Lithops seedlings

[John Dos]

Too late for a good photograph, just found the first L. dinteri hatched!

And side by side, L. julii brunnea :

Both are 148 days old.

[John Dos]

And my liitle eyecandy, a real orange L. bromfieldii:

[geoffswann]

Nice little orange one John. I do hope it makes it, I have found that anything out of the ordinary can be difficult to raise to any age. They seem to have a death wish! Nature's way and survival of the fittest I suppose.

Geoff

[John Dos]

Hummm, I think I've had the good fairy-godmother already around. It is one of the more vigorous - as big as a year-and-a-half Lithops verruculosa. But I actually do fear for the extremely tiny L. pseudotruncatella. 2 -4mm is not much! Let's see how they make the summer!

[John Dos]

After an unexpected heavy rain last night (and rising tº up to 22ºC this morning 7:00) the first two L. terricolor 'peersi' emerged. Sown the same day as all the other Lithops, they took six weeks to germinate perfectly synchronized. They grew extremely quick, so now the cotyledons are as big or bigger as most of the other species sown.
First attempt to show their rather pale look:

[John Dos]

Lithops fulviceps

[John Dos]

From the species sown this season, the last one to change from cotyledons to their first true leaves has been Lithops otzeniana. There still are little cotyledons with the other species, too, but this is the first out of some ten or so that have germinated. They show already their distinct pattern of islands and green windows.

The more reddish bodies will transform into L. hookeri brunneoviolacea. Most of them have already done.

[iann]

Looks like you've mastered the art of growing Lithops from seed

[John Dos]

Thanks, Ian!
Here a few more, these are L. hookeri:

I think this can still be called maroon. Before it bleaches out and gets pale brown.

And here a interesting one:

While all but one Lithops verruculosa show their little ruby red warts this one is completely smooth and has no warts - but a distinct zigzagging line of red dots around both faces. It will be interesting to see if this trait is still there with the next leaves.

[sue46]

What little beauts John, how are they growing at the moment? Is it too late to sow Lithops - and cacti - seed now. I haven't done much with mine this year, last year