It's the start of the growing season in the Northern hemisphere Peter. But the plants should be dry sheathed before watering and not all species will be ready at the same time. Most of mine in the UK already had water but others won't be ready for a couple of weeks yet as the old leaves are not full...

A small "hat" made from a piece of net curtain......a wet piece of kitchen towel formed over the crown which dries out and holds that shape......a rinsed out and dried wet wipe folded, taped or stitched......the toe of old stockings or tights. All do the job.

I forgot to mention the other day Mike, I think this fits ssp.hispida.

https://www.crassulaceae.ch/de/artikel? ... M&aID=2663

https://conophytum.com/index.php?/category/423

Better with conophytum Ian since they received CITES listing and I managed to get the Chinese CBCGDF involved. They are currently in the process of prosecuting one the worse culprits so it's been a great deterrent to all the others. The sale of wild conos has disappeared from Chinese social media an...

Personally I prefer Facebook groups which deal exclusively with my particular interests. I only log on here quickly to see if there's anything (of interest) which there rarely is and log off again.

peter831shaw wrote: ↑Thu Apr 06, 2023 3:47 pmIts cool but going to get warmer soon, can I still water the conophytums? Do I self induce dormancy or do I water until the sheath starts to develop?

https://conophytum.com/index.php?/category/425

ralphrmartin wrote: ↑Wed Apr 05, 2023 8:12 pm Simon Snowden (BCSS Membership Secretary) is pretty keen on them - and is a member if Sheffield Branch.

Thanks Ralph, I should have said, "....apart from Simon".....

Any Dudleya specialists on here or anyone know someone who is in the UK? I'm promised some plants I don't particularly want.....

Nothing wrong, looks perfectly normal. Important to hold off on the water now. Only leaf tip wrinkles require water as a response - these leaves basically want to dry out now. Not sure what happened with your pole-evansii but the roots may have died or rotted beforehand.