I do the same as Ian and treat as Lithops except nelii. Two of my nelii have advanced buds now, perhaps because I continued watering quite late. Usually they would not show buds until new year. I will give a little water in mild weather now - I read that the buds might abort if too dry but not sure ...

I did let my youngish plants dry out by mistake this autumn and they shrivelled alarmingly but recovered well within a few days of watering. I won't be doing it again.

Apteranthes europaea with visitor in yesterday's sunshine.

Recent or not is unimportant

I have a thing for plants that flower at night. Including those that open late in the afternoon and stay open past dusk. A number of cacti and mesembs at least flower at night, and I'd be interested to see what else pops up here. Also counting things that can stay open during the day if they are pol...

Thank you Mike. Much appreciated. I do have an idea for November and will put it up later today.

I just bought one today Philip! It was in flower and I couldn't resist.

Interesting thought, but my greenhouse stays fully open apart from maybe twenty cold nights most winters, and I don't fancy paying to dehumidify the entire atmosphere..

The storms seem to have completely bypassed us. This Orbea melanantha just popped open in the sunshine.

I was going to place an order on the Novak list last week but could not work out how the Paypal calculation in the excel file worked, so gave up. Saved me some money at least