spines around here. It's like the...
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L. lesliei ssp. burchellii today (6 pics)
These L. lesliei ssp. burchellii C308 seedlings hatched in June 2011 and this year they finally present an adult-like look. You can follow back their development here, here, here and here. On the pic...
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Aucampiae seedlings
Just a quick update on the L. aucampiae 'White Flower' C2A seedlings, grown from own seeds (sowing 2012). Love the color!
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L. lesliei ssp. burchellii 2nd selection (2 pics)
This is the burchellii's selection of plants with more "lines" (rather than windows). They still don't look like typical burchelliis to me, more like regular v. lesliei. Cute and nicely shaped though...
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Rabiea albipuncta seedlings (2 pics)
The Rabiea albipuncta seedlings are now 4 months old and growing second pairs of true leaves. When the leaves first appeared they looked like thin blades. Now they are quite succulent.My older plant is...
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Aloinopsis malherbei seedlings today
These A. malherbei seedlings are now 9 months old. After a long time of growth-stop during the colder months they've recently started growing again and look how fat and meaty the leaves are! :)
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More mesemb seedlings (3 pics)
Sown in August these Aloinopsis seedlings looked weak and grew extremely slowly for such a long time. Now something triggered the new growth (sudden increase in sunlight? ;) ) and you can see how happy...
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And more seedlings (2 pics)
Both Gibbaeum dispar and Rhinephyllum muirii seelings are now 7 months old. What a difference in size! Nothing out of the ordinarily though. Still, I didn't expect Rhinephyllum to develop side branches...
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Anacampseros namaquensis
A most welcome sight - Anacampseros namaquensis growing flowers.I understand the flowers should be Avonia-like. :)
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Rhinephyllum seedlings update
Sorry for posting about all the same seedlings again but I need to share my amazement. Only one week of intense sunlight and suddenly three side-branches are sprouting on one tiny seedling! After a...
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L. aucampiae seedlings root-check (2 pics)
I've been trying to free up the round pots I use for sowing by transplanting the bigger seedlings into square pots I use for adult plants. It doesn't really make more room for them but the depth is...
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Cheiridopsis denticulata
I bought these Cheiridopsis denticulata (labeled candidissima) in June 2013 and was really worried how they will like my conditions. After all, they are my first Cheiridopsis and winter-growing mesembs...
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Adromischus leaf cutting
I've been doing some transplanting and rearranging today and was surprised this Adromischus I've been leaf-propagating has grown really nice fat roots. It is much slower with actual leaves :)
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Titanopsis seedlings today (4 pics)
My Titanopsis calcarea seedlings are almost one year old (sown1st of May2013) and look at this beauty! Perfect shape, perfect color, perfect warts - love it! ♡ But not every seedling had a chance to...
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