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by Astro
Sun Apr 17, 2022 4:53 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Gymno friedrichii
Replies: 6
Views: 572

Re: Gymno friedrichii

How did you try? I have some seeds "on hold" for a year or so now, so maybe I will start eliminating possible failure paths... I tried in a baggy, 10-15C at night, 25-30C during the day. I know these are supposed to be more 'tropical', so maybe they like it even warmer? Or the quality of ...
by Astro
Sat Apr 16, 2022 5:42 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Gymno friedrichii
Replies: 6
Views: 572

Gymno friedrichii

The much coveted 'Aqua Dulce' form (LB2178). The seem very easy and quick to grow, and not stingy with flowers either from the looks of it. Having said that, I still failed miserably at germinating even a single seed so I got a few 1-cm-diam seedlings instead (which have tripled in size over the pas...
by Astro
Tue Apr 05, 2022 4:24 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Recommendations, haworthia seeds zero germination
Replies: 21
Views: 1333

Re: Recommendations, haworthia seeds zero germination

The few times I've tried Haworthia from seed I've treated them similar to Lithops seed (in a baggie with night-day variations between 5-10C at night and maybe 20-25C during the day). I got some decent results with that approach.
by Astro
Sat Apr 02, 2022 6:53 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Didymaotus?
Replies: 8
Views: 1252

Re: Didymaotus?

Show time! Next year's offerings are already visible, too.
Didymaotus lapidiformis
Didymaotus lapidiformis
by Astro
Sun Mar 27, 2022 6:29 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: White-sloanea crassa seedlings
Replies: 13
Views: 1287

Re: White-sloanea crassa seedlings

I have grown this from seed in the last 2 or 3 years, with limited success. The first lot of seeds came from a Thai seller on eBay, about 3 years ago. Germination was reasonable, but not 100%, and they were sown in a totally mineral medium, in baggies, and kept in a propagator at a temp of 25°+. I ...
by Astro
Fri Feb 18, 2022 6:07 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Didymaotus?
Replies: 8
Views: 1252

Re: Didymaotus?

Update: the flowers are finally getting ready to show, after almost a year in waiting.
Didymaotus lapidiformis
Didymaotus lapidiformis
by Astro
Tue Feb 08, 2022 1:55 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Aloe variegata (Dikkop Flats)
Replies: 31
Views: 2006

Re: Aloe variegata (Dikkop Flats)

I also have a Dikkop Flats variegata, grown from seed a while ago (Mesa Garden if I recall correctly). I got the locality specifically because Dikkop = tadpole in Dutch (and likely Afrikaans as well), which made me imagine them growing surrounded by frog ponds.
by Astro
Mon Dec 06, 2021 5:31 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Chlorotic Diplosoma
Replies: 6
Views: 797

Re: Chlorotic Diplosoma

Did you keep them going over the summer months? If so, they may not have been overly happy with the higher summer temperatures. My own plant dies back in Spring and does a great job mimicking a dried out husk for 6 months out of the year. I thought it was gone for sure this year, but it just popped ...
by Astro
Wed Nov 24, 2021 8:56 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Bulbine again
Replies: 7
Views: 1079

Re: Bulbine again

I know how you feel. I lost all my Bulbine bruynsii I sowed myself. They were getting of blooming age and were crowding the pot, so I had to repot them in August. The corns / bulbs looked fine (they are strangly shaped, by the way!), but they never woke up again after repotting. They were all gone ...
by Astro
Wed Nov 24, 2021 6:46 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Bulbine again
Replies: 7
Views: 1079

Bulbine again

My regularly scheduled Bulbine promotion thread :) Plenty of small succulent Bulbine species to choose from, and with a good variety of shapes and sizes. And they fold away for easy storing during the summer... Bulbine mesembryanthoides, probably the most well known species. I usually keep them tick...