C and D's Succulents

[C And D]

A couple more

Boswellia nana flower

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Frithia pulchra seedlings
New photo: Oct. 2023

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[C And D]

Attracting flies using a Stapeliad as bait
I also used a paint brush to cross them, so if I do get seeds, I won't be able to know if I did it or the flies
I haven't seen a fly on the plants of interest yet

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[Aiko]

Attracting flies using a Stapeliad as bait

Has anyone actually tried attracting flies for pollination by putting some rotting flesh next to a flowering Stapeliad?
But them all in a box, once there are flies on the flesh close the box up and let the flies do their munching and pollination for a day inside the box before letting them out again. Should work theoretically.

[C And D]

Finally, my first Welwitschia cones
I bought it from Plants from the Southwest in Tuscon, 1997
I've read that they can "Flower" in five years
I started watering it more the last 2 years, twice a week during good weeks

Many people have told me that they water them almost everyday!!

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They look like male flowers
with a lot of sap

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[Jangaudi]

Very nice !! I got a batch of seedlings growing at the moment. I only water them once a week or even less, cause I had a few that damped off, but I do mist them twice a day, and it's going well

[Aiko]

I don't think misting is doing them much good. I water mine every week, every few weeks through winter (but maybe I can increase both up a bit). Mine are about 6 years old. So I hope they will bloom anytime soon too.

[Jangaudi]

I read that they have a high density of pores on the leaves, which take up water in the namid desert along the coast. They have become more stable since I changed tactics, don't want to lose any more. They are only about 3 months old, so I'm babysitting I studied the Bihrman report on sowing them, and he used a misting canon inside the propagator..

[MrXeric]

Congrats on the Welwitschia cones! I regret not buying a couple seedlings from that same nursery a couple years ago. They stopped doing mail order last year.

[Mark]

Congrats on the Welwitschia! Those are so cool. Good thing to know about the watering.

[C And D]

My friend Ed Reed sells them for $100 each

My cones are filled with excessive sap for some reason

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I've had this for 10 years and it's never flowered,
so I can't identify it other than
Edit: found the name..
Cyrtanthus montanus

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It started growing these offset bulbs like crazy last year
never noticed them before then
I put them on our seed list

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[C And D]

Fall is coming on slowly this year
And one of the first to show new growth are the Othonnas

Othonna herrei
very knobby

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Othonna cremifolia

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Not an Othonna, but super rare
Senecio laticipes
I dropped it not once, but twice, which broke off most of the branches

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I have coveted this species for years
Othonna cacalioides
Denise saw these at our club meeting and texted me if I wanted them
My first response was "how many does he have?"
You can have 2, with flowers!!

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And on another subject
I've been repotting lots of winter growers now
which is the best time to replant, just before or as the start the new growing season
Decided to take a photo of these Tylecodon singularis roots
very fleshy

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[SDK1]

And on another subject
I've been repotting lots of winter growers now
which is the best time to replant, just before or as the start the new growing season

The way I learned it was to do repotting once they've woken up fully and have entered peak growth but with the most amount of the growing season left. This varies based on the plant.

The idea behind it and the reason it's best to avoid repotting at the cusp of the growing season is because the plant is actually at the lowest point in terms of energy reserves at that point. A plany has usually been susbsisting on reserves for months at that point, so by repotting right at the end of the dormant season, you actually end up setting the plant back vs. waiting 3-4 weeks for the plant to enter active growth and start replenishing those energy reserves. For anything that drops leaves during the dormant season, it's better to wait for them to put out a few sets of leaves before repotting; they'll bounce back and grow more vigorously than if you repot right as the first leaves are coming out or just before.

This is just how it was explained to me once and it's worked out really well for me since I started waiting for plants to plump up and kick into high gear after a dormant season, regardless of whether it was a summer or winter dormancy.

[C And D]

You are 100% correct, for most plants
But
Basically, for winter growers, just before they start, or as they are just starting
when they have the least reserves left, true
They are able to take the major disturbance, and keep growing into their new home with the same impulse that they would normally have
Alot of the bulbs have lost their roots and need new soil to get rid of the old dead material

For sensitive Cactus, mid growing season is the best time to repot, the plant will probably grow less than it would if not repotted, but its way more unlikely to succumb to rot,
Repotting Cactus is the Number One cause of death for me

[C And D]

Flat of Mesembs seedlings growing like crazy in a deep flat of 100% commercial Coir and Perlite
less than a year old

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[C And D]

Fall Succulent Time

Gibbaeum neobrownii
more like a Conophytum to me
from seed, and will have plenty of seed next year

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Lithops amicorum

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Lithops dorotheae

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Conophytum violaciflorum

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Conophytum maughanii Special Red Form

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