Accidental Titanopsis

[1bigfruit]

titanopsis calcarea

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This plant happened a few years ago now. Maybe even ten years. It came in a batch of seeds for something else.
Well it grew and I kept it, as you do. On several ocaisions I got bored with it because it didnt do much.
I gave it away to a relative who died and then left it to me. I gave it to my sister who forgot that it had come from me and brought it back again. Then later after moving house twice in a heat wave where I lost tens of plants due to boiling heat in an unventilated conservatory. This plant then survived two bitter -18 degree winters, where it went irredeemeably pink red. Only two other plants have come through all of this an Ihlenfeldtia vanzylii and a Khadia Carolinensis.
So now it has survived, about a year ago it started actually grow. Now it has this great rossette of leaves and started to flower last year. it must be made of concretete.

[Ivan C]

Next time you are ready to give it away, keep me in mind.

[CactusFanDan]

Sounds like a rock solid plant! It's really been through a lot from the sounds of things and it still looks great.

[iann]

Don't they make concrete out of these?

[BRC]

Seems like a rock solid plant, went trough so much, and after all that it still presents you with a flower. That's a keeper mate, that's a plant friend for life