"Fat Plants" : cacti,succulents, caudiciforms, whatever..

[cohan]

Great images, Kris, Darren and Rogan- really love to see these growing in habitat- quite different from what grows around my fenceposts!

I keep intending to get Cono seed but still haven't!
John, I think one of the keys growing the wintergrowers in the north is to try to get them to initiate growth in fall when there is still more sun so there is not so much etiolation...

[Tom Waters]

Aeonium hierrense, endemic to the island of El Hierro. These plants were started from seed nearly 2 years ago.

[krisderaeymaeker]

I have just returned from a journey to my future home in the southern Cape; these are some of the succulents I saw en route:
#1 Scores of Muiria hortenseae (Gibbaeum hortenseae) at the foot of a fence post;
#2 Gibbaeum petrense at the foot of another fence post;
#3 Two common Gibbaeum's in the area - G. petrense and G. album.
The Little karoo was experiencing a spell of cool, rainy weather at the time, hence the saturated colours and wet succulents!

Sorry , overlooked this great pictures . Wow , stunning Rogan ! 
Thanks for sharing . Especially like the masses of Muiria ! In cultivation in Europe it keeps a very rare species .And difficult to grow here to .

[Leon]

Seedlings stays fairly moist during the first year Leon .But after the second year (after pricking out )they get the same hard conditions ...

Re:Conophytum
Kris, I received Conophytum and Lithops seed this last week along with about 15 species of hardy Echinocereus and Escobaria. I also got a package of Epicacti seed.  I just need to get them planted and on the grow table.

[krisderaeymaeker]

Kris, I received Conophytum and Lithops seed this last week along with about 15 species of hardy Echinocereus and Escobaria. I also got a package of Epicacti seed.  I just need to get them planted and on the grow table. [/font][/size][/color]

Good news Leon . Give it a try ! In a few years there are more Cono's to see  on this forum ....

[krisderaeymaeker]

Fenestraria rhopalophylla ssp. aurantiaca 'Fireworth' is in flower for a couple of weeks now ...

[johnw]

Rogan - I am blown away by your fence post settings.

and Chris / Leon Where is the best source for seeds of Gbbs, Conos, Lithops, Fenestrarias amd Frithias? I'm trying to convince a friend with a gigantic greenhouse to develop a collection.  At the moment he's focused on suicidal Stapeliads.

johnw - +11c and rain at 22:40

[krisderaeymaeker]

Rogan - I am blown away by your fence post settings.

and Chris / Leon Where is the best source for seeds of Gbbs, Conos, Lithops, Fenestrarias amd Frithias? I'm trying to convince a friend with a gigantic greenhouse to develop a collection.  At the moment he's focused on suicidal Stapeliads.

johnw - +11c and rain at 22:40

Hi John , oh yes please convince him  Best source I think is  Mesa Garden (Steven Brack )  :
http://www.mesagarden.com/mj2012.html

[johnw]

Kris

Yes but they only have Lithops.  No Gibbs, Conos or fens. Good grief I was only on the page J-Z!  Their inventory is gigantic!

Is Kordes still kicking in Germany? I can't seem to get a hit on google?

There's a fellow in the UK, a Mr. NE Brown, who has some wonderful videos of Mesembs on youtube.  Sadly no one posts comments to him.

johnw

[Hans J]

JohnW :

 I think you mean Koehres ...not Kordes  ( Kordes sells roses ):
http://www.koehres-kaktus.de/shop/index.php

I know Koehres since more than 30 years ...Kohres senior has given now his buisness to Bettina Kohres - his daughter

A other very good adress for seeds is :
http://www.succseed.com/1.html
This is Mats Winberg ...a nice friend of me

Hans

[johnw]

I wondered why they switched to roses! 

Thanks Hans.

johnw

[Hans J]

 

[Leon]

Chris / Leon Where is the best source for seeds of Gbbs, Conos, Lithops, Fenestrarias amd Frithias? I'm trying to convince a friend with a gigantic greenhouse to develop a collection.

Yes John, Kris is right.  I got my seed from Mesa Garden/Steven Brack.  His extensive seed list focuses only on cacti and succulents.  I placed my order the last week of November and received the seeds only 5 days later.  Yesterday I got a seed catalog from Alplains.  That seedlist is broader by including many species across various play types rather than only focusing only on cacti and succulents. 

Along with the Lithops I decided to try a pack of hybrid Lithops/Dinterops. Have any of you tried this?  What should I expect? I assume that they will also want very limited water.   

[Leon]

This past Sunday I planted the entire seed order.  Since then the pots have been under a plastic cover and bathed in artificial light with bottom heat.  Tonight is the first time I have had time to look at them. The photo below shows seedlings of Conophytum.  I can see only a few; the large size of the seedlings is surprising considering how small the seeds were.   I will give them another week or so then begin to allow air flow under the cover so the pots can begin to dry out.


Conophytum seedlings.

[Maggi Young]

My word, Leon - that was FAST!