Fabulous, the Dorstenias.
I had one or two in a previous life, decades ago. Just getting back into growing this year, i went to the Oxford show and saw Gillian Evison's superb plant - it came back to me just how much I love these extraordinary plants!
Will have to make some room on the warm windowsill!
John
30 Years waiting nearly over
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Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
What a dear little flower. You must be proud after all that time Phil. 
Happy carrier of Forby Disorder - an obsession with Euphorbia obesa.
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Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
Another week or so.....apologies for poor picture, I left my camera at work.
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Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
A few days later - it's almost 7mm diameter !
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Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
Very, very nice plant! 
What Dorstenia are missing among your drawings now?
What Dorstenia are missing among your drawings now?
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Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
Super photo, I love its whiskery shy face!
Those little leaves are lovely too.
Those little leaves are lovely too.
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Lithos
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Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
Hi Christer - still plenty of species missing from my drawings !
Julie - thank you for comments on the photo, they are just hand held shots with an old and cheap Fuji FinePix S5800 (around £50) great little camera with big zoom and extra Macro, or something like that, I'm really no expert, sometimes I press the wrong button and it takes videos for hours
Julie - thank you for comments on the photo, they are just hand held shots with an old and cheap Fuji FinePix S5800 (around £50) great little camera with big zoom and extra Macro, or something like that, I'm really no expert, sometimes I press the wrong button and it takes videos for hours
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Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
A couple of weeks later..cat for scale (I almost mis-typed that last bit)
Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
Interesting. Almost reminds me of an African Violet in some way.
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Re: 30 Years waiting nearly over
28th of September and 'Doris' the Dorstenia as she has become known, is keeling over from all that exertion and an attack of mildew. Remains to be seen if there will be a seed or two.