Which seeds did you order this year?

[Cidermanrolls]

My first batch of seed, from Piltz, contains mostly different forms of Lobivia Jojoiana and Mediolobivia pygmaea. I sowed 25 packets about two weeks ago and have good germination already in 19 pots. My seeds are sown under LED lights in a heated, humid, propagator.
I’m waiting for the Mam soc seed and then the BCSS list.

[habanerocat]

My first batch of seed, from Piltz, contains mostly different forms of Lobivia Jojoiana and Mediolobivia pygmaea. I sowed 25 packets about two weeks ago and have good germination already in 19 pots. My seeds are sown under LED lights in a heated, humid, propagator.
I’m waiting for the Mam soc seed and then the BCSS list.

They say on their home page that the nursery is closed to visitors over winter, but is their seed delivery also closed?

http://www.kakteen-piltz.de/index_en.php

[sechjoh]

Mesembs all the way this time

From SuccSeed 2020-09-25:

Lithops herrei C 235
Lithops amicorum TS 67
Lithops julii ssp. fulleri v. rouxii C 324
Lithops helmutii C 271
Lithops hookeri v subfenestrata 'brunneoviolacea' C 019
Lithops aucampiae C 117
Lithops bromfieldii v. mennellii C 044 (25 km SSW of Upington, South Africa)
Lithops gracilidelineata C 385
Lithops hookeri v. dabneri C 013
Lithops lesliei v. hornii C 364 (45 km SSW Kimberley South Africa)
Lithops lesliei cv albinica C 036a
Lithops leslei 'grey form' C 151 (25 km NW of Christiana, South Africa)
Lithops karasmontana v. bella C 143a (60 km NNE of Aus, Namibia)
Lithops marmorata v. elisae C 251
Lithops naureeniae C 304
Lithops olivacea C 109
Lithops schwantesii 'gulielmi' C 184
Lithops pseudotruncatella v. dendricia C 072 (65km West-South-West of Rehoboth, Namibia)
Lithops salicola C 034
Lithops villetii v. kennedyi C 123
Lithops verruculosa v. glabra C 160
Lithops schwantesii v. urikosensis 'kunjasensis' C 186 (5 km NE of Helmeringhausen, Namibia)
Lithops karasmontana v. lericheana C 267
Lithops fulviceps 'lydiae' C 219 (60 km N of Karasburg, Namibia)
Lithops gesinae v. annae (Helmeringhausen, Namibia)
Lithops karasmontana 'signalberg' C 065
Lithops gracilidelineata C 374 (100 km S of Usakos, Namibia)
Bijlia cana CM 32
Bijlia tugwelliae (Vrischgewaagt)
Odontophorus nanus SB 803 (W Eenriet)
Titanopsis calcarea
Titanopsis hugo-schlechteri (60 km NE Kliprand)
Titanopsis luederitzii (Pockenbank)
Aloinopsis luckhoffii RH 3333 (Steinkopf, RSA, 900m)
Aloinopsis setifera
Aloinopsis malherbei (Calvinia)

[Terry S.]

I would be surprised if the Aloinopsis luckhoffii was really from Steinkopf. So do you believe the name or the locality? If the locality then perhaps Stomatium alboroseum has been misidentified.

[Cidermanrolls]

My first batch of seed, from Piltz, contains mostly different forms of Lobivia Jojoiana and Mediolobivia pygmaea. I sowed 25 packets about two weeks ago and have good germination already in 19 pots. My seeds are sown under LED lights in a heated, humid, propagator.
I’m waiting for the Mam soc seed and then the BCSS list.

They say on their home page that the nursery is closed to visitors over winter, but is their seed delivery also closed?

http://www.kakteen-piltz.de/index_en.php

My seeds were delivered within two weeks of order. Arrived about two weeks ago.

[esp]

Stomatium alboroseum

I would be surprised if the Aloinopsis luckhoffii was really from Steinkopf. So do you believe the name or the locality? If the locality then perhaps Stomatium alboroseum has been misidentified.

That's interesting Terry. In part because I've ordered the same seed.
There's a link here with photos of plants with that field number: https://ameblo.jp/sedumgarden/entry-12507905986.html. Stomatium alboroseum seems a good call.

[Terry S.]

I've impressed myself! The link to plants grown from seed of that collection certainly look like the Stomatium. I suspect that this material has been cultivated for a while, so it is amazing that nobody has questioned the ID, particularly the seed producer/vendor.

Looking at Ralph's database, there are three candidates for the RH acronym, none of whom are well-known in the mesemb world.

[Nick_G]

Looking at Ralph's database, there are three candidates for the RH acronym, none of whom are well-known in the mesemb world.

It's Ralf Hillmann. Looking at his field number list he collected quite a bit in South Africa/Namibia.

[Tina]

oriky could you contact me please I have a question for you

[Nick_G]

Mainly just some Gymnocalycium spegazzinii from Cactus Moravia. About 30 different localities and seed that I presume was habitat collected. There's a part of me that would just like to have a greenhouse full of one species only and spegazzinii would do nicely.

I tested the germination of 5 of the packets and nothing has sprouted. I wasn't that surprised. Some of the packets contained an unlikely amount of seed, several hundred in one, and this is always a sign that the seed is old. I don't know why suppliers do this, I don't care how many seeds they send me if none of them is going to germinate. I've sent them an email to complain, at £1 a packet I'd really like my money back, but I'm not expecting much joy.