Lithops

[mjg75]

Hi

I've been slowly building my collection of lithops up but am struggling to find seeds for sale. I am a member of the msg and they've been very helpful. Does anyone know a good supplier of seeds or plants.

Many thanks Martin.

Also looking for thelocactus bicolour seeds or plants saw one in flower and was amazed.

[Eric Williams]

Hi mjg, not sure about seeds, but if you google Tony Irons lithops you will find he has exellent lithops plants at very competitive prices. I have bought many at shows from Tony, and have always been very pleased with my plants. Cheers

[iann]

Have you seen the MSG seedlist? More Lithops than you can shake a stick at! Or perhaps not if you are trying to pick up "one of everything" because they tend to have a lot of slightly unusual/new/interesting things.

Cono's Paradise has a wide selection of seed and is within the EU. I can't think of any UK suppliers that can really match that at the moment. There are a number of Eastern European semi-pro sellers with varying selections at low prices, but unless you like identifying what you really got after the fact I can't really recommend any of them.

Mesa Garden was always the go-to place when you were ready to order from outside the EU, but it is going through a change of owners at the moment, the new list comes out in January, and stock has been an issue with lots of Chinese buyers snapping things up.

I always have a random collection of capsules from whatever happened to get pollinated last year, a few L. lesliei, a few L. pseudotruncatella, that sort of thing, as will most Lithops growers. They are easy to pollinate and produce a lot of seed.

[Aiko]

ADBLPS also has a selection of Lithops in every list: http://adblps-graines-cactus.com/commander_EN.html

There will be an update on the list in October or November. I don't think it will get a run like Mesa Garden from China, so a safer choice if the list has something of interest to you. It also doesn't take as long as Mesa Garden before you get a reply with a quote and finally the envelope with the seeds. ADBLPS is a good source.

[daniel82]

I second ADBLPS as a good source of seed, never had lithops from them personally but had cacti and always been happy with them. Succseed has a very easy to use website and they list a fair amount of lithops, I've always been very happy with them too.