One of my E Obesa females. All seeds are gone now. I love the contrast between new and old growth. The symmetry is very obvious.

First pick is the Lithops seedling nursery in the back, covered with an additional 40% shade net. Seedlings stay here until there first leave change.

All netting done. I used 40% shade net all over.

Floor done on 1 side.

The plastic is only on the top portion of the wall to keep rain out. The bottom is shadenet to allow ventilation and my wifes cats out.

Inside pick before shade net was placed.

I am building a new hothouse. Should be done within a week or so. I just need to manage a system to make my picks smaller so I can post it. In my case it is more of an dry house than a hothouse. Where I stay summer temp is around 32-35C on avg in summer with high of around 40-41C. Daylight up to 14 ...

and in South Africa what are the flowering months for Aloe varigata ? here in the south of France the spikes start to appear Here they flower around end of July to Mid September depending on location. From the south to there northern distribution area can be several 100s of km covering several diff...

Varigata plants collected next to my great grandfathers grave site in Calitzdorp Western Cape. It is a tradition to plant these aloes on graves in a big area of the Cape province. There are literally 1000s of plants in some cemetery's. They grow all over the graves, and every ware in between. Some o...

Varigata in my garden. This one is about full grown.

Very nice thread!!

Terry S. wrote:I think that in the UK, most growers give all their lithops the same treatment, even when they are species such as L. optica, herrei and divergens which get winter rain in the wild.

Thanks for your reply.

Hi all. I would like to get some info regarding the water needs/resistance of different Lithops species. I know that Aucampiae and Leslie are fairly tolerant to some more water than other species. Then on the other side we sit with Rushciorum that can not take over watering at all. Then plants like ...