Hi everyone.
Not posted on here for ages as been a bit busy, have been lurking though.
Got a small group of Conos a while back and they all sheathed over and went dormant, this week however I found a C.chrisolum had flowered from one of its 3 heads. Do I leave it till later in the year or should I water now and get it growing but keep it shaded.
Any advice is welcome as this is a new family to me and I'm finding it a bit of a head scratcher.
I have my doubts about the name. I would expect C. chrisolum to have strong pink flowers in October. Flowering now with white flowers (or are they pale pink?) sounds more like C. chrisocruxum. The plants are otherwise very similar and I wouldn't want to tell them apart. Perhaps Chris will chance along and clarify.
Anyway, no panic. There's obviously lots of green inside there and with hot weather on the way it will be happier staying wrapped up. Wake it up when days start to get shorter.
It definitely looks like it could be one or t'other.
My chrisocruxums are flowering at the moment and they are much pinker than this. I think perhaps the flower is overexposed in this shot. It is normal that these species flower at this time.
I would suggest that you do not water until at least the end of June. I'll probably start to water mine in July/August
Especially interested in Mesembs. small Aloes and South African miniatures and bulbs.
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Yes, I would say chrisocruxum - Cono chriSOLUM remains single-headed
My pink-flowered 'cruxums (all seed-grown by me, from MSG seed) have had their best show ever, this spring. A couple are still flowering. White-flowering 'cruxums do exist, but are rare.
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Ever hopeful, trying to grow plants from arid sunny climates in the UK!
Lithops, Haworthia, Adromischus, other south African succulents including Ceropegia and some Crassula.
some of my MSG chrisocruxum seedlings flowering for the first time this year.
bolusiae ssp primavernum
Also flowering at the moment I have C.bolusiae ssp. primavernum.
Especially interested in Mesembs. small Aloes and South African miniatures and bulbs.
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