Lithops and Conophytum flowers

I grow many lithops and conophytums...........here are a few flowers from this autumn

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As you can see I like taking photos too

Betty

awsome, any chance you have any spare lithops for trade or seed? I'm very keen on lithops but have a hard time finding them in aust.

I know how you feel ...................... I have to get them through ebay or by mail. Don't know of anyone at the moment doing them by mail either.

I did email Collectors Corner once and they were prepared to send un-named ones, so you could try them for plants. Try contacting the Queensland C&SS they may be able to put you onto someone.

I have just traded all my seeds recently...........sorry

That is an impressive collection you have there Betty!! I know a few people (including myself) who would love to get their hands on them.

parrotsheaven wrote:

As you can see I like taking photos too

You can never have too many photos of such stunning scenery

Hi Betty,
awesome collection - I have mostly Lithops seeds, but waiting for spring to sow them.

Do you grow them under cover - and what % of shade?

cheers,
Calycium

i have seed of 15 different varieties but i dont have much luck with seed, still gonna give them a shot tho. I'll contact collectors corner, i'm just after a few to see if i have luck, doesnt matter it named or not at this stage

Its a shame they will be going dormant soon so no more water except for the ones still flowering.

I was lucky to go to Adelaide for the Succulenticon and manage to build up the lithops stocks a little. Not sure how many I have now but I think it would be 50 or more

I really have too many cacti/succulents but .................... there are always more to find that I don't have

Some addiction eh!!!


Calycium I grow them and the conophytums under cover of the Verandah which has an iron roof and in summer they get full morning sun for a 4/5 hours. I did learn the hard way when I first started growing them though...............Oops I cooked them with too much afternoon sun

With our heat here they do really well and seem to love it

hornet wrote:

i have seed of 15 different varieties but i dont have much luck with seed, still gonna give them a shot tho. I'll contact collectors corner, i'm just after a few to see if i have luck, doesnt matter it named or not at this stage

Good luck with the seeds, I don't know what I did wrong but I managed to kill them everytime I will try again though

I asked a lot of questions when at the Succulenticon and I think the problem may have been that they were getting sun on them so next time it will be shadecloth

Found them easy to germinate though.

I picked up a few Lithops the weekend before Succulenticon, they had a sale on just before with lots of astrosand the Lithops were only $4-5 each. Got a nice optica rubra too.

I grow mine under the verandah, but just moved themm to 70% shadecloth - they are doing well too.

so what method did you use to germinate?

hornet wrote:

so what method did you use to germinate?

The baggie method its how I do a lot of my seeds

I'd love to get some of these cool plants someday. Are they easily pollinated or do you have to do it manually. How many seeds in each pod?

I get out the paint brush, do need a different plant though. I will cross them if I don't have another the same flowering.

Seeds per pod phewww hard to say as the seeds are sooo tiny. Probably get up to 200 depends on who the pollinator is I don't tend to get quite that many lol