Seconds out, round 2

[jpp13]

Hi all,

Iann, I have today 2 L. pseudotruncatella subsp. archerae ex-C 306 in bloom :


pot 5 x 5 cm


pot 7 x 7 cm

And also a L. gesinae C 406 in bloom :

pot 5 x 5 cm

Jean-Pierre

[jpp13]

Looks like the flowers on ssp archerae are long gone. Interesting to see 8 locules on both heads, there have only been 6 or 7 in previous years.

Hi Iann,

I have also a fruit with 8 locules on a head and only 6 on the other on a L. pseudotruncatella subsp. archerae ex-C 104



8 locules


6 locules

Jean-Pierre

[Astro]

L. pseudotruncatella "Alpina" can be small-ish but it doesn't compare with the really small species. It can also be equally as large as any other L. pseudotruncatella var pseudotruncatella. Yours is maybe a seedling. Or maybe worth propagating as a dwarf form

It's still a seedling in a communal pot (about 3 years old) and grown pretty hard so it's quite small (about a centimeter across). I'm sure it'll grow larger over time. Here is a picture (5 cm pot, inch ruler for comparison))

alpina with dinky flower

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with ruler (in inches)

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[jpp13]

Hi Astro,

My L. pseudotruncatella "alpina" ex-C 068 are also small.
Here in a 7 x 7 cm pot, plants 6 years old, sown December 20th 2011, seeds from MSG # 2609 "Hammer selection with almost-white flowers".


in bloom on July 14th

Jean-Pierre

[iann]

All my "Alpinas" are a pretty normal size for L. pseudotruncatella, although smaller than some of the known big types like ssp groendrayensis and "Pulmonuncula". Maybe I pump them up with too much water, although I doubt it. 8cm pot so not huge, but definitely bigger than 1cm. Interesting that the smallest seedling flowers while the big one looks on.

[jpp13]

All my "Alpinas" are a pretty normal size for L. pseudotruncatella, although smaller than some of the known big types like ssp groendrayensis and "Pulmonuncula". Maybe I pump them up with too much water, although I doubt it. 8cm pot so not huge, but definitely bigger than 1cm. Interesting that the smallest seedling flowers while the big one looks on.

alpina-0613.jpg

Hi Iann,

Your "alpina" looks normal in size but mine are smaller

ex-C 068, seeds MSG # 2608 "nicely marked heads", sown 2011/12/21, in a 7 x 7 cm pot

Jean-Pierre

[iann]

My normal Pulmonunculas are bigger. Normal single headed type on the left (big flowers!), 6 heads on the right, from the same seed.

[jpp13]

Hi Iann,

My biggest L. pseudotruncatella is the one shown above : subsp. archerae ex-C 104, about 6cm large.

My subsp. pulmonuncula are smaller.

Jean-Pierre

[iann]

Hi Iann,

My biggest L. pseudotruncatella is the one shown above : subsp. archerae ex-C 104, about 6cm large.

My subsp. pulmonuncula are smaller.

Jean-Pierre

Are they just younger, or do you think they are naturally smaller? My one ssp archerae is a modest double-header and it is over 10 years old. The Pulmonuncula are younger but larger.

[jpp13]

Are they just younger, or do you think they are naturally smaller? My one ssp archerae is a modest double-header and it is over 10 years old. The Pulmonuncula are younger but larger.

Honestly Iann, I don't know, I'm interested in namibian Lithops since 2010.

Jean-Pierre