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First of the season

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My first lithops flower of the year opened yesterday:
Lithops gesinae v annae MSG2960
Lithops gesinae v annae MSG2960
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Re: First of the season

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Very nice Rod. Just noticed yesterday that some of mine are in bud (tu)
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Re: First of the season

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This one is often early, but mine aren't this year. At least not this early. Not even in bud.
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iann wrote: ↑Tue Aug 21, 2018 8:35 pm This one is often early, but mine aren't this year. At least not this early. Not even in bud.
I have two (different parent stock) and the other one is showing no sign of budding either.
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Do you not have any Lithops pseudotruncatella? Have they flowered yet?
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iann wrote: ↑Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:23 pm Do you not have any Lithops pseudotruncatella? Have they flowered yet?
My only pseudotruncatellas are this year's seedlings which are subspecies volkii and almost certainly too young to flower. I'll pot them on next summer and will offload some on the forum to interested parties.
Lithops pseudotruncatella seedlings 23 August 2018.JPG
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Ssp volkii flowers relatively late compared to ssp pseudotruncatella, but it might still end up as the first for you each year. Having said that, this shot is dated June 22nd from two years ago, so that's pretty early!
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I look forward to finding out, Ian.
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